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Sixth-straight drop: Average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.03%, lowest level since August 12/07/2023 12:05pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Home loan financing costs eased again this week, as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slid to its lowest level in four months. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped to 7.03% from 7.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate aver Mexico focuses on looking for people falsely listed as missing, ignores thousands of disappeared 12/07/2023 10:00am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico's government is pouring resources into detecting what it suggests are ���fake��� missing people ��� cases reported by political opponents to embarrass the government, or kidnapped people who return home but don't notify authorities. Yet officials make no significant effor Japan pledges $4.5B more in aid for Ukraine, including $1B in humanitarian funds 12/07/2023 09:23am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine, including $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war-torn country's recovery effort in an online summit of leading industrial nations. Kishida made the announcement late Wednesday in Tokyo while hostin Liga surprise package Girona visits Barcelona in clash of Catalan clubs 12/07/2023 04:26am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Barcelona was the Spanish league champion last season. Now it is just the second-best team in the Catalonia region. Girona has upstaged its much more popular regional rival so far, winning 12 of 15 games to sit atop the table level on points with Real Madrid. Barcelona trai Wednesday's Transactions 12/07/2023 12:50am • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES ��� Agreed to terms with RHP Craig Kimbrel on a one-year contract. BOSTON RED SOX ��� Acquired RHP Justin Slaten from the New York Mets in exchange for minor league LHP Ryan Ammons and cash considerations. KANSAS CITY ROYALS ��� Acquir Savings Interest Rate Forecast 12/06/2023 07:00pm • Higher interest rates mean borrowing becomes more expensive. But on the flip side, your savings account can earn more. Interest rates have increased in 2023 and aren't likely to come down until 2024. See what that means for your savings account and learn how you can capitalize on a high interest rat CEOs of the nation's biggest banks warn that new regulations could harm the economy 12/06/2023 02:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The heads of Wall Street's biggest banks used an appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to plead with senators to stop the Biden administration's proposed changes to how banks are regulated, warning that the new proposals could negatively impact the economy at a time of geopolitic WTOP's favorite books to read in 2023 12/06/2023 12:02pm • Searching for a must-read?��WTOP staff were asked what books they enjoyed most this year and which books they couldn't stop talking about. This article compiles seven written (and, in one case, illustrated) works, some of which weren't published in 2023, but are still worth being on your radar. F Italy reportedly drops out of China Belt and Road initiative that failed to deliver 12/06/2023 09:47am • MILAN (AP) ��� Italy has formally withdrawn from China���s global Belt and Road initiative that seeks to deepen relations with foreign countries through infrastructure investments, Italian media reported on Wednesday. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had previously signaled Italy's intention to withdr Holidays on Hold: Student Loan Repayment Has Borrowers Trimming Budgets 12/05/2023 07:00pm • Federal student loan payments resumed in October just ahead of the holiday season, so it may not come as a surprise that most Americans with college loan debt plan to spend less money this year on family gatherings, festive trimmings and gift-giving, according to a November survey from U.S News. And How to Get Preapproved for a Mortgage 12/05/2023 07:00pm • When you're serious about buying a home, one of the first steps you should take is getting a mortgage preapproval. It's a relatively quick process that involves a lender pulling your credit and reviewing your financial situation to determine whether you qualify for a home loan and how much house you Arsenal moves 5 points clear in Premier League after last-gasp win but Raya's form remains a concern 12/05/2023 06:29pm • As soon as the ball hit the back of the net, Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya sprinted the length of the field to celebrate the last-gasp winner with his jubilant teammates. No player will have been more relieved than Raya to see Declan Rice's glancing header creep into the corner and seal a chaotic 4- Lazio beats Genoa 1-0 to set up potential Italian Cup match against city rival Roma 12/05/2023 05:40pm • ROME (AP) ��� Matteo Guendouzi's first goal for Lazio helped the capital team to a 1-0 win over Genoa and into the Italian Cup quarterfinals and a potential derby against city rival Roma. Guendouzi netted in the fifth minute on Tuesday after Luca Pellegrini won back possession and raced down the lef America's Car-Mart, Designer Brands fall; CVS, Gitlab rise, Tuesday, 12/5/2023 12/05/2023 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: KeyCorp, down 50 cents to $12.94. Investors were disappointed by the regional bank's latest financial update. Comerica Inc., down $1.62 to $47.83. The bank expects loan balances to be lower than it previously a British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles 12/05/2023 09:58am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece���s Acropolis Museum launched an exhibition Tuesday that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. on loan from the British Museum. The exhibit comes during a dispute between the countries over Greek demands for the return of sculptures from the Parthen