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Average mortgage rates close 2024 at the highest since July

(news nation) — average mortgage interest rates will end the year at a financially high level. In the housing market this week, 30-year mortgage rates hit 6.85%, the highest level since July, according to data from Freddie Mac. This is up from last week and up from 6.61% during the same period last year. “While […]

Record Number of Travelers Expected to Close Out 2024

AAA estimates that 2024 is expected to see record numbers of tourists. Overall AAA estimate From Saturday, December 21st to Wednesday, January 1st, more than 119 million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles to conclude the New Year holidays. If this number is maintained, it will break the previous record. 2019. That's […]

California restaurant Lima sued over ‘Ladies Night’ forced to close

A popular Bay Area restaurant in California is closing its doors after settling a costly discrimination lawsuit over its “Ladies' Night” promotion. Lima Restaurant, a family-owned Peruvian restaurant in Concord, Calif., about 20 miles from Oakland, told patrons it would serve its last meal on New Year's Eve because of a sex discrimination lawsuit. Chef […]

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe breaks speed record as it flies close to the sun

NASA's spacecraft flew closer to the sun on Christmas Eve than any other spacecraft in history, circling at incredible speeds and becoming the fastest spacecraft in human history. Just before 7 a.m. on Dec. 24, the Parker Solar Probe passed within 3.8 million miles of the Sun's surface. It got seven times closer to a […]

ICE deportations catch up to Trump-era numbers in FY 2024 as Biden admin comes to a close

Deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will catch up to Trump-era levels in fiscal year 2024, just as the number of undocumented immigrants not in ICE custody surges to new highs. ICE deported 271,484 illegal immigrants to 192 countries in fiscal year 2024, according to ICE's annual report released Wednesday. Of these, 32.7% had […]