LOS ANGELES (AP) — Real estate investors are buying a larger share of U.S. homes as high prices and borrowing costs deter traditional buyers. A report by BatchData shows investors purchased nearly 27% of homes sold in the first quarter of the year, the highest in five years. This marks a rise from the 18.5%…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales are here again. The e-commerce giant is making the now-misnamed Prime Day a four-day event for the first time. Its promised blitz of summer deals for Prime members started at 3:01 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday and runs until early Friday. The company launched the event…… MORE
President Donald Trump plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund, or ETF, through his media company. Trump Media & Technology Group announced Tuesday it filed with the SEC to create the “Crypto Blue Chip ETF.” The fund would invest 70% in bitcoin, 15% in ethereum, and smaller portions in solana, Ripple’s cryptocurrency, and Crypto.com’s token.…… MORE
For the first time in almost 20 years, travelers will no longer have to take off their shoes during security screenings at certain U.S. airports. Transportation Security Administration Secretary Kristi Noem announced the new policy Tuesday. It puts an end to a security screening mandate put in place almost 20 years ago, several years after…… MORE
KERRVILLE (WBAP/KLIF) – Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says Texas lawmakers will address the danger warning shortcomings apparent in the devastating death toll in six different regions around Central Texas this past weekend. Most of the deaths are in Kerr County’s towns of Hunt, Ingram, Comfort and Kerrville. Latest numbers show 84 killed in the flooding…… MORE