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The 'biggest mistake' people make when they're falling behind on mortgage payments

By Hannah Grabenstein

While nonpayments remain below national levels before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of mortgages in delinquency ticked upward in February, according to a monthly report from Intercontinental Exchange.

Iran war puts prediction markets back in the spotlight

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran.

Tribally owned gas stations offer cheaper fuel as Iran war drives up prices

By Mead Gruver, Associated Press

Tribes exempt from state fuel taxes can sell for much less than competing stations nearby.

New vehicles now sell for an average of nearly $50,000

By Alexa St. John, Associated Press

Consumer prices rose 3.3% in March, the biggest yearly increase since May 2024, while new car prices were up 12.6% from a year ago, the Labor Department reported.

Federal court hears new case against Trump's latest global tariffs

By Mae Anderson, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized court in New York, is hearing oral arguments Friday in an attempt to overturn the temporary tariffs President Donald Trump turned to after the Supreme Court in February struck down his preferred…

Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

It’s the first read on inflation to capture the effects of the Iran war.

'Why is this so high?' Electric bills in West Virginia now top mortgages despite Trump's promises

By Margie Mason, Associated Press

West Virginians are angry and perplexed over soaring utility costs in one of the most energy-rich, yet poorest, corners of America, where families have been forced to choose between paying for food or heat.

Doubts about the U.S.-Iran ceasefire push oil prices toward $100 and slow stocks

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Oil prices skipped higher early Thursday and Wall Street veered toward modest losses on skepticism over a fragile and muddled ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran.

'Ketamine Queen' gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling “Friends” star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023.

Oil plunges below $95 as Dow surges 1,100 following Iran ceasefire deal

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Stock prices are still below where they were before the war. And oil prices are still significantly higher because the threat remains that the war could continue and keep oil tankers blocked in the Persian Gulf.