🗞️Homelessness Is Way Up And Trump on Tik Tok

December 27, 2024

December 27th, 2024

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people

Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country.

apnews.com/article/homelessness-population-count-2024-hud-migrants-2e0e2b4503b754612a1d0b3b73abf75f

  • U.S. homelessness is up 18.1% this year, the main factors include lack of affordable housing, natural disasters that have occurred, and the surge in the number of migrants entering the country

  • Sebastian Zapeta, the man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire in the New York City subway was indicted today on four counts of murder and one count of arson

  • Trump asks the Supreme Court to pause the law that threatens to ban Tik Tok on January 19th until after he takes office in hopes that he and his administration can find a solution for the platform

  • The Mega Millions Lottery jackpot increased to $1.22 billion this week, it’s the seventh time in Mega Millions history that the jackpot has surpassed the billion-dollar mark, the next drawing is Friday at 11 p.m. ET

  • Longtime sports broadcaster, Greg Gumbel, died today at age 78

  • This week, the housing market saw its highest 30-year mortgage rate since July at 6.85%

  • Bankrupt retailer, Big Lots, said today it struck an last minute deal to save hundreds of its stores via a sale to Gordon Brothers and Variety Wholesalers, 200-400 stores will now be able to stay open

  • DOW down .77% /S&P down 1.11%

  • South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach prime minister and acting president Han Duck-soo less than two weeks after former President Yoon was ousted for his short-lived martial law order

  • Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala, has been detained by Iranian police while reporting in Tehran

Bonus: A cool post about the oldest airlines still operating today

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