Housing activity slowed for a second straight month in March. Existing home sales fell 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.77 million units in March from a month earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Home sales fell across all regions in the U.S. from February. The NAR also revised February existing home sales downward to 5.93 million from 6.02 million. The number of sales was down 4.5% from the same month a year ago. The results came in better than analysts’… Source link

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow pushed back in a viral speech against the growing trend of Republicans labeling their Democratic opponents as groomers and pedophiles. McMorrow responded Tuesday morning to accusations made in a fundraising email by Republican state Sen. Lana Theis that her Democratic colleague wanted to “groom and sexualize kindergarteners.” “I didn’t expect to wake up yesterday to the news that the senator from the 22nd District had, overnight, accused me by name… Source link

Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina said most Russian banks and 52 foreign organisations from 12 countries had access to the country’s alternative to Swift.Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters Some Russian banks have been banned from the SWIFT banking system due to the Ukraine war. Russia is now urging the use of its alternative System for Transfer of Financial Messages. Russia’s central bank said it will stop revealing the names of those participating in its alternative to SWIFT. Russia’s… Source link

We’ve been hearing rumors about Google’s Pixel Watch for years now, but it does finally seem like pieces for the project are finally falling into place. A purported render of the device shared by Evan Blass over at 91Mobiles lines up with past leaks and rumors, showing a device with a familiar circular design, physical crown, and Fitbit integration. Of course, there’s also a lot missing from the render. The image doesn’t include the watch’s lugs (which would show how the strap… Source link

There are some early start times across baseball on Wednesday, including an afternoon matchup between the Pirates and Brewers in which Brandon Woodruff will start for Milwaukee. As far as the night games go, the matchup between the Mets and Giants has the potential to be a great pitchers duel between Carlos Rodon and Chris Bassitt. The two have combined to allow three runs over 24 innings this season. The Blue Jays and Red Sox will also take the field against each other in a matchup between… Source link

It’s going to be a late night for hockey lovers on the East Coast on Wednesday. There are four games taking place — the first starts at 8:30 p.m. EDT, and the other three start at 10 p.m. EDT. You have a lot of time to get your DFS lineups in, so consider these recommendations when you do. GOALIE Kevin Lankinen, CHI at ARI ($20): The way things seem like they will shake out goaltending wise Wednesday this is an opportunity to roll the dice on Lankinen and save some salary. He hasn’t been… Source link

Brave announced a new feature for its browser on Tuesday: De-AMP, which automatically jumps past any page rendered with Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages framework and instead takes users straight to the original website. “Where possible, De-AMP will rewrite links and URLs to prevent users from visiting AMP pages altogether,” Brave said in a blog post. “And in cases where that is not possible, Brave will watch as pages are being fetched and redirect users away from AMP pages… Source link

U.S. stock futures opened lower Tuesday evening to give back gains after a rebound rally during the regular trading day, as investors took in a host of quarterly earnings results and looked ahead to more data. Contracts on the S&P 500 declined by about 0.5% as the overnight session began. The index closed higher by 1.6% during Tuesday’s earlier session. Nasdaq futures fell by nearly 1% as shares of tech giant Netflix (NFLX) slumped after posting an unexpected decline in quarterly subscriber… Source link

Tune into baseball for long enough in 2022 and you’re almost assured to come across an unfamiliar term. The “sweeper” is the newest weapon being deployed against MLB hitters. It is revitalizing the repertoires of some prominent pitchers and could have, um, sweeping implications for the seasons of the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees — two of the franchises most invested in it. But what is a sweeper, exactly? It’s a variation of breaking ball distinguished by horizontal… Source link

CodeVA to start network of computer science schools Published April 19, 2022 by Courtney Mabeus Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces Google’s $300 million investment in Virginia at Google’s offices in Reston on April 19, 2022. Google will invest $300 million in Virginia in a plan that includes data centers, the technology giant announced Tuesday during a press conference at its Reston office. That’s in addition to a $250,000 grant to Richmond-based nonprofit CodeVA… Source link