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Average long-term mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already challenged by a housing market that remains competitive due to a dearth of homes for sale. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate...
Former Somerset County district attorney gets prison time for attacking woman
SOMERSET — A former Western Pennsylvania district attorney was sentenced Thursday to up to seven years in prison after a jury convicted him of attacking a woman in her home. Somerset County’s former elected District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas was sentenced to between just over two years to seven years in...
Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents filed Thursday. Tarrio, who once served...
Cook says his role in Jets’ talented backfield is simple: ‘Just be Dalvin’Video
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Dalvin Cook joined the Jets knowing they already were stacked at running back. The former Minnesota Vikings star intends to make New York’s backfield even better — no matter what his role might be. “Just be Dalvin,” Cook said Thursday, a day after signing a one-year...
Aaron Donald avoids fights, stays focused on preparation during Rams’ joint practice
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The most recent time Aaron Donald participated in a joint NFL preseason practice before Thursday, he ripped the helmet off a Cincinnati player and swung it at a few Bengals during a big brawl last year. A few years before that, the Penn Hills and Pitt...
Rory McIlroy, Brian Harman share BMW Championship lead on a soft Olympia FieldsVideo
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Rory McIlroy didn’t mind being in the rough at rain-soaked Olympia Fields, except for having trees and a bunker between him and the 17th green. And even that didn’t matter Thursday in the BMW Championship. McIlroy found the short grass only six times with 18 tee...
Trump lawyers seek April 2026 trial date in federal election subversion case
WASHINGON — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge Thursday to put off until 2026 a trial in Washington on charges that the former president plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The suggested April 2026 date is a counterproposal to the Justice Department’s recommendation last week...
Bengals RB Joe Mixon found not guilty of aggravated menacing during traffic disputeVideo
CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was found not guilty Thursday of aggravated menacing in a January traffic dispute. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Gwen Bender acquitted Mixon of the misdemeanor charge after a four-day bench trial. A woman had accused the 27-year-old of pointing a gun at...
Hurricane Hilary forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could bring rain to U.S. SouthwestVideo
MEXICO CITY — Hilary strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday, and it could bring heavy rain to the U.S. southwest by the weekend. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that Hilary had maximum winds of 105 mph and could perhaps skim the coast of the...
Bills QB Josh Allen tries to balance football, celebrity statusVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — In the five years since arriving in Buffalo, where his celebrity status shows no sign of cresting, Josh Allen has become accustomed to having most every step of his public life picked over and documented. It’s not as if the Bills quarterback has much to hide...
In high-stakes season for Greek soccer Panathinaikos sees path to Champions League with AEK AthensVideo
GENEVA — Success in Greek soccer is often weighed down by off-the-field controversy. This time, it’s the killing of a fan in Athens. Panathinaikos owner Giannis Alafouzos missed being in France to see his team eliminate former European champion Marseille from the Champions League on Tuesday, its biggest game in...
NBA releases its schedule for the coming season, with an eye on player rest and travelVideo
Maximizing player rest and limiting travel demands were again part of the NBA’s formula for the upcoming regular season, the league indicated Thursday when announcing the schedule for 2023-24. Teams have an average of 14 instances of back-to-back games this season, up slightly from last year’s rate of 13.3 per...
Oklahoma City man kills his 3 children and estranged wife before taking his own life, police say
OKLAHOMA CITY — A 28-year-old man fatally shot his three young children and his estranged wife before taking his own life, Oklahoma City police said Thursday. Investigators have not determined a motive, Sgt. Gary Knight said. “They’re still trying to figure out what led up to this,” Knight said. “Sometimes...
U.S. Open switching tennis balls for women’s matches so they’re the same ones the men useVideo
NEW YORK — Men and women will use the same tennis ball this year at the U.S. Open, satisfying some women who complained last year they were hitting an inferior product. Top-ranked Iga Swiatek — who eventually won the tournament — was among the women who felt their lighter ball...
Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman
HOUSTON — A Texas woman was arrested and has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington and a member of Congress. Abigail Jo Shry of Alvin, Texas, called the federal courthouse in Washington and left the threatening...
In Anne Frank’s Amsterdam, Ukrainian children’s war diaries go on show in exhibition at City Hall
AMSTERDAM — The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi occupation is hosting an exhibition about the Ukraine war with grim echoes of her plight more than three quarters of a century later. The exhibition that opened at...
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
KABUL, Afghanistan — Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. The Taliban, who...
Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Quran burnings
STOCKHOLM — Sweden raised its terror alert to the second-highest level on Thursday after a string of public desecrations of the Quran sparked angry demonstrations across Muslim countries and threats from militant groups. The Swedish Security Service, known as SÄPO, lifted the “terror threat level” one notch to “high,” the...
Twila Kilgore tapped as interim coach for U.S. women’s national soccer team
Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S women’s national soccer team following the resignation of coach Vlatko Andonovski. U.S. Soccer formally announced Andonovski’s resignation on Thursday. Kilgore, the first American-born woman to earn U.S. Soccer’s top-level Pro License, was an assistant under Andonovski and will lead the...
Deion Sanders builds and rebuilds roster in 1st season at Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders cleaned house when he first arrived at Colorado. Not satisfied, the coach of the Buffaloes carried on with the extreme makeover after the spring game. His lavish use of the transfer portal to build, scrape and rebuild his roster has drawn the wrath of some...
Airlines are adding new routes and making a bold bet on continued strong demand for travel
FORT WORTH, Texas — Building on strong bookings this summer, American Airlines said Thursday it will add three new European destinations next summer and revive another international route that it last flew in 2019. The announcement comes one day after Delta Air Lines said it will expand service to China...
Biden to pay respects to former Pennsylvania first lady Ellen Casey in Scranton
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is traveling to Pennsylvania on Thursday to privately pay his respects to the mother of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in Biden’s hometown of Scranton. The president is expected to arrive before visiting hours for Ellen Casey, also a former first lady of Pennsylvania, at St....
Britney Spears’ husband seeks financial support, says in divorce filing their split came weeks ago
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears and her husband Sam Asghari separated nearly three weeks ago, and he is seeking spousal support and attorneys’ fees in their divorce, according to his divorce filing. Asghari, 29, filed his petition to dissolve his 14-month-old marriage to the 41-year-old pop superstar in Los Angeles...
Air evacuations are to begin for people in the path of wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories — Air evacuations were to begin Thursday to move residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories out of the path of wildfires that neared the city of 20,000 people. People in the four areas of Yellowknife at highest risk should leave as soon as possible and...
Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Hawaii’s governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimized” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incinerated a historic island community and killed more than 100 people. Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday that he instructed the state attorney general to work toward a...
