Mortgage rates ticked higher this week, nudging the average long-term U.S. home loan rate closer to its recent high for the year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate edged up to 6.66% from 6.65% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.56%.
CHICAGO (AP) — A beluga whale died days after it was transported hundreds of miles to a Chicago aquarium from a shuttered Ontario park as part of an ongoing effort to rescue Canada’s last captive whales. The whale, a 23-year-old female named Peekachu, died suddenly Tuesday as caretakers tried to reh
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials plan to execute a man next month who was convicted of fatally shooting two real estate agents in Atlanta’s suburbs more than two decades ago. Stacey Humphreys, 53, was convicted of malice murder in the 2003 killings of 33-year-old Cyndi Williams and 21-year-ol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about vulnerabilitie
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Documents released a year after the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school provide a detailed account of the swift and widespread response by law enforcement officers — who arrived within minutes and began triaging injured students. But the nearly 1,500 photos
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge is considering Thursday whether social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in jail as they challenge their extradition to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom. The Tates have remained in a federal detention center in Miami since
By Jarrett Renshaw Aug 27 (Reuters) – A coalition of U.S. farm and biofuel groups has urged President Donald Trump to reject a proposed expansion of exemptions from the nation’s biofuel blending requirements, warning that a surge in waivers for small refineries would hurt rural America by undercutti
By Mahamat Ramadan and Khalid Abdulaziz Aug 27 (Reuters) – Chad has accused neighbouring Sudan of carrying out an air strike that hit a military convoy in its territory last week, and has raised its alert level in the area to its highest point, a security source said. Sudan said on Thursday it was s
By Nestor Corrales MANILA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Meta and gaming platform Roblox have agreed to strengthen child-safety protections for Philippine users, Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda said on Thursday. The measures include age-verification, parental controls, faster ta
Aug 27 (Reuters) – SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and former White House AI czar David Sacks are scheduled to speak at a tech-focused Group of 20 ministerial meeting in North Carolina next week, along with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Dina Powell McCormick, according to a source famil
(SRN NEWS) – “Global Landscape,” a standout feature from SRN News, is a concise two-minute audio segment that delivers a snapshot of the day’s top religion-related news stories from around the world. This engaging feature provides listeners with timely insights into significant developments, cultura
(SRN NEWS)-( ) New research from the Barna Group, in partnership with Gloo (GLUE), finds that pastors and Christians alike express concern about artificial intelligence getting Scripture wrong. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults, 83 percent of practicing Christians and 94 percent of pastors worry
(SRN NEWS)- More than 100 houses of worship have been vandalized, desecrated or put to the torch in Canada over the past five years — the latest being Saint Simon in New Brunswick. It burned to the ground this week and the small congregation says it might not be possible for them to rebuild. Arson i
(SRN NEWS)-According to a piece in the Daily Caller, right after the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, officials with the nation’s largest abortion business contacted attorneys general in blue states. Planned Parenthood provided them with a 14 point plan for using the law to protect and prom
(SRN NEWS)- In the past five years the number of people taking advantage of assisted-suicide in then state has soared150%. Other states which have legalized the practice are also reporting a surge. In Canada, where lawmakers continue to expand the groups of people who are eligible, the numbers are s
A glacier collapse in Tibet caused catastrophic flash flooding in a border area of China and Nepal. Authorities in both countries have reported at least 273 deaths and more than 1,300 people missing as of Thursday. Many were foreigners in the area for trekking or a pilgrimage to a sacred Hindu site.
Israel Removes Netherlands From US-Backed Gaza Aid Center By The Media Line Staff Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered two Dutch representatives on Tuesday to leave a US-backed Gaza coordination center in Kiryat Gat within one week, retaliating against the Netherlands’ planned ban on produc
By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The demolition of a modernist arts complex in the Georgian capital Tbilisi has ignited outrage from some residents about the future of the city’s skyline and from the Italian architects who designed it. Known locally as the Rike Tubes, the Rike Park M
FRANKFURT, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank said on Thursday that it has made progress in simplifying legacy technology at its retail division. • Specifically, the bank has chosen a new so-called core banking system as it seeks to reduce 15 systems to two. • The bank said it is “an important milesto
OSLO, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The health of Norway’s King Harald, 89, has deteriorated while in hospital and his condition is now “very serious”, the royal court said on Thursday. Europe’s oldest living monarch and Norway’s ceremonial head of state since 1991, Harald was taken to hospital on August 17. T
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her 1994 memoir, Dolly Parton recounts in vivid detail the place where she found God. It was an abandoned church, in rural Tennessee where she grew up, that had become known as a haven for sex, drugs and violence. Rather than see the used condoms on the floor, the out-of-tune p
(SRN NEWS) – A new study released by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA finds that most religious youths consume faith-based content in line, using it to learn more about spiritual matters and to encourage them. They also use the digital space to have conversations about religion with th
(SRN NEWS) – The state says it will abide by a court order that bars it from forcing Catholic hospitals and other religious medical practitioners from carrying out or being involved in assisted suicide. Illinois recently legalized the practice, putting some doctors, nurses and institutions in a posi
(SRN NEWS) – A group of California moms and dads are asking the justices to repeal a state law that bars homeschool families from using religious material in their curriculum. First Liberty Institute is representing the plaintiffs and Executive General Council Hiram Sasser says ““Parents should not
Renowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama has died at age 97 in a Tokyo hospital. Kusama’s work was shown in museums around the world. Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, especially dots that danced on canvases or sparkled as balls or dots of light in her installations. ____ This
Tablets and computers have become crucial school supplies for many students. But the same devices children use to read text, write essays, solve math problems or research history projects can also offer distractions in the form of games, social media and web browsing. It can be a challenge for paren
Aug 26 (Reuters) – Barret Zoph, a co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned unit Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday. Here are some details: • Zoph will join Google’s DeepMind as Vice President of Research after serving as Vice President of Res
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is looking into whether San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York will be punished for violating the league’s personal conduct policy after he was caught in a prostitution sting in Ohio. “It’s being reviewed under the personal conduct polic
NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Dustin May left his start against the New York Mets with a bruised right scapula after throwing one pitch Wednesday night. May was hit in the upper back by A.J. Ewing’s 106 mph line drive leading off the bottom of the first inning. The ball ricocheted o
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinian territory and warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war. Nikolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace high re
