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By Wealth of Geeks via AP A recent survey reveals some startling information regarding the affordability of homes in the United States. According to St. Louis-based real estate company Clever Real Estate, a median home is unaffordable for the average American household in 44 of the 50 largest United States metro areas and 46 of

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Wall Street’s record-breaking rally kept going Wednesday after weak reports on the U.S. economy kept the door open for possible cuts to interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% to set an all-time high for a second straight day and for the 33rd time this year. The Dow Jones

By Associated Press ST. LOUIS — A Missouri judge on Tuesday set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just a little over a month before Williams is scheduled to die. Williams, 55, was

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting welcomed signs that inflation is slowing and highlighted data suggesting that the job market and the broader economy could be cooling. Both trends, if they continued, will likely lead the Fed to cut its benchmark interest rate in the coming months from

By Associated Press LONDON — Coco Gauff likes No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. It’s where she beat Venus Williams back in 2019 when Gauff made her Wimbledon debut at age 15. On Wednesday, Gauff beat qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the third round at the All England Club. “This is the court

By Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland board led by Gov. Wes Moore approved a $50.3 million emergency contract on Wednesday to pay a Swedish construction company that removed debris from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. While the work to remove debris from the federal channel in the Patapsco River

By Associated Press BEIRUT — The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Tuesday the only sure path to a cease-fire on the Lebanon-Israel border is a full cease-fire in Gaza. “If there is a cease-fire in Gaza, we will stop without any discussion,” Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, said in an

By Associated Press NEW YORK — The defense for Sen. Bob Menendez rested Wednesday without the New Jersey Democrat testifying at his New York bribery trial. Lawyers for Menendez called several witnesses over two days in an effort to counter seven weeks of testimony and hundreds of exhibits and communications introduced by Manhattan federal prosecutors.

By Associated Press WATERLOO, Iowa — Police in Waterloo, Iowa, were responding to a report of a bicyclist with a gun in an incident that ended with two officers wounded and the suspect dead, state investigators said Monday. Officers were dispatched shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday on a report of an armed man wearing all-green

By Associated Press CRETE, Neb. — A white Nebraska man described as reclusive and confrontational shot and wounded seven neighbors who are Guatemalan immigrants, and investigators said they are not ruling out racist motives. About 15 people were at the victims’ home, mostly in the yard, when Billy Booth, 74, opened fire from his house

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced an agreement Tuesday that will have the district revising its policies. Changes the Wichita district has agreed to include restraining unruly students less often

By Associated Press PHOENIX — Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska said Wednesday that they turned in far more signatures than required to get ballot measures on abortion rights before voters in November’s election. In Nebraska, there could be two competing questions. One, like the Arizona proposal, would add a right to abortion to the state

By Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan said Wednesday that China warned its coast guard against interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat, in what was seen as Beijing’s latest attempt to assert its territorial claims in the Taiwan Strait. The incident comes as tensions have risen following the election of Taiwanese President

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance

By Associated Press LeBron James is making it official: He’s coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league’s all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers. James has agreed to a two-year contract to remain with the Lakers, a

By Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the water and

By Associated Press Richard Petty, with a record 200 Cup Series wins, seven championships and a first-ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame, is considered NASCAR’s greatest driver. He is spending the season celebrating 75 years of NASCAR participation by his famous family — basically since the inception of the stock car series in 1948

By Associated Press Jordan Spieth returns to the John Deere Classic for the first time since he won a playoff in 2015. Just don’t get the idea this is some kind of nostalgia tour. He needs the points. Spieth started the year guaranteed starts in all eight of the PGA Tour’s signature events and finished

By Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Several days later, intense rain damaged a dam that holds drinking water

By Jacob Meikel New Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Carson Wentz has been around the block, making Kansas City the latest organization in his nine-year NFL journey. The former No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 Draft landed on his fifth team when he signed with Kansas City in early April. Wentz has been tasked with

By Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions linked to the war in Gaza. Israel’s aggressive expansion in the West Bank reflects the settler community’s