2024 US home sales hit lowest level in nearly 30 years with ownership increasingly out of reach
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in 2024 to a nearly 30-year low for the second year in a row as elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and a low level of properties on the market kept many prospective homebuyers out of the market.
Major storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power lines and ground flights
Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland, neighboring Northern Ireland and Scotland as Storn Éowyn roared in.
Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says
The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather.
Japan's leader says he's preparing for tough negotiations with Trump on maintaining US presence
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a strong American presence in the Asia-Pacific.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On a 51 to 49 vote, President Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, barely cleared his first hurdle in a Senate vote. Senators are advancing his nomination but it’s not set in stone, yet. Hegseth, who is a for
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D- NY) said in New York alone, nearly two-thirds of people live in communities lack adequate access to childcare. She’s sponsoring legislation that aims to fix a shortage of affordable childcare. The Ch
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller.
In an effort to get a better picture of the health care picture in Tompkins County, the county's Health Department is asking people to participate in a community health survey.
U.S. President Trump is to speak to an international audience for the first time after returning into the White House with a speech and Q&A by video conference to the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos on Thursday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first official trip abroad next week to Central America.
Oscar hopefuls will find out whether they’ve made the cut when actors Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announce the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards.
Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years.
