• High mortgage rates, prices discourage buyers and chill housing market

    High mortgage rates, prices discourage buyers and chill housing market

    Jul 21, 2022 05:36 PM EDT

    ... mortgage consultant recommended dropping the maximum price he’d pay for a home, first to $300,000 then to $200,000. Tomcak has abandoned his search for now. The Federal Reserve has aggressively raised short-term interest rates to fight inflation, which in turn helps push rates higher for credit ...

  • Sri Lanka's acting president declares emergency as protests grow

    Sri Lanka's acting president declares emergency as protests grow

    Jul 18, 2022 05:47 PM EDT

    ... been working on a unity government.Lawmakers who met on Saturday began the process of electing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by Rajapaksa. Nominations for the election of the new president will be heard on Tuesday, and if there is more than one candidate ...

  • Russians battling to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold

    Russians battling to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold

    Jun 29, 2022 07:57 PM EDT

    “We perceive a disconnect between Putin’s near-term military objectives in this area and his military’s capacity, a kind of mismatch between his ambitions and what the military is able to accomplish,” Haines said. Meanwhile, crews continued to search through the rubble of the shopping mall in ...

  • Cornyn tapped to lead Republicans in gun law negotiations

    Cornyn tapped to lead Republicans in gun law negotiations

    Jun 03, 2022 03:38 PM EDT

    ... a compromise over gun safety legislation, a political longshot despite the heartbreaking pleas from the Uvalde community to “do something” after the massacre. A four-term senator, Cornyn has been here plenty of times before, a central figure at the forefront of on again, off again talks with Democrats over ...

  • Craig Greenberg wins Democratic nod for Louisville mayor soon after surviving shooting attempt

    Craig Greenberg wins Democratic nod for Louisville mayor soon after surviving shooting attempt

    May 18, 2022 01:54 AM EDT

    ... social justice activist was charged in connection with the shooting and remains in federal custody. Current Mayor Greg Fischer is ending his third four-year term. Greenberg helped start Louisville-based 21c Museum Hotels, building the company to more than 1,100 employees. The company is credited with helping revive ...

  • 2022 Kentucky Primary Election Results

    2022 Kentucky Primary Election Results

    May 16, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... on his lapel, a symbol commonly used to promote awareness for victims of gun violence. Current Mayor Greg Fischer is ending his third four-year term. The next mayor will have to steer Louisville through a spike in gun violence, the lingering pandemic and the prospect that Louisville could face ...

  • Embattled Israeli leader vows to keep government afloat

    Embattled Israeli leader vows to keep government afloat

    May 09, 2022 08:44 PM EDT

    ... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to topple the government later this week. While Bennett appears to be poised to fend off this immediate challenge, his longer-term prospects are uncertain at a time when the government is deeply divided over major issues, Israel is facing an ongoing wave of stabbings and ...

  • House panel investigates Trump presidential records found in Mar-a-Lago

    House panel investigates Trump presidential records found in Mar-a-Lago

    Feb 10, 2022 08:12 PM EDT

    ... staff are preserved in the archives, and an outgoing leader is responsible for turning over documents to the National Archives at the end of the term. WATCH: How Trump attempted to use federal agencies to seize voting machines after 2020 election The oversight committee is seeking communications between the National ...

  • Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

    Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire

    Jan 26, 2022 05:49 PM EDT

    ... the death penalty in a series of dissenting opinions in recent years. Breyer's views on displaying the Ten Commandments on government property illustrate his search for a middle ground. He was the only member of the court in the majority in twin cases in 2005 that barred Ten Commandments ...

  • Texas governor weighs George Floyd pardon

    Texas governor weighs George Floyd pardon

    Dec 21, 2021 08:40 PM EDT

    ... is no longer trusted by prosecutors. Texas' parole board — stacked with Abbott appointees — unanimously recommended a pardon for Floyd in October. Since then, the two-term Republican governor, who is up for reelection in 2022, has given no indication of whether he will grant what would be only the second ...