In their monthly report released today (June 23), the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said sales of new single‐family houses in May 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 769,000. The median sales price of new houses sold in May 2021 was $374,400.
The rap star, real name Marshall Mathers, achieved mainstream popularity with 1999’s The Slim Shady LP.
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Protests against the Gaza war grip dozens of campuses across America, with hundreds of arrests.
A handful of mega-rich donors have emerged as key backers of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, collectively donating more than $50 million to support his candidacy against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden. With Trump's small dollar donations slowing and some major Republican benefactors snubbing him, a clutch of prominent wealthy Americans have become crucial to bankrolling his candidacy. Timothy Mellon, an 81-year-old heir of the Pittsburgh-based Mellon banking family, has given the pro-Trump super PAC known as MAGA Inc at least $16.5 million since 2022.
Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah on the border with Egypt could have catastrophic consequences to regional stability. Egypt's top intelligence official, Abbas Kamel, is leading the delegation and plans to discuss with Israel a “new vision” for a prolonged cease-fire in Gaza, an Egyptian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the mission freely.
Donald Trump got another break when the U.S. Supreme Court signaled some support for his immunity claim, even as more of his allies faced prosecution for the former president's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump, seeking to regain the presidency this year, has managed to delay three of the four criminal cases against him. At the same time, the legal peril has ramped up for Trump associates and supporters who stand accused of aiding his attempt to hold onto power after his defeat.
Two teachers and a pupil were wounded in a stab attack in Ammonford
The yen fell on Friday and was trading around its weakest level in three decades, having briefly spiked against the dollar, with markets on edge about possible intervention after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold on Friday. In a volatile trading day, the yen was last down 0.66% at 156.67, after briefly jumping to 154.97, having hit minutes earlier its lowest level of 156.82 per dollar since 1990. The yen also briefly rallied against other major currencies but last traded near its weakest level in almost 16 years against the euro, at 168.23, and its softest in 11 years against the Australian dollar.
Alphabet jumped 11.5% in premarket trading after the Google-parent announced its first-ever dividend, a $70 billion stock buyback and beat estimates for first-quarter results. Lifting sentiment further, Microsoft gained 4% on beating Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit, driven by gains from AI adoption across its cloud services. Other growth stocks also rose on the results, with Amazon.com and Nvidia up 3.1% and 1.3%, respectively.
Doctor Who star Millie Gibson has teased the "hottest" adventure with new companion Varada Sethu on the show.
Former band member John Lodge announced that Pinder died on Wednesday.
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U.S. and European politicians have raised alarms that their domestic auto industries could be destroyed by a wave of cheap Chinese electric vehicles. The goal: to rake in hefty profit margins the automaker can’t get in China amid fierce competition. In some foreign showrooms, BYD charges more than double — sometimes nearly triple — the price it gets for three key models in China, according to a Reuters review of the automaker’s pricing in five of its biggest export markets.
The unprecedented run on quarterbacks, wide receivers and pass protectors in the NFL draft 's opening round pushed plenty of studly defenders down the board and allowed some of the top teams to select players who normally wouldn't fall to them. It also shoved plenty of first-round worthy defenders into the second round Friday, led by Cooper DeJean, the Iowa cornerback who broke his lower leg in November but has been cleared to return to football activities. DeJean is one of the best ballhawks in
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As the boss of PC Music, the godfather of hyperpop confounded critics but won over Beyoncé and Charli XCX. Now, with a supersized new solo album, he’s continuing his mission to make pop more unpredictable
Raid the garden centre for established plants – or better yet, sow your own into trays or pots for a riot of colour by summer
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