Surging mortgage rates hit 23-year high
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The 30-year fixed mortgage rate this week climbed to 8%, reaching that level for the first time since 2000, according to Mortgage News Daily. The milestone arrives after months of rate increases. As
Republicans who voted against Jordan for speaker say they've been threatened, harassed
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses — including one that a lawmaker
State Department issues 'worldwide caution' alert amid Israel-Hamas war
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. citizens traveling abroad are urged to “exercise increased caution” in light of the heightened global tensions spurred by Hamas’ terror attack on Israel and the unfolding Israel-Hamas war, the
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell takes plea deal in Georgia election interference case
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sidney Powell, one of 18 co-defendants in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia, has taken a plea deal in the case. She is pleading to six misdemeanor charges, according to
New study finds potential link between eating red meat and developing Type 2 diabetes
Grace Cary/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study has found a link between eating red meat, especially processed red meat, and an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer
Russian foreign minister thanks North Korea for 'unwavering' support in Ukraine war
SERGEI ILNITSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has hailed deepening relations between Russia and North Korea during his two-day diplomatic trip to Pyongyang in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment
Mary Lou Retton getting 'stronger' as she battles pneumonia in ICU, daughter says
Eric McCandless via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mary Lou Retton, the American gymnast who became a sports icon when she won Olympic gold in 1984, is getting stronger as she battles a very rare form of
LOCAL SPORTS: Sequim downs Stevens in middle school football; also swimming soccer and cross country news
Photo: Sequim Timber Wolves’ coach Greg Glasser has Sequim with a 5-0 record By Oly Archibald PORT ANGELES — In middle school football action yesterday, the Sequim Timber Wolves won their 5th straight game beating Stevens at
Jordan defiant after repeated GOP rejections in House speaker voting
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Wednesday’s failed speaker vote, Rep. Jim Jordan remained defiant, and insisted he still had a path to win the speaker’s gavel even after losing more votes than
US says initial independent review shows no evidence of bomb strike on Gaza hospital
Dawood Nemer/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after the Hamas-led Gaza Health Ministry claimed Israel had attacked the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, saying some 500 Palestinians had been killed, Israeli and U.S.