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What Kind of House Can You Buy for $2,500 a Month? 02/06/2024 07:00pm • If you're an average American looking for a home today, you can expect to pay about $403,000 for it, according to Redfin data. It's a chunk of change, especially when compared with homes just five years ago, when the median single family home sold for close to $286,000. Back then, interest rates wer Former top prosecutor for Baltimore convicted of mortgage fraud 02/06/2024 06:41pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore was convicted Tuesday on one count of mortgage fraud, concluding a lengthy criminal trial in which Marilyn Mosby testified she unwittingly made false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes. The jury Bank plans to auction posh property owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to repay loans 02/06/2024 06:40pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more than $300 million in longstanding unpaid business loans to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is planning to auction off land at a sporting club located at the governor’s posh resort. Carter Bank & Trust of Ma Sri Lankan Cabinet minister resigns after being arrested in a counterfeit drugs scandal 02/06/2024 05:44pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister has resigned after being arrested in a scandal over the government's alleged purchase of counterfeit drugs during the country's economic crisis. A government statement Tuesday confirmed that Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who prev A booming bourbon industry has Kentucky leaders toasting record growth 02/06/2024 05:42pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector's record growt H&R Block: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 02/06/2024 05:16pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — H&R Block Inc. (HRB) on Tuesday reported a loss of $189.8 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had a loss of $1.33 per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontin Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says 02/06/2024 03:27pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents' refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two related Royals make official SS Bobby Witt Jr.'s mammoth 11-year, $288 million-plus contract 02/06/2024 03:23pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals owner John Sherman remembers hanging along the fence at spring training in Arizona back in 2020, shortly after he had purchased the club from David Glass, and watching top prospect Bobby Witt Jr. rip line drives to every part of the field. Sherman had a suspicion eve State Senate committee rejects northern Virginia casino bill 02/06/2024 03:22pm • McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Senate committee on Tuesday rejected legislation that would have allowed a referendum on a casino in the wealthy suburbs of the nation’s capital. The Senate Finance and Appropriations committee voted 13-2 against a bill that would have allowed Fairfax County to hold Judge wants answers after report that key witness in Trump fraud trial may plead guilty to perjury 02/06/2024 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is demanding more information after a key witness was reported to be in negotiations to plead guilty to perjury in connection with his testimony in the lawsuit. In an email posted to the trial docket Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron aske Arizona man accused of assisting in a suicide in New York charged with manslaughter 02/06/2024 02:08pm • An 85-year-old former doctor from Arizona was charged with manslaughter for his role in the suicide of a woman in an upstate New York motel room, authorities said. The woman's body was found by housekeeping staff at the motel in Kingston, New York, on Nov. 9. Kingston police, fire and emergency work Apple App Store - Top Apps 02/06/2024 12:11pm • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 3. ChatGPT, OpenAI 4. Google, Google LLC 5. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 6. CapCut - Video Editor, Bytedance Pte. Ltd 7. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 8. WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp Inc. 9. TurboTax: Swiss bank UBS reports pretax loss in 4Q, plans share buybacks after Credit Suisse deal wraps up 02/06/2024 03:17am • GENEVA (AP) — UBS on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter pretax loss of more than $750 million as the Swiss banking giant continued to integrate its longtime rival Credit Suisse after a government-orchestrated merger. The Zurich-based lender reported losses before tax of $751 million in the quarter Tennessee governor pitches school voucher expansion as state revenues stagnate 02/05/2024 09:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly five years after narrowly convincing lawmakers to allow a select number of families to use tax dollars for private schooling, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday stood before the GOP-dominant Legislature with a much more ambitious pitch: Make school vouchers universal Conservative Nebraska lawmakers push bills that would intertwine religion with public education 02/05/2024 08:32pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservative lawmakers who want to intertwine religion with school curriculum in Republican-dominated Nebraska presented a slew of bills Monday to the state Legislature’s education committee. The list includes a bill that would give parents more control over their local scho