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Mortgage Interest Rates Today: Mortgage Rates Stay Put—for Now—While Fed’s Next Step Looms  Realtor.com Mortgage rates hold steady at lowest level of the year  Yahoo Finance Average rate on a 30-year mortgage holds steady at lowest level in nearly 10 months  woodtv.com Current refi mortgage rates report for Aug. 21, 2025  Fortune Mortgage Rates Drop to 10-Month Low, Pushing Down Monthly Housing Payments  Redfin Source …

Little by little, the moon is becoming less visible. Which can only mean one thing: we’re getting closer to the new moon. The new moon is a part of the lunar cycle, which is a series of eight unique phases of the moon’s visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA, and these different phases happen as …

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 21, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures were little changed Thursday night ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole on Friday. Investors will be seeking clues on the path forward for monetary policy. Dow Jones Industrial …

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford spoke to reporters for the first time since the start of training camp on Thursday, after head coach Sean McVay had said the QB got through the week healthy. Stafford has been dealing with a disc issue in his back. While McVay and Stafford did not formally declare that the quarterback would play Week 1, it …

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In the dark of night, SpaceX will launch the mysterious X-37B space plane for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). A Falcon 9 rocket will launch the mission, USSF-36, from Pad 39A, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, carrying the Boeing-built X-37B on the orbital transfer vehicle’s eighth flight (OTV-8). Launch is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 21, at 11:50 …

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Edge Lower Ahead of Walmart Earnings, Jackson Hole — Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq stumble in wait for Walmart earnings, Jackson Hole kickoff  Yahoo Finance US stock futures flat as investors await Walmart earnings, Powell remarks  USA Today Tech stocks pressure Wall St as caution sets in ahead of Fed …

Sony announced a $50 price increase on all PlayStation 5 “slim” models in the US starting tomorrow, August 21st. The upcoming prices for a PS5 Digital Edition, the standard PS5, and the PS5 Pro are $499.99, $549.99, and $749.99, respectively; however, you can avoid paying the higher prices by picking up a PS5 at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart …

The USA TODAY Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 poll debuted two weeks ago, setting the stage for what many anticipate could be one of the most exciting college football seasons to date. Of course, that initial coaches poll was the first to formally crown Texas as the country’s No. 1 team entering the 2025 college football season. The Associated Press followed …

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Wednesday following a four-day losing streak for the S&P 500 as tech names dragged the broader market lower. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures …