By contrast, the average rate stood at 2.99% a year ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate ticked down to 5.09% from 5.1% last week. Higher borrowing rates appear to be slowing the housing market, a crucial sector of the economy.
In April, sales of both existing homes and new homes showed signs of faltering, worsened by sharply higher home prices and a shrunken supply of available properties.



Cooper's family told local media that he couldn't swim. It's unclear exactly how he fell out of the kayak but his family said they boys had been racing. He was on the water with his autistic older brother, 17.

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The projected depletion date for Medicare_s trust fund for inpatient hospital care moved back two years to 2028 from last year_s forecast of 2026. The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Thursday states that Social Security_s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits in 2035, instead of last year_s estimation of 2034.

The e-commerce giant_s pullback comes as foreign technology firms have been pulling out or downsizing their operations in mainland China as a strict data privacy law specifying how companies collect and store data takes effect. It says customers in China will not be able to buy new e-books after that day and won_t be able to download books they_ve already purchased after a year later. The company said in a WeChat post that the bookstore will stop operating on June 30, 2023.

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Researchers at Drexel University_s Center for Labor Markets and Policy predicted in a report last month that an average of 33% of youths ages 16 to 19 will be employed each month from June through August this year, the highest such rate since 34% in the summer of 2007.



Last month, in a Twitter video promoting his autobiography, the teen revealed how he started his first business at age seven and by 10 owned and operated a 350-acre ranch. The teen was reportedly the sole keeper of the land where he lived with his disabled parents and brother.

LONDON (AP) - The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries including Russia will raise production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, offering modest relief for a global economy suffering from soaring energy prices and the resulting inflation. The group had been adding a steady 432,000 barrels per day each month to gradually restore production cuts from 2020. The decision Thursday steps up the pace by the alliance, known as OPEC+, in restoring cuts made during the worst of the pandemic recession.

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Yet these same storm-prone neighborhoods are near a buildout of new plants that supercool natural gas for export. The region provides a contrast between the need to phase out fossil fuels to address climate change and the world_s growing demand for natural gas.

'I've heard adults tell them that they can't do something because they're 'just a kid.' I've watched them want to try something and be told no 'because I said so.' And there's always the 'kids these days' insult,' he explained.