The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged up for the second week in a row, but remains just above its lowest level in more than three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.1% from 6.09% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A day of dramatic swings on Wall Street, including Microsoft's worst drop in years and a sudden reversal for the price of gold, finished with only relatively modest moves Thursday. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% after flirting with its record high in the morning and dropping ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks said Thursday that it plans to open hundreds of new stores across the U.S. and add seating capacity at thousands of existing locations, doubling down on a strategy of emphasizing the company's cafes as community hubs even as consumer demand for drive-thru coffee ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That’s the highest number of ...
State Rep. Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, on Wednesday joined Upper Peninsula health officials in raising concerns about a proposal from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that he says forces sparsely populated counties to compete with Michigan’s biggest counties for federal ...
NORWAY — Norway-Vulcan Area Schools is calling on students to be “Uknighted and Present.” The 30-day challenge is designed to increase positive learning behaviors by focusing on attendance, punctuality, academics and behavior. “It takes a minimum of 21 days to form a habit,” said ...