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The Federal Reserve is finally lowering rates. Here’s what consumers should know

NEW YORK – The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses.On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it reduced its key rate by an unusually large half-percentage point, to between 4.75 and 5 percent, the first rate cut in more than four years.The central bank is acting because, after imposing 11 rate hikes dating back to March 2022, it […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

Orlando News

Harvey Weinstein faces a new sex crime charge. The accuser has never gone public

NationalHarvey Weinstein appears in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)NEW YORK – Seven years after sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein turbocharged the #MeToo movement, the ex-movie mogul faces a new sex crime charge from an accuser who's never told her story publicly. While awaiting retrial on other sex charges in a landmark #MeToo case, Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new charge of forcing oral sex on a woman […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

Orlando News

When is the next rocket launch from Florida?

Space News2024 is even busier year for rocket launches on Space CoastArtemis rocket launch from Florida. (Jacob Langston, Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Florida’s Space Coast is home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the busiest launch sites in the world.This year, the spaceport is more crowded than ever as SpaceX, ULA and Astra deliver satellites and astronauts into low-Earth orbit.We’ve compiled a non-exhaustive list of upcoming Space […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

Politics News

Trump at higher risk of assassination than other former presidents thanks to ‘public enemy’ rhetoric: expert

The threat against former President Trump is unique to him and far higher than anything facing the other living former presidents as inflammatory political rhetoric has consistently portrayed him as "public enemy number one for democracy," a security expert told Fox Digital. Trump has faced a pair of assassination attempts in just over two months – one on July 13 and one on Sept. 15 – with the first incident resulting in a would-be assassin injuring the former president and killing […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

Politics News

GOP lawmakers wrestle with emergency Secret Service funding amid government shutdown fight

House Republicans are toying with the idea of attaching additional U.S. Secret Service (USSS) funds to a short-term spending patch aimed at avoiding an Oct. 1 partial government shutdown.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is teeing up a vote Wednesday evening on his plan to avert a shutdown, a six-month spending patch called a continuing resolution (CR), which is being paired with a measure to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.It’s likely to fail, given significant GOP opposition to any kind […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

Politics News

Republicans groan at Biden admin’s last-minute request for more time to send unused $6B to Ukraine

Billions of dollars allocated for Ukraine will expire at the end of the month if Congress does not act, according to a warning from the Biden administration. Some 10% of the $61 billion in funding Congress passed for Ukraine in April remains unspent – and the White House has requested Congress extend its Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) to offer aid to Ukraine beyond a Sept. 30 deadline."We have $5.9 billion left in Ukraine Presidential Drawdown Authority, all but $100 million of […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

US News

Michigan girl, 2, fatally hit by car after being put to bed: ‘Walked out of the house’

The Michigan State Police are investigating how a 2-year-old girl was fatally struck by a vehicle after her parents put her to bed last week. Troopers responded on Sept. 13 to a "Car vs Pedestrian Traffic Crash" at 8:20 p.m. in Allen Township, 115 miles west of Detroit, police said. "Upon arrival on scene troopers found a 2-year-old female toddler lying in the road," a police statement read. The unidentified toddler was taken to Hillsdale Hospital, where she later died, authorities said. The […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

Politics News

Trump adviser unpacks why former president is holding rally in deep-blue state weeks from election

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. UNIONDALE, New York — It's been 40 years since a Republican nominee has carried New York state in a presidential election. You have to […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

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UN resolution demanding Israel exit ‘occupied territories’ can hurt ‘highly volatile’ situation, expert says

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. The United Nations on Wednesday passed a Palestinian-drafted resolution demanding Israel withdraw from […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

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Rosetta Stone found in 1799, wasn’t used to decipher hieroglyphs for many years

The Rosetta Stone was vital in understanding the writing system of hieroglyphics, which spent years as a forgotten writing system.After the stone was first discovered, it took many years for it to be deciphered. Now, it belongs to The British Museum in London, England, where it has been since 1802, briefly being moved during World War I for its safe keeping. The Rosetta Stone allowed researchers to decipher hieroglyphics. Jean-François Champollion […]

todaySeptember 18, 2024

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