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Whistles, then gunfire: How the deadly ICE shooting unfolded in Minneapolis
- Renee Nicole Good 's final moments were spent in her maroon Honda Pilot, her son's stuffed animals peeking out from the glove compartment. She had stopped in the middle of a tree-lined south Minneapolis street and motioned for unmarked government vehicles to drive past. Whistle blasts pierced the early January chill in a now-familiar community response employed by activists in US cities to alert neighbors to the ...

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Trump announces one-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates
- Critics express doubt president can implement such a move without approval from Congress Donald Trump announced a one-year cap that would limit credit card interest rates to 10% this week, in a move that has prompted mixed reaction from lawmakers and beyond. The president's social media post on Friday night said the restriction would take effect on 20 January, but he did not provide specifics on how the government ...

Source: theguardian.com
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December jobs data continues to support lower mortgage rates
- 720,102 15,867 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + December jobs growth was the slowest in years, keeping mortgage rates near 6% as bond yields held steady and Trump's MBS policy aided spreads.  AI Summary Jobs Friday came and went without much reaction in bond yields because the labor market isn't breaking, nor is it getting stronger. Mortgage rates ...

Source: housingwire.com
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Trump administration can't block child care money for 5 Democratic-led states for now, judge says
- A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting low-income families with children from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now. The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced Tuesday to freeze billions of dollars in funds for three grant ...

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U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS targets in Syria, officials say
- The U.S. conducted large-scale strikes against multiple Islamic State targets across Syria on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said. The strikes targeted at least 35 locations and included more than 90 precision munitions fired and more than 20 aircraft, a U.S. official told CBS News. The aircraft included F-15Es, A-10s, AC-130Js, MQ-9s and Jordanian F-16s. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in ...

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NASA Announces Return Date for ISS Astronauts After Medical Evacuation Announcement
- NASA has revealed the return date for four International Space Station (ISS) crew members who are being evacuated from the station after one fell ill with an unknown condition. The crew are set to begin their return to Earth no earlier than 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The SpaceX capsule is then expected to splash down off the coast of California at about 3:40 a.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 15. The announcement ...

Source: scientificamerican.com
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Protests against ICE spread across U.S. after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland
- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon, as Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful. The Minneapolis gathering was one of hundreds of protests planned in towns and cities across the country over the weekend. ...

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Renee Nicole Good shooting casts scrutiny on ICE's use of deadly force
- ICE already receives less oversight for use-of-force incidents than local police departments, and hotly guards its policies The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has cast a spotlight on ICE's use-of-force policies, and whether the federal agent who shot her will face an impartial investigation or consequences for his actions. The agency already receives less oversight for use-of-force incidents ...

Source: theguardian.com
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See the US cities where institutional investors have the strongest grip on housing
- President Donald Trump put big investors who own single-family rental homes in the spotlight this week by announcing he wants to ban "large institutional investors" from buying more of this type of housing. Overall, major investors own only about 2 to 3% of the country's single-family rental housing stock, researchers have found. But they control a much larger share of the single-family rental industry in certain ...

Source: businessinsider.com
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What are today's mortgage interest rates: January 9, 2026?
- It wasn't that long ago that the idea of securing a mortgage rate under 6% seemed impossible. It was just January 2025, for example, when the average rate for a 30-year term sat above 7% . And that followed years of high mortgage rates, at one point hitting the highest level in decades . But there's been material progress since this point last year, thanks in large part to a consistent interest rate-cut campaign ...

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ICE Agent's Cellphone Video of Renee Good's Killing Leaks to Right-Wing Outlet
- Reading time 3 minutes Cellphone video taken by Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good, was published on X by a right-wing media outlet from Minnesota on Friday. The footage shows Ross exiting a vehicle and Good trying to talk with the ICE agent as he circles her Honda Pilot. The first words spoken by Good in the newly released video are hard to decipher, with sirens blaring nearby. It sounds ...

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