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FILE - In this July 26, 2011 photo, a sale pending sign is posted outside a house in Bath, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

Average US long-term mortgage rate eases to 6.37% after rising five weeks in a row

12:03 PM on Thursday, April 9

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate eased this week, a modest relief for prospective homebuyers who have been facing higher borrowing costs as mortgage rates climbed to the highest level in nearly seven months

Author Emma Straub poses for a portrait in New York on Monday, March 23, 2026. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

On a New Kids on the Block cruise, Emma Straub found a way past grief

11:58 AM on Thursday, April 9

Emma Straub, known for novels like “Modern Lovers” and “The Vacationers,” has a new book inspired by a fan cruise

Gas prices are displayed at a gasoline station, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

US economy grew a sluggish 0.5% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading previous estimate

8:48 AM on Thursday, April 9

The American economy, slowed by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, grew at a sluggish 0.5% annual pace from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in downgrade of its previous estimate

A customer walks by produce at a grocery store in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Key inflation gauge remains elevated in February before Iran war

8:41 AM on Thursday, April 9

A key measure of inflation stayed high in February, before the war in Iran spiked gas prices, a sign that everyday costs were elevated even before the conflict began

A proposed ICE detention center in a small community in western Maryland known as a destination for weekend bicyclists and Civil War history buffs in Williamsport, Md., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

How US communities have responded to plans to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers

12:11 AM on Thursday, April 9

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is reviewing plans to convert warehouses into detention facilities for immigrants

Protesters rally against a planned immigration detention facility outside a Washington County Commission meeting in Hagerstown, Md., Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)

Protesters rally against planned Maryland immigration detention facility that's now paused

12:10 AM on Thursday, April 9

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

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