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The benefit of added payments on your mortgage
Mortgage rates may be declining, which puts new homebuyers in a better position than just a year ago (tinyurl.com/5ykwr6cx).
The 30-year fixed-interest rate mortgage hit a high of 7.79% in late October 2023; now, we're seeing this type of mortgage at an average of 6.38% (forecast for the fourth quarter of 2024).
If you bou ... (full story)
How a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink in Cambodia
PHNOM TAMAO, Cambodia (AP) — A tiny snout poked out to widen the crack of the slowly shattering eggshell.
The Siamese crocodile was taking its time, lagging others that had already wriggled out, chirping, into the sand. Adults can be up to 4 meters (13 feet) long and weigh up to 350 kilogram (770 pounds). They have few nat ... (full story)
Housing on the ballot: Harris, Trump push different plans for tackling housing affordability crisis
Millions of Americans can't afford to buy a home or rent a suitable apartment, making housing a central issue for voters in the upcoming presidential election.
The biggest single reason homeownership is out of reach for many is there aren't nearly enough homes for sale to balance out the market between buyers and sellers.
Th ... (full story)
Local
What the history of blasphemy laws in the US and the fight for religious freedom can teach us today
(THE CONVERSATION) Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, violation of these measures can result in a death penalty.
While the U.S. is not among those countries, it also has a long history of blasphemy laws. Many ... (full story)
ATHENA Akron to hold leadership awards event Nov. 13
AKRON––The annual ATHENA Akron Leadership Awards event will be held Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the DoubleTree Hilton Akron/Fairlawn, 3180 W. Market St. in Akron.
The ATHENA Leadership Award celebrates exemplary leadership and is reflective of a quote by Plato: “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.& ... (full story)
State
Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it left thousands of them without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has been aware of for decades, and hasn't fixed.
Some of these adoptees live in hiding, fearing that ... (full story)
Sheriff must release records created by private company operating county jail
The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office must obtain and provide public records in possession of the private companies contracted to operate the county jail, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
In a 6-1 per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court found the sheriff’s office could not redirect requests for jail records t ... (full story)
Women in states with bans getting abortions at rates similar under Roe
Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a report released Tuesday.
Women did so by traveling out of state or by having prescription abortion pills mailed to them, according to the #WeCo ... (full story)