The 6% commission, a standard in home purchase transactions, is no more. In a sweeping move expected to dramatically reduce the cost of buying and selling a home, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday a settlement with groups of homesellers, agreeing to end landmark antitrust lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and eliminating … Read more
Kate Middleton’s dedication to the Royal Family has become a topic of widespread discussion among experts Kate Middleton’s selling ‘Windsor’ better than ‘salesmen on commission’ Kate Middleton’s video featuring the Windsor kids handing out toys and other items, to the less fortunate has sparked widespread debate. All these claims have been issued by royal commentator … Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission, for a second time, has unanimously rejected a complaint against fake presidential electors who attempted to cast the state’s ballots for Donald Trump in 2020. The Wisconsin Elections Commission first rejected the complaint in March 2022. But a judge in May ordered the commission to rehear the … Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic secretary of state on Monday called for a Republican who served as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump and admitted trying to overturn the 2020 election results to be removed from his position on the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Bob Spindell was one of 10 Republicans who signed … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating. Some Republicans in Georgia want the new commission to discipline or remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for winning indictments of former President Donald Trump … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Election Commission announced Monday that it has approved all three presidential candidates for next February’s election, including a former special forces general whose vice-presidential running mate is the son of outgoing President Joko Widodo. The commission said all of the candidates had passed the legal requirements. Last month, the Constitutional Court … Read more
Emergency services in Nigeria say two people are dead after a fire at the Canadian High Commission in the capital, Abuja ByThe Associated Press November 6, 2023, 2:50 PM ABUJA, Nigeria — A fire at the Canadian High Commission in Nigeria’s capital killed two people and injured two others, the local emergency services said Monday. … Read more
Oct. 13 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy’s newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, named after the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” will be commissioned this morning in a ceremony in Groton, Conn. The future USS Hyman G. Rickover will be placed in active service at the New London Naval Submarine Base at 10 a.m. The event will … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s political map-making commission unanimously approved new Statehouse maps Tuesday night, moving a step closer to resolving a long-running redistricting battle. The state’s lengthy saga over the new political boundaries required to be drawn after every U.S. Census has been riddled with lawsuits and repeated court rulings finding previous maps were … Read more
The European Union’s executive arm is blocking leading U.S. online travel agency Booking from acquiring Sweden’s flight booking provider Etraveli Group ByThe Associated Press September 25, 2023, 5:21 AM BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive arm said Monday it is blocking leading U.S. online travel agency Booking from acquiring Sweden’s flight booking provider Etraveli Group … Read more