During the Palisades fire, a nearby reservoir was empty for repairs. State officials say even if it had been full, the water ...

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The Royal Irrigation Department on Monday raised the discharge rate at the Chao Phraya barrage dam to help manage the flood surge from the North, and issued a warning for low-lying communities ...

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Mortgage interest rates change each day, and they can be difficult, if not impossible, to time. Case in point: Mortgage rates, largely in anticipation of a Federal Reserve rate cut, dropped to a three ...

With rates too high to make buying a home palatable, or even possible, we have a housing market that has been variously described as frozen or sick. What is certain is that many people are depressed ...

California’s birth rate has hit a record low, a historic “baby bust” in a state with the world’s fourth largest economy, dipping below the birth rate of 1906, when San Francisco was recovering from ...

The data, published in a new report by Statistics Canada last Wednesday, signaled profound changes in the nation's demographic landscape. A rate of 1.25 is well below the replacement threshold of 2.1, ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes increased solidly in August as lower mortgage rates pulled buyers back into the market, though a softening labor market could curb ...

The dollar recovered after hitting a 2025 low as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on a weakening job market. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index traded 0.2% higher after dropping as much as 0.4% ...

Update: This story has been updated with the latest low mortgage rate from Tuesday, Sept. 16. Mortgage rates dropped to a new yearly low on Tuesday, dropping as low as 6.13% according to Mortgage News ...

Mortgage rates saw yet another modest decrease Thursday, retreating to an 11-month low following the long Labor Day weekend and ahead of Friday's closely watched release of the latest employment data.