Attention first-time homebuyers: These 10 metro areas have the best markets
To determine the best markets for first-time homebuyers, SmartAsset ranked 185 metro areas based on metrics measuring affordability, growth…
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#1 rock songs of the 1960s
Stacker looked at the #1 rock songs of the 1960s using data from the Billboard Hot 100 and MusicBrainz, an open music encyclopedia via the University…
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The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says
By KELVIN CHAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French regulators have ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits…
Continue Reading How Kim’s meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The talks that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading Australian authorities protect Outback town against huge wildfire
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Emergency crews are working to protect the Outback Australian town of Tennant Creek with…
Continue Reading Searchers race to recover bodies in Libyan city where 5,100 died in flooding after 2 dams collapsed
By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea Wednesday to…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after US inflation data ease rate hike worries
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a highly anticipated report showed inflation accelerated…
Continue Reading Australia’s highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staff during pandemic
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un’s train travel has a storied history. His father and grandfather did the same thing
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s train journey to Russia has a storied history. The tradition…
Continue Reading Connecticut mayor who regained office after corruption conviction wins another primary
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut mayor who regained his office after serving prison time for corruption has won another Democratic primary,…
Continue Reading Higher investment means Hyundai could get $2.1 billion in aid to make electric cars in Georgia
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia will give Hyundai Motor Group a projected $2.1 billion in tax breaks and…
Continue Reading Former leaders of Israel’s security services are speaking out against Netanyahu’s policies
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — They contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a…
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Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson mourned the hard-charging politician at a…
Continue Reading Fire in Vietnam’s capital kills at least 56 when it engulfs an apartment building
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A fire in a nine-story apartment building in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 56…
Continue Reading Rain-soaked New England hit by likely tornado amid wild weather ahead of Hurricane Lee’s arrival
By MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Lee barreled north toward New England on Wednesday and…
Continue Reading Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge has found that the teachers union in Las Vegas is behind a wave of absences this month…
Continue Reading China’s ‘full-time children’ move back in with parents, take on chores as good jobs grow scarce
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A record of more than one in five young Chinese are out of work, their career ambitions…
Continue Reading Jury urged to convict 3 in last trial tied to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
By ED WHITE Associated Press A jury is hearing closing arguments in Michigan in the fourth trial connected to a plan to kidnap the governor just…
Continue Reading A Crimea shipyard is on fire after a Ukrainian attack that damaged 2 ships and injured 24 people
By DASHA LITVINOVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian attack on a strategic shipyard early Wednesday in…
Continue Reading Hudson River swimmer completes 315-mile trek, conquering fatigue, choppy water, rocks and pollution
By MICHAEL HILL and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Hudson River snakes through forests and rushes over boulders in the…
Continue Reading Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear…
Continue Reading Tech industry leaders endorse regulating artificial intelligence at rare summit in Washington
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a closed-door Senate forum, tech leaders loosely endorsed the…
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North Korea’s Kim arrives in eastern Russian city for expected visit to fighter jet plant
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Friday in the far eastern…
Continue Reading Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
By MARÍA VERZA and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear…
Continue Reading Autoworkers strike would test Biden’s assertion he’s the ‘most pro-union president in US history’
By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prospect of an autoworkers strike could test Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading High gas prices push up inflation, but prices overall are slowly moving in the right direction
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation jumped last month largely because of a spike in gas prices but other costs…
Continue Reading Newsom says California will intervene in court case blocking San Francisco from clearing encampments
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will intervene in an ongoing court case…
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Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announces retirement, week after breaking neck in Lewiston Roundup
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Bull riding star J.B. Mauney announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after breaking his neck in the Lewiston Roundup. The…
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One-on-one with UTEP’s Dana Dimel; Miners prepare for road test against Arizona
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners have a tough challenge in front of them this Saturday in the Grand Canyon State. UTEP will hit the road to Tucson,…
Continue Reading South Korea’s military says North Korea fired at least 1 missile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern seas. The launch…
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