Talks between protesting students and Columbia University remained at a stalemate Friday, demonstrators said, as a pro-Palestinian encampment seemed destined to stretch into its second weekend. With time ticking toward final exams and commencement ceremonies, both sides appear to be entrenched and unwilling to bend, student negotiators said.The students want…

Mortgage rates increased this week again, marking the second week in a row rates were above 7%. The average 30-year mortgage rate was 7.17%, up from last week when the average was 7.1%, Freddie Mac reported. Last year at this time, 30-year mortgages were slightly better off, but not by…

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Viewstock | View Stock | Getty ImagesLast year, Americans’ confidence that they would have enough money to live comfortably in retirement fell the most since the global financial crisis.New research shows both workers’ and retirees’ confidence has not recovered. But some signs of optimism have emerged, particularly as wage growth…

Art Schallock, the oldest living former MLB player, celebrated his 100th birthday on April 25, 2024. Schallock, a left-handed player, pitched 58 games with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles over his MLB career back in the 1950s, according to MLB.com. He spent five years with the league. “Those were some…

A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main KGB security agency and accessed personnel files of over 8,600 employees of the organization, which still goes under its Soviet name.The authorities have not commented on the claim, but the website of the Belarusian KGB…

Massachusetts Senate candidate John Deaton isn’t letting the busy campaign trail prevent him from fighting the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the crypto industry. FOX Business was first to report that the crypto-enthusiast and lawyer, now turned political candidate, filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of…

A judge on Friday ordered a Marine Corps veteran and former militia member to remain jailed pending trial on charges he attempted to make ricin, a biological toxin.Russell Vane, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested two weeks ago after authorities searched his house and found traces of ricin along with…

Researchers are increasingly interested in the health risks from chemical additives in microplastics.A new study used 3D human skin-equivalent models to examine how flame retardant additives in microplastics are absorbed by the skin. The findings demonstrate that several flame-retardant additives passed through the skin barrier. Research is moving forward in…

Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The wealth gap between rich millennials and the rest of their age group…

The Biden administration delayed a plan in the works since 2021 to ban menthol cigarettes, the White House confirmed on Friday.  “This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice…

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