Real estate didn't fare much better. The median home price reached its highest point in history, then came down quickly as home buying shuddered in a high-inflation, high-interest-rate environment. The high prices, high cost of borrowing, high competition, and tremendous economic volatility mean a lot of real estate investors have stayed on the sidelines over the last few years, waiting for better buying opportunities.
It was only a chance bit of misfortune that got Rylan Clark in front of The X Factor judges more than a decade ago.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is set to vote on, and expected to pass, a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, over bitter objections from party hardliners. More than two months have passed since the Democratic-majority Senate passed a similar measure and U.S. leaders from Democratic President Joe Biden to top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell have been urging embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring it up for a vote. Johnson this week chose to ignore ouster threats by hardline members of his fractious 218-213 majority and push forward the measure that includes some $60.84 billion for Ukraine as it struggles to fight off a two-year Russian invasion.
The European Commission had asked EU members for permission to open negotiations, but there is no interest from the UK Government.
The Boston Celtics had almost no trouble at all with the 14 teams that didn’t make the playoffs this season, going 35-4 against those squads. Against the teams that actually made the postseason, the Celtics were really good as well. Taking into account only the 16 playoff teams — and their games against one another — the No. 1 overall seed Celtics come up No. 1 yet again. Boston went 29-14 against the eventual playoff teams this season, the best such record in the league. Close behind: Oklahoma
A growing majority of US Catholics favor legal abortion, a Pew study found. Meanwhile, Hispanics are growing as a segment of the Catholic population.
Authorities in the region of Kurgan in Russia's Urals mountains ordered an evacuation from several districts on Saturday due to rising river levels, after large snowfalls melted and heavy rain fell on ground already waterlogged before winter. Russia's Urals region and northern Kazakhstan often suffer flooding at this time of year but are seeing the worst in memory this year and authorities in Kurgan said the level of the Tobol river had already exceeded the highest level since 1994.
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There were an estimated 653,104 Americans struggling to find shelter last year.
EastEnders star Lucy Benjamin is back in new movie Look to the Light, and the trailer for it has just been released.
From exes who wasted our time, to comfort-eating after a breakup. We've all been there and so has Swift.
Aipac and other groups targeting candidates critical of Israel’s war in Gaza – but progressives are not going down without a fight
Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t do their jobs
Offering exquisite scenery, rare wildlife and spectacular trails, these under-the-radar national parks are worth tracking down
The enigmatic former first lady to appear at fundraiser on Saturday, marking a return to her husband’s side as he seeks re-election
The Essex Serpent author on astronomy, her new novel Enlightenment and how her strict Baptist upbringing made its mark
Ex-president reduced to silence in court, including this week, when he was forced to face opinions of New Yorkers during jury selection
Navigation buoy sailed 4,000 miles across Atlantic, joining storied history of wrecks upon shores of tiny Scottish island of Eriskay
Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the Maldives
It’s three decades since the government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?
The annual event, which began in 2008 as a way to celebrate the people who work at and frequent indie record stores, has been embraced by musicians and bands of all sizes and genres.
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