It’s the latest sign the housing market is cooling as intense competition leaves many would-be buyers on the sidelines.
Katherine Lee
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Top Southern Baptist committee will fund investigation into sex abuse
A top Southern Baptist Convention committee agreed Tuesday to fund a third-party investigation into its handling of sexual abuse allegations
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Hobby Lobby’s looted ancient tablet is heading back to Iraq
Hobby Lobby bought the item, believed to have been looted from an Iraqi museum, for $1.67 million to display it at the Museum of the Bible in Washington.
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UK’s new COVID travel rules called discriminatory
Travelers and authorities from India and many African countries are furious — and confused — about Britain’s new COVID-19 travel rules.
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Amazon, Chobani, more than 30 companies vow to hire Afghan refugees
33 companies said they were joining the Tent Coalition for Afghan Refugees, a coalition founded by Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of yogurt and food company Chobani.
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House races to vote on government funding, debt as Republicans dig in to oppose
Once a routine matter, now Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to provide Republican votes, even though he also relied on Democratic votes help raise the debt ceiling when his party had the majority.
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Democrats face heavy lift on Biden agenda as Republicans stand by
Congress must fund the government in the next 10 days, or risk a federal shutdown.
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UN tells world leaders to do more to fight climate change
Leaders heard pleas Monday to make deeper cuts of emissions of heat-trapping gases and give poorer countries more money to develop cleaner energy and adapt to climate change.
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Officers search Florida home of Gabby Petito’s boyfriend
Police officers swarmed the home of Brian Laundrie, wanted for questioning in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, whose body was apparently discovered in a Wyoming national park.
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Trump CFO’s lawyer says he suspects more indictments on way
A lawyer for Donald Trump’s indicted corporate finance chief told a judge Monday he has “strong reason to believe” more indictments are coming in the ongoing New York investigation.