The cost of buying a new house just hit a fresh record as mortgage rates rose to the highest level this year, according to a new report. Findings from Redfin show the combination of steep mortgage rates and elevated home prices has pushed the median monthly housing payment to a record $2,775 – an 11% increase from the same time last year.”Market conditions for homebuyers remain challenging with few homes listed and costs for ownership still climbing,” said Ben Ayers, Nationwide senior economist. “Despite strong fundamentals for demand from demographics and a strong labor market, many first-time buyers are being…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 01:44 EDT | 1 min read SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said that war or terrorist attacks could potentially lead to a 10% to 15% decline in Bitcoin’s value over the next year.In a CNBC interview published Thursday, Scaramucci discussed Bitcoin’s nascent stage of adoption. He said the asset will not achieve its marketed role as an inflation hedge or a store of value until its user base surpasses 1 billion.“Right now, it’s going to be way more volatile than people like,” he said. “And people look at it as a risk-on or risk-off trade…

Jamie Foxx has a renewed appreciation for life after overcoming medical issues last year. “I’ve learned that life is precious, which is why it’s so important for us to go after what we want,” he told FOX Business.That desire to not take anything for granted served as an inspiration for his Brown Sugar Blend Whiskey. “For me, being able to create a brand that brings people together to celebrate life and have fun was the ultimate goal. What more could I ask for? BSB Whiskey far exceeds my expectations. And thanks to WES Brands, I’ve been able to make that…

College football player Amitral “AJ” Simon died just one week before might have realized his pro ball dreams, his former university announced Wednesday.Simon, 25, transferred to the University of Albany in New York, where he played as a defensive lineman with the Great Danes in 2022 and 2023. The school said in a statement on social media that he will be “profoundly missed.””AJ was a tremendous young man and even better teammate throughout this time at UAlbany,” the school said.”He was a role model both on and off the field, serving as a pillar to this program over the last…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 02:46 EDT | 3 min read Friday, April 19, 2024 – In a significant move for GambleFi, best crypto casino CoinPoker has launched a $1,000,000 guaranteed tournament series as part of an effort to supercharge its native CHP token.As the exclusive home of the Crypto Series of Online Poker (CSOP), CoinPoker has doubled down on its reveal of what some pundits have labelled ‘the biggest crypto poker event of the year’. 💎 CSOP Spring starts in 4 days! 😎 🗓 April 19th to 28th. 10 days, 41 events. 🤑 Record-breaking total prizes of $1,000,000 along…

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Nearly 30 years ago, Ret. FBI Special Agent Barry Black responded to the worst homegrown terrorist attack in U.S. history with just a year of experience as a bomb technician under his belt.Black was one of two FBI bomb techs in the entire state of Oklahoma, including Jim Norman, when he arrived at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which housed offices for approximately 500 government employees, around 9:30 on April 19, 1995. Nearly half an hour earlier, at 9:02, ex-Army soldier Timothy McVeigh ignited a bomb that took a third of the nine-floor building, killing 168 victims.”It was horrific…

The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday publicly confirmed the first successful dogfight between a fighter jet piloted by artificial intelligence (AI) and a human-piloted aircraft. The AI-versus-human dogfight was carried out as part of the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched in 2019. The Air Force conducted the AI dogfights at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the home base of the 412th Test Wing.The dogfight pitted a manned F-16 against the X-62A VISTA (Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft), an experimental variant of the F-16, and leveraged live AI agents that were…

BELLFLOWER, Calif. () — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has released body camera video and a detailed narrative of an incident in which deputies shot and killed an armed man who they say intentionally rammed the muscle car he was driving into a patrol vehicle in the Long Beach area.Timeline of eventsIt all began on March 19 around 9:18 p.m. when deputies with the Lakewood Sheriff’s Station responded to a home in the 15900 block of Indiana Avenue in Paramount for a restraining order violation, the sheriff’s department said.Deputies spoke with a woman who told them 40-year-old Jose Acosta…

In this video, watch asTony winner Lauren Patten and the cast of The Lonely Few perform “God of Nowhere” in rehearsal. THE LONELY FEW features music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, a book by Rachel Bonds, and direction by Trip Cullman and Ellenore Scott.  The Lonely Few will begin performances on April 27, 2024 with an opening night set for  May 20 and a limited engagement through June 2, 2024 at MCC Theater’s Newman  Mills Theater (511 W 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019). Lila and her band, The Lonely Few, have a standing gig at Paul’s Juke Joint in their small  Kentucky town. When an established musician, Amy, gives them a…

Enter Arbaugh, who Long described as a “guardian angel,” to restore life to the breathless baby Myles.”I threw my headset. I ran outside. I took the baby and I started to do chest compressions on the baby and then he finally started to breathe,” Arbaugh explained. “When my kids were little, my daughter had a similar incident, so I knew what she was feeling. I knew if I kept her calm and I stayed calm, there was no thought in my mind that the baby wasn’t going to breathe again.”It was this calm which Long credits for saving her baby’s…

A bill that would repeal Arizona’s 160-year-old abortion ban was successfully introduced in the state Senate on Wednesday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to advance a similar effort. The Senate effort was rescued with the help of two Republicans, state Sens. T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, who sided with Democrats in the GOP-controlled chamber to allow the bill to go forward by a vote of 16 to 14. The bill, which required a special vote since it was filed after the legislature’s normal deadline, must still move through the full legislative process in the Senate, which requires consideration for three…

TOKYO: Around 60 doctors in Japan have accused Google Maps of ignoring vitriolic reviews of their clinics in a class-action lawsuit touted as the first of its kind. The medics are seeking 1.4 million yen (US$9,000) in total damages from Google in a bid to hold the US tech titan accountable for inaction over the reviews. They sued the company on Thursday (Apr 19), saying they are powerless to reply to, or refute, reputation-damaging reviews because of their obligation to patient confidentiality. “People who post online can say anything anonymously, even if it’s nothing but slander or verbal abuse,” one…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 02:52 EDT | 2 min read Binance has been actively engaged in close cooperation with Nigerian authorities following the detention of its head of financial crime compliance. The executive, Tigran Gambaryan, along with another Binance official, is facing accusations of laundering over $35 million. The case, which has been adjourned until May 2, is being handled by Nigeria’s anti-corruption body.Binance CEO Says They Are Working to Resolve MatterDuring the Token2049 crypto conference in Dubai, Binance CEO Richard Teng addressed Gambaryan’s situation, claiming that they are working to deal with the issue. “What I can say is we are working very closely with the Nigerian authorities to try to resolve the matter.” Meanwhile, the other executive, Nadeem…

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