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Off The Charts-Navigating Mortgage Rates

Business, Nation & World

High mortgage rates send homebuyers scrambling for relief

by ALEX VEIGA Associated Press November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

As mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars to monthly mortgage payments.

Business, Nation & World

Small businesses, and shoppers, return to holiday markets

by MAE ANDERSON Associated Press November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

For some small businesses, the markets are a welcome respite after a punishing couple of years.

Nation & World

After Russian retreat, Ukrainian military plans next move

by SAM MEDNICK Associated Press November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

Two weeks after retreating from the southern city of Kherson, Russia is pounding the territory across the Dnieper River with artillery.

Nation & World, News

Protesting workers beaten at Chinese iPhone factory

by JOE McDONALD and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Videos online showed thousands of people in masks facing rows of police in white protective suits with plastic riot shields.

Election 2022, Nation & World, News, Politics

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins reelection

by BECKY BOHRER Associated Press November 23, 2022November 27, 2022

Murkowski was the only Senate Republican up for reelection who voted to convict Trump at his impeachment trial last year. But 7 Republicans voted to impeach him.

Nation & World, News

Thanksgiving travel rush is back with some new habits

by DAVID KOENIG and ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

The holiday travel rush is already on, and it could spread out over more days than usual this year.

Nation & World, New England, News

Body of missing hiker found in New Hampshire

by Associated Press November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Officials said Emily Sotelo was close to reaching her goal of hiking New Hampshire’s 48 peaks above 4,000 feet before she turned 20 but was woefully unprepared for the snow and wind on Sunday.

Health, Nation & World, New England, News

New Hampshire Republicans reject funding for adolescent sex education program

by Associated Press November 23, 2022

The existing program, which is not school-related, would have served nearly 1,000 young people in areas identified as having the highest teen birth rates in the state.