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American Airlines expanded on its plan to drop first-class seats on its international flights and replace them with more business class seats. Some of the new seats on long-haul international flights will be dubbed “Flagship Suites” and feature seats that convert into beds and doors for privacy. The change was first disclosed last month and reiterated Thursday in a conference call with investors by Vasu Raja, the company’s chief commercial officer, who said the change is in response to customer demand. “The first class will not exist … at American Airlines for the simple reason that our customers aren’t buying…

Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan lamented the lack of cooperation between his campaign and national-level Democrats, in an interview published Wednesday.Ryan is running for a Senate seat in Ohio against Republican candidate JD Vance.Ryan, who has previously complained about a lack of coordination among Democrats nationally, statewide and locally, questioned whether the party’s leadership knows what it’s doing.OHIO SENATE SHOWDOWN: JD VANCE CALLS POLLS A ‘BIG JOKE’ AND VOWS HE’LL HAVE THE FUNDS NEEDED TO FIGHT TIM RYAN “National Democrats have been known not to make very good strategic decisions over the years,” Ryan told The Washington Post. “There’s…

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American home sales declined for the eighth month in a row in September as surging mortgage rates and high prices pushed buyers out of the market. Sales of existing homes – which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – were down 23.8% in September from a year ago and down 1.5% from August, according to the National Association of Realtors. That continues a trend of falling home sales that began in February and marks the longest housing sales slump since October 2007 during the subprime mortgage collapse. Sales in September were at their weakest level since May 2020, which…

Mortgage rates rose again this week, stopping just short of the 7% mark. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.94% in the week ending October 20, up from 6.92% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate stood at 3.09%. Mortgage rates have more than doubled since the beginning of this year as the Federal Reserve pushed ahead with its unprecedented campaign of hiking interest rates in order to tame soaring inflation. The combination of the central bank’s rate hikes, investor’s concerns about a recession and mixed economic news has made mortgage rates increasingly volatile…

Retired soldier Paul Sheard, 67, says he fears for his life after a bullet was shot at his window and poo smeared all over his front door in a 13-year campaign of terror A retired soldier has hit out at his local council for housing him in a flat that is “not fit to live in”. Paul Sheard, 67, says he fears for his life after yobs reportedly shot at his window and smeared poo over his front door. He says he has suffered “13 years of relentless abuse” since moving to the property in Seacroft. On top of this,…

Real estate broker Rebecca Van Camp places a “Sold” placard on her sign in front of a home in Meridian, Idaho, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.Darin Oswald | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesExisting homes are selling at the slowest pace since September 2012, with the exception of a brief drop at the start of the Covid 19 pandemic.Sales of previously owned homes fell 1.5% in September from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.71 million units, according to a monthly survey from the National Association of Realtors.That marked the eighth straight month of sales declines. Sales were…

 Parenting and life at home have been impacted in small ways. I can clean up vomit or a not-so-pleasant bathroom situation without hesitation. It does give me pause on occasion when someone says “What’s that smell?” — an anxious reminder of the flowers, perhaps, but also because I don’t want to be that person unaware of what’s going on around them. This happened when I hopped in my car to drive my kids to school this week and my 8-year-old asked, “Mom, why does your car smell like Indian food?” I was relieved because Indian food is one of our…

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Barely six weeks after Liz Truss stood outside Number 10 Downing Street upon becoming prime minister and said “together we will weather the storm”, the waves finally overwhelmed her.In her 45 days in office, her central economic plan was ditched, she lost two senior ministers, her poll ratings nosedived, her authority was destroyed, her parliamentary party rose in mutiny, and the UK’s international reputation was left in shreds.All this despite a large government majority and a desire to turn the page on the rollercoaster ride under Boris Johnson’s premiership.How did it come to this?A ‘bold plan’ blows up big timeShe took office promising to “deliver a…