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Sales of new U.S. homes rose for the third straight month in December as high mortgage rates continued to decline, offering some relief for prospective homebuyers.

Plans now include lowering one section from the originally proposed 30 feet to 18 feet.

Charles McGonigal (57), a former senior FBI counterintelligence official who led the Trump-Russia probe, has been arrested and charged with violating U.S. sanctions by agreeing to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

"Will be interesting to see how the Biden administration reacts to this. They may try to weaponize Federal agencies against Twitter," Musk tweeted.

At least five school districts, most in the northeast of the country, have reinstated mask requirements for students amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections, and two requested that students be tested for the virus before returning to school from winter break.

FAA ordered a grounding of all departing aircraft in the United States due to a computer outage in their Notice to Air Missions System, causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations.

America is facing a health crisis and it isn’t made up of bacteria or viruses—instead, it’s an impending medical insurance meltdown.

Since Beijing announced it is reopening China’s borders, Hong Kong announced that beginning on Dec. 29, most of the pandemic measures will be lifted but the mask mandate will remain in effect.

Data show over 31,600 Russians have crossed southern border to seek political asylum since outbreak of war in Ukraine in February, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountering over 5,500 Russian migrants in November alone.

Jamie Lopez, the founder of Babydoll Beauty Couture, a Las Vegas salon for plus-size women and a model for the "body positivity" movement, passed away last weekend at the age of 37 due to heart complications, TMZ reports.