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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former high school student accused of killing one classmate and wounding three others during a shooting at Freeman High School in Washington state in 2017 pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of premediated murder, three counts of attempted murder and numerous counts of second-degree assault.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A child was burned by an electric shock after coming in contact with a downed powerline near a North Carolina school on Wednesday, officials said.

PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana 17-year-old was shot to death as he slept on a couch at his parents’ home, and a 14-year-old is accused.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:

HONOLULU (AP) — At least 800 Hawaii public school teachers were out sick this week, officials said.

TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, January 6, 2022

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605 FPUS54 KLUB 061838

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Zone Forecasts for the South Plains Area

National Weather Service Lubbock TX

1238 PM CST Thu Jan 6 2022

TXZ035-062215-

Lubbock-

Including the cities of Lubbock, Wolfforth, and Slaton

1238 PM CST Thu Jan 6 2022

.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. East winds 10 to

15 mph.

.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 20. Читать дальше...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In a Jan. 5 story about a surge in COVID-19 patients in Kansas, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Dr. Sam Antonios is the chief medical officer for Ascension Via Christi in Wichita. He is the chief clinical officer, overseeing the system's Kansas hospitals. The story should also have reflected that Wichita has multiple Ascension Via Christi hospitals, not one.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police in Ohio released body camera footage Thursday showing an officer firing multiple rounds through a wooden privacy fence without warning at someone shooting gunfire into the air on the other side.

Peter Bogdanovich, the ascot-wearing cinephile and director of 1970s black-and-white classics like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” has died. He was 82.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The stepmother of a girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 has been charged with welfare fraud for collecting food stamps in her name, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Thursday.

What a difference a year makes. One year ago this week, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sank to its lowest level in history. This week, fixed mortgage rates followed long-term bond yields and rose to their highest levels in 20 months.

CHICAGO (AP) — Early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu.:

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Marquette University is delaying the start of its spring semester by a week and urging students and staff to get vaccine booster shots as the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the state.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants the investigation he ordered into the 2020 election to conclude by the end of the month, even as legal fights over subpoenas issued to mayors and the state's top elections official remain unresolved.

ATLANTA (AP) — Social conservatives are looking to push education policy to the forefront when Georgia lawmakers begin meeting Monday, driven by a national tumult over the pandemic and race.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials have ordered partial closures at the state Capitol complex due to coronavirus infections among police officers and legislative staff.

COVID-19 vaccines and testing boosted Walgreens store sales growth to levels not seen in more than two decades, pushing the drugstore chain well above Wall Street expectations for the first quarter.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis-area bookkeeper has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for stealing $670,000 from a trust fund that provided money for several charities.

TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, January 6, 2022

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Zone Forecast Product for South Central Texas...UPDATED

National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX

934 AM CST Thu Jan 6 2022

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Including the city of Austin

934 AM CST Thu Jan 6 2022

.REST OF TODAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the mid 50s. North

winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — A suburban Atlanta mayor pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges a day after announcing his resignation from office.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's infant mortality rate dropped between 2019 and 2020, but the rate of babies dying before their first birthday is likely still above the national average.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the 2019 killing of a woman whose body was found in a natural gas-filled Topeka home.

Just in time for the holidays, the pop star Camila Cabello received the perfect gift: Her lovely Los Angeles villa sold for $4.3 million.

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com.

January mortgage rates forecast

I predict that mortgage rates will stay about the same in January. They're more likely to dip modestly than to rise.

The omicron variant of COVID-19 might exert its strongest impact on the U.S. economy and health care system in January, before easing up in February. I expect the economic effect of January's omicron wave to keep a lid on mortgage rates.

If I'm wrong, it will be because... Читать дальше...