The price of a house the year you turned 25
Using Census Bureau data, Stacker found home prices have skyrocketed in the last 60 years; check out prices from the year you turned 25.…
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25 deadliest years in military history between 1980-2021
Stacker ranked the deadliest years for the U.S. military between 1980 and 2021 by the number of conflict-related fatalities, according to data from…
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Vodafone, Three to merge UK mobile phone operations to capitalize on 5G rollout
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two of the U.K.’s biggest mobile phone operators have agreed to merge their businesses to capitalize…
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10 notable Juneteenth celebrations across the US
Local Juneteenth events are growing across the U.S. now that it’s a federal holiday. Stacker created a list of 10 notable…
Continue Reading Philadelphia Zoo: Accidental deaths of 5 meerkats apparently caused by poisoning linked to dye
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia zoo officials say the recent, sudden deaths of all five of their meerkats were apparently caused by an accidental…
Continue Reading 13-year-old arrested in Bosnia for allegedly shooting, wounding teacher
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Police in Bosnia say a 13-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting and wounding a teacher inside…
Continue Reading German opposition party launches legal challenge to reform meant to shrink parliament
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German opposition party has launched a legal challenge to an electoral reform that is designed to…
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Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol with members of white nationalist movement
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the…
Continue Reading Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol with members of white nationalist movement
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the…
Continue ReadingYep, More Low Clouds this Morning! Change on the Way
Don’t expect a heat wave any time soon, but there are some changes coming. Right now, weak troughing continues over southern California with a big…
Continue Reading Rebuilding efforts following Philadelphia I-95 collapse will begin after demolition is completed Thursday, governor says
By Lauren Mascarenhas, Nouran Salahieh, Celina Tebor and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Demolition work on the section of Interstate 95 that…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden shouldn’t expect to join NATO any time soon
By SUZAN FRASER and ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that NATO should not…
Continue Reading Kuwait strikes $367 million deal to acquire Turkish-made combat drones
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait says it has struck an agreement worth $367 million with Turkish drone…
Continue Reading What you should know as the Fed nears the peak of its rate-hiking cycle
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s likely decision Wednesday afternoon to leave interest rates alone for the…
Continue Reading Klimt portrait ‘Lady with a Fan’ up for sale with $80M estimate
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt could become the most expensive painting…
Continue Reading Philippine volcano’s eruption, which has displaced thousands, can last for months
By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — A gentle eruption of the Philippines’ most active volcano that has…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 14: Trump, NATO, Food prices, Helicopter mishap, Stanley Cup
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is turning to artificial intelligence to make it simpler to sift through thousands of user reviews. The…
Continue Reading What if you can’t afford long-term care?
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet As many as 8 in 10 older Americans couldn’t afford more than four years in an assisted living facility or two years…
Continue Reading China inks ‘strategic partnership’ with Palestinan Authority as it expands Middle East presence
BEIJING (AP) — China says it’s established a “strategic partnership” with the Palestinian Authority during a visit to the country by…
Continue Reading Google should break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators say
By KELVIN CHAN and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union regulators hit Google with fresh antitrust charges Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Police arrest suspect in spray attack in Japanese department store restroom
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police in the western Japanese city of Osaka say they have arrested a woman who allegedly sprayed…
Continue Reading It’s almost time to resume student loan payments. Not doing so could cost you
By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After three years, the pandemic-era freeze on federal student loan payments will…
Continue Reading Democrats and Republicans share core values but still distrust each other
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans on the right and the left have a lot more in common than they might think —…
Continue Reading Scottie Scheffler arrives at US Open looking to solve putting problems
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scottie Scheffler took one long, smooth stroke, then looked down the line and watched the ball…
Continue Reading Pro leagues balance profit, integrity risks in legal betting era
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Images of players are being used in sportsbook advertisements. Sportsbook branding has prominent placement in…
Continue Reading Italian ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi is given a state funeral in the city where he made his billions
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi is being honored with a state funeral in Milan’s Duomo cathedral and a day of…
Continue Reading US students grade their schools a B- on average, according to new report
By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — US students give their schools an overall B- grade on average, according to a new report released Wednesday that…
Continue Reading Lebanese lawmakers fail in yet another attempt to elect president, end power vacuum
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese lawmakers have failed in yet another attempt to elect a president and…
Continue Reading UK police hunt motive in Nottingham attack as friends mourn student athlete victims
LONDON (AP) — Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old students and another…
Continue Reading Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall
By AJIT SOLANKI, SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press MANDVI, India (AP) — The coastal regions of India and Pakistan are on high alert with…
Continue Reading At least 15 people killed and dozens injured in bus crash in Mali
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government says that at least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two…
Continue Reading German government to present 1st national security strategy to address growing threats
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is unveiling its first comprehensive national security strategy in Berlin as part of an effort to address what it views as…
Continue Reading Chinese navy ship pays port call to Philippines in goodwill tour of region
By IYA FORBES Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese navy training ship with hundreds of cadets has made a port call in the…
Continue Reading At least 9 killed in ethnic clashes in India’s northeast, where 100 have died in month of violence
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Officials say rival ethnic groups fired at each other in fresh violence in India’s remote northeast that left at least…
Continue Reading At least 79 dead after overcrowded migrant vessel sinks off Greece; hundreds may be missing
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — A fishing boat crammed to the gunwales with migrants trying to…
Continue Reading British economy recovers slightly in April but strikes set to keep a lid on growth
LONDON (AP) — Official figures show that the British economy bounced back in April amid strong sales at bars and pubs as well as a rebound in car…
Continue Reading Houston Police K-9 dies from heat exhaustion after being left in a patrol car when the engine unexpectedly shut off, officials say
By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Houston police are investigating the death of a 4-year-old K-9 who suffered heat exhaustion Monday after being left…
Continue Reading How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for…
Continue Reading Russia steps up aerial strikes on Ukraine, killing at least 6 amid Kyiv counteroffensive
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern city of Odesa…
Continue Reading As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world’s attention again
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (AP) — Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be…
Continue Reading China’s foreign minister airs concerns in phone call with Blinken ahead of planned visit
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang…
Continue Reading New York woman dies in hit-and-run by a suspected drunk driver she refused to ride with earlier, officials say
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A young woman walking along a road in Upstate New York was struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver…
Continue Reading Long-awaited Vietnam energy plan aims to boost renewables, but fossil fuels still in the mix
By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Power outages are leaving Vietnamese homes and businesses without power for hours at…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed as Fed keeps rates steady but signals more hikes may come
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks swung to a mixed close on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve hinted it may raise interest…
Continue Reading Federal assistance sought for northeastern vineyards, orchards hit by late frost
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season…
Continue Reading Haniger breaks forearm when hit by pitch in Giants’ 11-3 win over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Francisco outfielder Mitch Haniger broke his right forearm when hit by a pitch from the St. Louis Cardinals’ Jack…
Continue Reading Smith and Peralta go deep early to back Gonsolin, Dodgers beat White Sox 5-1
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Gonsolin’s velocity was down, not that it mattered. He delivered six shutout innings…
Continue Reading To fight berry-busting fruit flies, researchers focus on sterilizing the bugs
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Paul Nelson is used to doing battle with an invasive fruit fly called the spotted wing drosophila, a pest that one…
Continue Reading Historic Boston church where the Revolution was sparked to host its first play
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Old North Church played a pivotal role in the nation’s fight for independence and has continued to…
Continue Reading An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory
By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DAVID BILLER Associated Press ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — The Indigenous adolescents danced in a…
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