MILLENNIAL HOMEOWNERSHIP
U.S. Census data points to a stark divide between millennials who own homes and those who fear they never will. Millennial homeownership reached an all-time high last year, with 51 percent of millennials owning their own homes. However, one in four said they plan to rent forever. Those who haven't been able to buy said they don't have enough money for a down payment.
RANKING AIRLINES
A new report compiled by WalletHub ranked the best airlines of 2023, Delta took the number one spot. It had the lowest cancellation rates, delayed flights and mishandled baggage incidents. Spirit Airlines was ranked second. The rankings were based on several categories such as price, reliability and comfort.
CHEAP FIRST CLASS
An online glitch affecting Japanese airline All Nippon Airways allowed some lucky travelers to score first-class airline tickets for 20 times cheaper than usual. Flights that usually cost more than $10,000 were sold for as little as $300. The flights were from Indonesia to the Caribbean via Tokyo and New York, and back again. The airline said that the mishap stemmed from an online error that listed the wrong currency conversions.
In the Red Sea this morning, a U.S. warship, the USS Carney responded to a distress call by a commercial vessel after it came under attack.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in southern California announced it confiscated thousands of pounds of illegal drugs hidden in a jalapeno paste shipment.
Former family YouTuber Ruby Franke is set to enter a plea agreement on child abuse charges in a Utah courtroom, according to her lawyers. Frank and her business partner, Jody Hildebrand were arrested in August after two of Franke's children were found with injuries and evidence of malnutrition in Hildebrandt's home.
Backers are far from gathering enough signatures, but if the measure makes the June 2024 ballot and voters pass it, North Dakota would have to replace ballot scanners with hundreds of workers.
It's part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities.
The company is asking customers to throw out certain types of granola bars and granola cereals to avoid infection.
It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere.
Vermont is often ranked as one of the nation's safest states. But since October, it has had 10 homicides and one suspicious death, including a double homicide in Burlington.
Officials in Mexico are trying to determine what's responsible for the death of a man and injuries to a woman at a Pacific coast resort.
The Virginia mother whose six-year-old son brought a gun to school and shot his teacher is expected to be sentenced.
