A robot dog is being credited with averting bloodshed and taking bullets while being used by Massachusetts State Police troopers during a house barricade incident this month. The Boston Dynamics-built robot, nicknamed Roscoe, was deployed by state troopers at a residence in Barnstable on March 6. Local police called in the troopers, including a bomb […]
LOS ANGELES — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell slightly this week, welcome news for home shoppers facing rising prices and a stubbornly low inventory of properties on the market this spring homebuying season. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage slipped to 6.79% from 6.87% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. […]
Home Depot will buy SRS Distribution, a materials provider for professionals, in a deal valued at approximately $18.25 billion. It is Home Depot‘s largest acquisition in its history and with it, it steps more aggressively into the fast growing professional builder and contactor business. SRS provides materials for professionals like roofers, landscapers and pool contractors. […]
Virulently anti-Trump comedian and TV host Jon Stewart is facing a backlash after being accused of perpetrating the same behavior that he has criticized former President Donald Trump of committing. Stewart is facing criticism after attacking Trump over claims that he overvalued some of his properties, a claim lodged against him during the former president’s […]
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s Washington, D.C., home was targeted by a drive-by protest early Monday. At about 8:20 a.m., a car driving past Sullivan’s residence threw manure at the house, according to Politico, which called it a “small amount of manure.” District of Columbia workers eventually cleaned up the mess. SCOOP: A person tossed […]
Stellantis, the automaker behind the Jeep and Chrysler brands, cut around 400 corporate employees last week after making them work from home. The company had sent a memo informing all salaried nonbargaining workers that they had to work from home on March 22. “All U.S. Eng & Tech NBU employees are expected to work from […]
Homeland Security agents on Monday searched two homes belonging to rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has been dogged by lawsuits alleging sexual assault. One search took place in a $40 million home Combs owns in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, while the other was on Star Island in Miami, according to KTTV. […]
Police in northwest Oregon said they found over a dozen frozen puppies inside a home Friday that authorities believe were used to feed a resident’s pet snakes. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said they found the 18 frozen pups while executing a search warrant Friday in Goble. The sheriff’s office said they received the warrant […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a brand new home on the very same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth. “I’m not a person who sheds tears often, but I’ve […]
Two squatters beat a woman to death after she discovered they were living rent-free inside her deceased mother’s New York City apartment, according to authorities. The squatters, a couple, might have stayed in the luxury apartment for months after the previous tenant passed away. According to police, the squatters were not content with a short […]
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