Not only have sky-high home prices driven rental demand upward, but many landlords have been trying to recoup the losses they took during the pandemic. In August, Freddie Mac reported that 60% of tenants saw an increase in rent over the past year. If your rent keeps creeping upward, you may reach a point where you can spend less money on a mortgage each month and own a home instead.
Donald Trump said on Thursday the survival of Ukraine is important to the United States, a shift in tone days before the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on a $61 billion aid package. The former president did not endorse the package, and he dedicated most of his post on his Truth Social platform to complaining that America's European allies are not spending enough to support Ukraine. Still, the post seemed to be one of Trump's first acknowledgements that Ukraine's survival is an important U.S. security interest.
Nicola Sturgeon has failed to turn up for work at Holyrood on nearly half of the days Holyrood has been sitting since the summer, it can be revealed.
U.S. stocks closed near the unchanged mark on Thursday, as investors sifted through the latest corporate earnings, while economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank was unlikely to cut interest rates in the near future. Economic data showed that the labor market remained resilient, as weekly initial unemployment claims were unchanged from the prior week at 212,000 while a gauge of manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region rose to a two-year high. The solid labor market, recent reading showing sticky inflation, and comments from Fed officials, including Chair Jerome Powell, have led markets to back off expectations the central bank would cut interest rates by at least 25 basis points (bps) at its June meeting.
San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially. Last week, the Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland voted unanimously to move forward with the name-change and scheduled a second vote for final approval on May 9.
U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Thursday in a quiet day of trading. The S&P 500 fell 11.09 points, or 0.2%, to 5,011.12 after flipping between small gains and losses through the day. The drop was slight, but it was still enough to send the index to a fifth straight loss. That’s its longest losing streak since October, and it’s sitting 4.6% below its record set late last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up by 22.07 points, or 0.1%, to 37,775.38, and the Nasdaq composi
NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney was among five players reinstated by the NFL on Thursday after they were suspended last season for violating the league's gambling policy. Four free agents were also among the group and can now sign with teams: outside linebacker Rashod Berry, wide receiver Quintez Cephus, safety CJ Moore and defensive tackle Demetrius Taylor. The league’s gambling policy prohibits players, coaches, team officials and league personnel from betting o
A coalition backed by some of the nation’s largest retailers announced it has collected enough signatures to put a tough-on-crime statewide ballot initiative before California voters in November.
The movies are good at resurrecting the past and imagining the future, but pinning down the present can be tricky. Take “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s seemingly very of-the-moment, election-year release that led the box office over last weekend. Garland wrote it in 2020 as the pandemic was unfolding and a presidential election was approaching.
Two jurors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial were dismissed Thursday, one after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial and the other over concerns that some of his answers in court may not have been accurate.
Netflix crushed Wall Street's targets for the first quarter but missed views with its sales outlook. Netflix stock fell on the news.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian interrogator who worked 20 years ago at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq denied abusing detainees Thursday, and told jurors he was actually promoted for doing a good job. Steven Stefanowicz, who worked for military contractor CACI when he was assigned to Abu Ghraib in 2003 and 2004, has long been a key figure in the abuse scandal that emerged when photos became public showing U.S. soldiers smiling as detainees were forced into shocking poses of physical an
The Arizona Cardinals' rebuilding project is about to hit one of its most important moments. Second-year general manager Monti Ossenfort has been building toward this draft since he was hired in January 2023, and the Cardinals currently have 11 picks, including six selections in the top 90. The Cardinals finished with a 4-13 record last season, but were much more competitive after quarterback Kyler Murray returned from a torn ACL that sidelined him for roughly 11 months.
The decision has had immediate impact for families in Idaho, who are now left scrambling to figure out how to help their children receive care.
For the first time in 14 years, general manager John Schneider will be leaning on a new voice inside the Seattle Seahawks draft room. The influence Pete Carroll carried as Schneider’s partner when it came to putting together the plans for how Seattle would approach the draft is no longer there. Seattle has seven picks entering this year’s draft, beginning with No. 16 overall in the first round.
In order to not be isolated in using it’s veto power in support of Israel again, the US mission is trying to get others to abstain
Man arraigned on murder charge in death of Peru, NY woman
The most recent time the Los Angeles Rams made a first-round pick in the NFL draft, Sean McVay was Washington's offensive coordinator and Puka Nacua was a high school freshman. General manager Les Snead's team was nothing special at that time following 12 consecutive non-winning seasons, and the Rams decided they needed to make a big splash in Hollywood by trading up for Jared Goff.
Tennis has always been Coco Gauff's dream, but if she could play another sport, Gauff would love to go head-to-head with Caitlin Clark.
The Bulls advance another step towards the full playoffs.
Lana Del Rey has claimed that her tour manager quit "for no reason" before her headlining set at Coachella over the weekend. Days after taking the stage as headliner at Coachella on Friday evening, the singer-songwriter took to Instagram to thank her team for their support and reveal that she recently recovered from laryngitis. The Summertime Sadness hitmaker went on to thank individual members of her team and slam her tour manager for allegedly quitting just 37 days before the set.
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