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Mortgage rates dropped this week, but mortgage applications also declined

Mortgage rates dropped this week, but mortgage applications also declinedMortgage rates continued their slight decline this week, Freddie Mac reported. For 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the average interest rate is 6.79%, down from last week’s average of 6.87%.Last year at this time, mortgage rates for 30-year mortgages averaged closer to the bottom of the 6% range at 6.35%.”Mortgage rates moved slightly lower this week, providing a bit more room in the budgets of some prospective homebuyers,” Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist, said.”We also are seeing encouraging data on existing home sales, which reflects improving inventory. Regardless, rates remain elevated near seven percent as markets watch for signs of cooling inflation, hoping that rates will come down further.”For 15-year mortgages, rates have also dropped since last week and now average 6.11% for fixed-rate mortgages. This is higher than last year’s average of 5.56%.If you’re looking to purchase a home in today’s…


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It’s Time to Give Up on Ending Social Media’s Misinformation Problem

It’s Time to Give Up on Ending Social Media’s Misinformation ProblemIf you don’t trust social media, you should know you’re not alone. Most people surveyed around the world feel the same—in fact, they’ve been saying so for a decade. There is clearly a problem with misinformation and hazardous speech on platforms such as Facebook and X. And before the end of its term this year, the Supreme Court may redefine how that problem is treated.Over the past few weeks, the Court has heard arguments in three cases that deal with controlling political speech and misinformation online. In the first two, heard last month, lawmakers in Texas and Florida claim that platforms such as Facebook are selectively removing political content that its moderators deem harmful or otherwise against their terms of service; tech companies have argued that they have the right to curate what their users see. Meanwhile, some policy makers…


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Secret papers show Post Office knew case was false

Secret papers show Post Office knew case was falseDraft report seen by BBC confirms Post Office knew of IT vulnerabilities before Bates v Post Office case. ….. Read More.BBC NEWS – Business | Business & CommerceThu, March 28, 202420 hours ago


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Jews ‘under siege’ in Trudeau’s Canada amid soaring antisemitism

Jews ‘under siege’ in Trudeau’s Canada amid soaring antisemitismAntisemitism in Canada has reached soaring levels as the country’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces intense criticism for capitulating to anti-Israel activists and abandoning the Jewish state.A survey of some statistics of outbreaks of antisemitism shows what is expected to be an unprecedented spike in Jew-hatred in Canada when the full data is released in the summer. A March 18 report from the police in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, showed that of the 84 registered hate crimes in 2024, a startling 56% of the crimes were animated by antisemitism. Jews make up approximately 1.4% of the country’s population.In February, Toronto experienced the highest number of antisemitic incidents in the last three years.In November, a Montreal synagogue and Jewish center were firebombed. Shots were also fired at two Jewish schools in Montreal in the same month as the arson attack. A suspected arson attack…


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Surge of US-Led Fossil Fuel Projects Could Blow Up Paris Climate Goals

Surge of US-Led Fossil Fuel Projects Could Blow Up Paris Climate GoalsThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s fossil-fuel producers are on track to nearly quadruple the amount of extracted oil and gas from newly approved projects by the end of this decade, with the US leading the way in a surge of activity that threatens to blow apart agreed climate goals, a new report has found. There can be no new oil and gas infrastructure if the planet is to avoid careering past 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of global heating, above pre-industrial times, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has previously stated. Breaching this warming threshold, agreed to by governments in the Paris climate agreement, will see ever worsening effects such as heatwaves, floods, drought and more, scientists have warned. But since the IEA’s declaration in 2021,…


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Princess Kate Middleton undergoing ‘preventative chemotherapy’ after cancer diagnosis: ‘Strong...

Princess Kate Middleton undergoing ‘preventative chemotherapy’ after cancer diagnosis: ‘Strong…Princess Kate Middleton announced on Friday that she’s been diagnosed with cancer following major abdominal surgery in January.The Princess of Wales has just begun a treatment regimen of “preventative chemotherapy,” she said in a video message.After Middleton underwent “major abdominal surgery” in January, it was initially thought that her condition was “non-cancerous,” she said in the video message.KATE MIDDLETON ANNOUNCES SHE HAS CANCER, UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTHowever, later testing revealed that “cancer had been present.” She did not specify what type of cancer was diagnosed.Preventative chemotherapy, otherwise known as chemoprevention, is the use of certain drugs to help lower the risk of developing cancer or prevent it from returning, according to the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI).These include drugs like tamoxifen and raloxifene, which can be used in the prevention of “certain types of breast cancer in women who are at high risk…


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