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The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell to its lowest level since early May, an encouraging trend for prospective homebuyers at a time when the U.S. housing market remains largely held back by elevated borrowing costs and rising…

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 2. “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil” by V.E. Schwab (Tor) 3. “The Robin on the Oak Throne" by K.A. Linde (Red Tower) 4. “Never Flinch” by Stephen King (Scribner) 5.…

Barry Jenkins knew Eva Victor was a director before they did. Jenkins and his production company Pastel produced Victor's debut “Sorry, Baby,” which opens in New York and Los Angeles Friday and expands in the coming weeks. Victor wrote,…

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years. The next entry, and first since Daniel Craig's dramatic exit, may test that — but things are speeding up. On Wednesday, Amazon MGM Studio…

The Indiana Fever will be without star Caitlin Clark against the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday night. The team announced that the former No. 1 pick is battling a groin injury and will miss at least one game. Clark had recently returned…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is in the final days of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration's emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the federal…

MENGWI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police investigating the fatal shooting of an Australian tourist at a villa on the resort island of Bali said Thursday that two Australians are suspected of arriving on a scooter and opening fire and…

Bruce Springsteen isn't the only musician to complete or launch anticipated album projects, then to see it never see the light of day. Springsteen is releasing the “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” box set with reams of so-called lost music on…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of millions of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ loans will soon affect credit scores for millions of Americans who use the loans to buy clothing, furniture, concert tickets, and takeout. Scoring company FICO said Monday that…

Snack maker Kellanova’s shares rose Thursday on news that its proposed merger with Mars Inc. had cleared U.S. regulators. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced late Wednesday that after nearly a year of investigation, it determined…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — One of the founders of Spire Motorsports has entered an agreement to purchase the NASCAR team owned by Rick Ware and is jumping back into the stock car series because he believes the current charters are grossly…

Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz are ushering in a new era for tennis. Wimbledon begins Monday, and the sport’s most recent Grand Slam champions are Gauff and Alcaraz. She is a 21-year-old American. He is a 22-year-old Spaniard. Both are No. 2…

SAO PAULO (AP) — One clear and unexpected force has surged as the group stage of the Club World Cup comes to a close: Brazil. Flamengo, Palmeiras, Botafogo and Fluminense — all Copa Libertadores winners in recent years — all advanced to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Didier had taken her son to a psychologist for a possible ADHD evaluation when she spotted an article about women with the condition. As she read it in the waiting room, she thought to herself: They're describing me.…

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations’ humanitarian chief called Thursday for more international support for displaced people in Congo's rebel-controlled east during his first visit to the central African country. “What I saw here is that…