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Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock Homebuyers are leaving big cities for affordability—here’s where they’re going and how much they’re saving Family unloading boxes in front of suburban home. It’s an age-old trend supercharged by the economic conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic: Homebuyers look to the suburbs for a home with enough space that also meets their budget. American Home Shield looked at data from Freddie Mac to see which major metropolitan [...]

Stefano Mazzola // Shutterstock How technology could help restaurants streamline amid continuing staffing crisis Robot waiters bringing orders to guests alongside people. Nearly a third of restaurants have been short-staffed for two years. That’s according to a Square survey of restaurant owners and managers conducted late last year. After the pandemic prompted mass layoffs in 2020, many food service employees either didn’t return to their previous jobs or quit shortly [...]

Canva 15 major cities where homebuyers can have the upper hand A distant view of the Pittsburgh skyline. In 2022, potential homebuyers saw home prices hit record highs around the country. The median sale price increased 10.2% from 2021, topping out at $386,300. Although sellers have been able to command these high prices due to high demand and low inventory, there are indications that for 2023, the market could be [...]

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot debe comparecer este viernes ante un tribunal federal en Estados Unidos, donde se le acusa de extorsionar con decenas de miles de dólares a la madre de Natalee Holloway, cuya desaparición durante un viaje para celebrar su graduación de secundaria en 2005 se convirtió en un misterio internacional. Van der Sloot, una de las últimas personas a las que se vio [...]

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Raj Shah, the Fox Corp. brand protection executive who pushed Fox News in an even more pro-Trump direction after the 2020 election, has left the company. “Raj brought talent and creativity to his role at Fox,” Fox spokesperson Brian Nick told CNN on Thursday. “We appreciate his service and wish him the best on his next endeavor.” Shah, who left the [...]

By KEVIN FREKINGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is studying the history books and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders as he lays the groundwork for a new commission to tackle the nation’s growing debt. McCarthy is fresh off his biggest political victory since becoming speaker in January. He got the White House to negotiate on a bill that suspends the debt [...]

By Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot will be asked Friday to enter a plea in US federal court where he is accused of extorting tens of thousands of dollars from the mother of Natalee Holloway, whose disappearance while on a trip celebrating her high school graduation in 2005 became an international mystery. Van der Sloot, who was one of the last people seen with the 18-year-old [...]

By Paula Hancocks, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Think you always get the bad seat when taking a flight? Then spare a thought for Lee Yoon-jun. The passenger he was sat next to on a recent Asiana Airlines flight allegedly opened the plane’s emergency door – while it was still in the air. “I just felt the horror of death. I thought, I’m going to die. This is it, [...]

Carolina Calero (CNN) — En Estados Unidos y Canadá, millones de personas se enfrentan a un aire potencialmente nocivo en momentos en que el humo de más de 430 incendios forestales activos en Canadá impregna zonas como Nueva York. Se espera que la mala calidad del aire persista en algunas áreas de la costa este hasta el fin de semana, y existe la posibilidad de que los vientos desplacen el [...]

By Andrew Carey and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — When Viktor Shevchenko was called forward to receive his medal from President Volodymyr Zelensky at a special ceremony in Kyiv earlier this year, his appearance seemed to come as a surprise to the Ukrainian leader. It was not the neck gaiter Shevchenko was wearing, pulled up to cover his nose and mouth, though that certainly made him stand out from [...]