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Mortgage rates fall after refinancing fees are pending

Mortgage rates have dropped after a federal agency announced it would defer a loan refinancing fee that was jumped on lenders a few weeks ago. The fee for “coronavirus” adverse market “will now go into effect on December 1, instead of September 1 – and the relief for lenders has …

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Laura weakens over land, still a major hurricane

UPDATE 5 AM Hurricane Laura struck this morning at 2 a.m. near Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane with wind at 150 mph. After 3 hours over land, Laura is now down to 120 mph winds and will remain a hurricane most of the day. Laura is located more …

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Syria war: Russian and American military vehicles collide

Image copyright Rusvesna.su/youtube Image by image A clip of the incident was posted by the Russian website Rusvesna.su The Russian and American governments have blamed each other for a collision between Russian and American armored vehicles in northeastern Syria in which several U.S. troops were wounded. Video of the collision …

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