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Rochester First reported that 30-year mortgage rates dropped from 7.3% to 6.1% within the last six weeks dropping the monthly cost of buying a home and allowing buyers to be able to spend $40,000 more on a home. Rochester real estate broker says recent interest rate drop means now is the time to buy (rochesterfirst.com)
Before you know it, the holiday shopping season will be here. A new Bankrate data shows that about three of those holiday shoppers (33 percent) plan to spend less on holiday shopping this year than they did last year. Between two and three of the shoppers (24 percent) plan to spend more, and around four […]
Janet Jackson is walking back an apology made on her behalf. Jackson commented on the Democratic presidential nominee’s biracial identity during an interview with The Guardian published Saturday. When asked about the prospect of the United States having its “first Black female president,” Jackson cast doubt on Harris’ Blackness. “Well, you know what they supposedly said?” […]
New York State Police issued a warning to the public about a sextortion scam that’s targeting people by email address and threatening to expose you if you don’t send payments through bitcoin. Scammers will try to get you to install software on your devices to get your personal Information. Police say do not engage with […]
The FDA approved a self-administered FluMist nasal spray flu vaccine that is planned to be available to the public by 2025. The FluMist vaccine was first approved by the FDA back 2003 for Healthcare providers to distribute by shots. People will still need to get a doctor’s prescription for the vaccine. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-approves-first-self-administered-flu-vaccine/
A zoo in China’s Guangdong province has admitted that its popular panda exhibit actually features Chow Chow dogs painted to resemble pandas. A visitor’s video posted on Douyin (China’s version of TikTok) went viral, amassing over 1.4 million shares and 725,000 likes, showing the black-and-white canines in an enclosure labeled “painted dogs.” The zoo’s manager, […]
Queen Latifah and her Flavor Unit Entertainment partner, Shakim Compere, are set to produce a biopic exploring her life and career. This film marks the first project in a collaboration with Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Jesse Collins Entertainment to create a series of biopics highlighting influential hip-hop artists. In a joint statement, Queen Latifah […]
A 26-year-old woman from Penn Yan, identified as Sarah E. Olsen, has been arrested following a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a one-year-old child in the Town of Benton, New York. The tragedy occurred on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. on State Route 364, a high-traffic and high-speed area bordered by farmland and […]
Many South Korean adoptees in Western countries are uncovering that their adoptions were based on fraudulent practices, with some believing they were stolen from their biological families. The article highlights the story of Yooree Kim, who at 11 was sent to France under the pretense of being an orphan, only to later discover her adoption documents […]
On September 18, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson—collectively known as the “Hidden Figures”—were honored with Congressional Gold Medals during a ceremony on Capitol Hill. These pioneering African American women mathematicians and engineers made significant contributions to NASA between the 1930s and 1970s, including calculating rocket trajectories and orbital mechanics that were crucial to […]
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