By Alexis Weisend | The Seattle Times A new lawsuit alleges Zillow used its monopoly power to charge high referral fees and pressured agents to channel homebuyers into its lending business. The lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington comes as Zillow defends itself against other lawsuits filed…
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By MATTHEW LEE and ALI SWENSON WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expanding its ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services to include assistance going to international and domestic organizations and agencies that promote gender identity as well as diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Related Articles Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar…
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The Trump administration claims California has failed to follow its order to cancel 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses held by non-U.S. citizens, so the US Department of Transportation is withholding $160 million from the state. The California Department of Motor Vehicles says it is in full compliance with federal rules, and this is just the latest…
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By BILL BARROW Some of Donald Trump’s handpicked appointees who have a say in his White House ballroom project asked questions Thursday about its “immense” design and scale, even as they broadly endorsed the president’s vision for a massive expansion. Related Articles Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles Trump’s…
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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion, accusing JPMorgan of debanking him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021. The lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County court in Florida, alleges that JPMorgan abruptly closed multiple accounts in…
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By SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO (AP) — The fate of a Chicago man accused of using Snapchat to offer a $10,000 bounty on the life of a top Border Patrol commander rested in a federal jury’s hands Thursday. Juan Espinoza Martinez, a 37-year-old carpenter, was charged with a single count of murder-for-hire in the first criminal…
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In December of last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $1.6 million to the Bandim Health Project at the University of Southern Denmark to study the effects of a hepatitis B vaccine on 14,500 newborns in Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West Africa. The study has been widely criticized by the medical…
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LOS ANGELES — UCLA showcased 11 new starters on defense last season, two of whom were Isaiah Chisom and JonJon Vaughns. The pair ended up as the Bruins’ top tacklers for the 2025 season, and Vaughns even finished the season with the third-most tackles in the Big Ten. Neither will be in Westwood in 2026.…
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By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked higher this week, but remains near its lowest level in more than three years. Related Articles Prices ticked up in November as Americans keep spending a key inflation measure shows 4 in 5 small businesses had cyberattacks last year and almost half…
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January is a month when many restaurants promote low-fat, low-calorie, nonalcoholic choices for diners with new year’s resolutions to eat healthy. Then there’s places like Applebee’s, where on a recent visit the parking lot smelled like onion rings. Perhaps you’ve seen its commercials for an item called the O-M-Cheese Burger, possibly the Glendale-based chain’s most…
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