Why are mortgage rates at their lowest level since 2024?

A for sale sign is seen in front of a house in a Spring Branch neighborhood in Houston, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mortgage rates this week fell to their lowest
Sparklers may have led to deadly New Year’s Swiss resort bar fire, investigators say

Flowers are laid after a fire broke out overnight at Le Constellation bar on January 01, 2026 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images) (CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland) — Investigators probing the deadly New Year’s Day fire at a Swiss
Scoreboard roundup — 1/1/26

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONRockets 120, Nets 96Heat 118, Pistons 11276ers 123, Mavericks 108Celtics 120, Kings 106Jazz 101, Clippers 118 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUECapitals 3, Senators 4Mammoth 7, Islanders
At least 47 confirmed dead, 115 hurt in Swiss ski resort fire on New Year’s Day

A catastrophic fire tore through a packed bar in the Swiss Alps shortly after the start of the new year, killing at least 47 people and leaving 115 others seriously injured, authorities said Thursday. Officials warned the
Zohran Mamdani makes history after being sworn in as 112th mayor of New York City

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in Thursday as New York City’s 112th mayor, marking a historic moment as the city’s first Muslim mayor and one of its youngest leaders at age 34. The democratic socialist formally assumed office
