NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! San Diego County’s officials and its Democratic-led Board of Supervisors are facing backlash after an America 250 Fourth of July celebration originally pitched as a tribute to the Declaration of Independence was reshaped with DEI-focused sponsorship rules. The celebration’s main programming is expected to feature a tribal … Read more
Roads and airports packed with millions of July 4 travelers – CBS News Watch CBS News Passengers aboard American Airlines Flight 1040 had a scary start to the July 4 travel rush after the pilot announced there was a reported engine fire. Though American says there was no evidence of that. Kris Van Cleave has … Read more
House lawmakers began their July 4th recess early on Tuesday after some GOP members blocked Speaker Mike Johnson from merging the SAVE America Act with the annual defense policy bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more. Source link
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department will deploy thousands of officers to handle security for a slew of huge Independence Day celebrations and a World Cup match that will make the July 4 weekend especially challenging, even for one of the world’s largest police forces. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday that there … Read more
With multiple timely benefits, a CD account could be especially worth opening for savers this July. spawns/Getty Images Whether you’re a borrower, a saver or both, in today’s economy it’s more important than usual to time your financial decisions correctly. Mortgage interest rates, for example, were hovering under 6% earlier this year before surging in … Read more
Home loan borrowers could benefit from making strategic moves now, before the July Federal Reserve meeting commences. Wanida Prapan/Getty Images A new month brings new developments for millions of American borrowers. And if you’re a homebuyer or owner looking to refinance, that may or may not be a good thing. After mortgage interest rates declined … Read more
Multiday warnings of extreme heat landed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia on Wednesday as sultry weather pushed east just ahead of weekend Fourth of July celebrations in a region that revels in its role as a historic hub of U.S. independence. Temperatures in the high 90s Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) were forecast for the … Read more
With wildfires raging across the Western U.S., cities and states are restricting fireworks just as the nation gears up for one of its biggest Fourth of July celebrations in decades. Utah recently issued a statewide ban on personal fireworks displays, citing extreme wildfire risk. Governors in Colorado and New Mexico this week urged restraint, while … Read more
NEW YORK — Changes to federal student loans expected to affect millions of borrowers are taking effect July 1. A part of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” these changes mean the end of some payment plans and new limits for graduate loans. Along with the end of the Biden-era SAVE plan, the changes are … Read more
More than two dozen states are under heat alerts, impacting around 200 million people across the central and eastern U.S. Dozens of cities are expected to endure record highs through the Fourth of July. Tom Hanson reports. Source link