Current mortgage rates are higher today but lower than they were seven days ago. Rates are lower than they were in early 2025, when the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached above 7%. But rates are still relatively high as fears around stubborn inflation have kept the Federal Reserve from lowering its benchmark rate so far this year.

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Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. -- George Mitchell, former U.S. senator/diplomat, in 1933 (age 92) Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins travel the desert before arriving in New Vegas in the teaser trailer for Season 2 of the Prime Video series "Fallout."

The project, which is part of NASA's In Space Production Applications (InSPA) program, is led by the company United Semiconductors LLC, in collaboration with Axiom Space and Redwire. The crystals for the wafer were grown aboard the ISS in low Earth orbit, approximately 250 miles (402 kilometers) above our planet.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake occurred close to Ocotillo Wells Wednesday morning.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns enter Day 16 of training camp. Select players will speak with the media at 11:45 a.m., then head coach Kevin Stefanski will do the same at 1:15 p.m., and then practice will start at 1:45. The full squad reported for the fifteenth day of training camp on Tuesday.

On Aug. 20, 2012, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and businesswoman Darla Moore became the first female members of Augusta National Golf Club

Hurricane Erin may not be forecast to make landfall, but the sprawling Category 2 storm is still going to impact much of the East Coast as it tracks north this week. On Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency to prepare for the life-threatening rip currents and storm surge expected to affect the coastal region.