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In mid-August, the average rate on 30-year mortgages soared to 7.31%, marking the first time since May 2001 that they've topped 7.30%, according to Bankrate. And on top of this, median home sale prices are also trending upward. Per Redfin, the median home sale price is up 3% from a year earlier, sitting at $381,225 as of early August.

For reasons both specific and structural, the latest criminal charges against Donald Trump stand apart from their predecessors, marking perhaps the most immediate and acute legal threat to the former president to date. Alleged by Fulton County, GA, District Attorney Fani Willis to have led a "criminal enterprise" to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election, Trump has added 13 felony counts to his already expansive list of criminal charges, this time based on Georgia state, rather than federal, law. Читать дальше...

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This week's question: A Colorado driving school employee accidentally slammed his car into the school's front window, leaving the wreckage lodged under a sign that says, "Learn to Drive." In seven or fewer words, come up with a caption for a photo of this accident scene.

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It's been a particular feature of Donald Trump's White House tenure, as well as the concurrent slate of scandals, that the general public is now familiar with a host of ancillary characters whose proximity to the former president has earned them a measure of infamous notoriety; Mike Lindell, Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn, and the like have embraced their roles as MAGA figures. Run down a timeline of the past six years of Trump-related news, and you'll find yourself reacquainted with a long list of names like John Eastman... Читать дальше...

Hawaii's historic wildfires have caused devastation throughout Western Maui, and more than 1,000 people are missing while another 100 have died, per Axios. Because of this, locals have been vocal about restricting tourism, especially while search and rescue operations are underway, encouraging tourists to cancel their trips. However, many Hawaii natives have been against tourism in the state for a while, arguing that the industry harms local communities and is largely unsustainable.

As The Washington Post described it, summer 2023 is the "summer of strikes." There's the double strike from writers and actors in Hollywood, alongside strikes actualized or threatened by digital news employees, brewery workers and unionized UPS workers. And come fall, the season of strikes could continue. United Auto Workers, which represents workers at Ford, GM and Stellantis, could go on strike when its new contract expires, Nerdwallet reported.