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A housing development in Cranberry Township, Pa., is shown on Friday, March 29, 2024. On Thursday, April 18, 2024, the National Association of Realtors reports on existing home sales for March. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Sluggish start for spring homebuying season as home sales fall in March with mortgage rates rising

A housing development in Cranberry Township, Pa., is shown on Friday, March 29, 2024. On Thursday, April 18, 2024, the National Association of Realtors reports on existing home sales for March. (AP Photo/Gene J.

April 18, 2024, 8:17am Business

The spring homebuying season is off to a sluggish start as home shoppers contend with elevated mortgage rates and rising prices. Read story

FILE -- A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. On Friday, April 12, 2024, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people&rsquo;s search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content.

Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel

FILE -- A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. On Friday, April 12, 2024, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people&rsquo;s search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content.

April 18, 2024, 8:17am Business

Google has fired 28 employees involved in protests over the tech company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, according to statements from the company and campaigners. Read story

Plans for WA’s largest wind farm slashed in half

April 18, 2024, 7:50am Business

A state energy board cut in half the largest wind project proposed in Washington on Wednesday after a yearslong and contentious planning process. Read story

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing whistleblowers describe ‘criminal cover-up,’ safety risks to Senate

FILE - Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company&rsquo;s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport, Friday, March 31, 2017, in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company&rsquo;s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing&rsquo;s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing&rsquo;s 787 Dreamliner.

April 18, 2024, 7:49am Business

This year’s nonstop public flaying of Boeing continued in two separate U.S. Senate hearings Wednesday as Congress responded to public alarm over the jet-maker’s broken safety culture. Read story

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

U.S. Supreme Court rules forced job transfers may be discrimination

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

April 17, 2024, 6:24pm Business

The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims under federal civil rights law, even when they are not demoted or docked pay. Read story

FILE - An Alaska Airlines aircraft sits in the airline&#039;s hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash.  Alaska Airlines briefly grounded all flights Wednesday, April 17,  due to a technical issue.

Alaska Airlines briefly grounds flights due to technical issue

FILE - An Alaska Airlines aircraft sits in the airline&#039;s hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash.  Alaska Airlines briefly grounded all flights Wednesday, April 17,  due to a technical issue.

April 17, 2024, 3:13pm Business

Alaska Airlines briefly grounded all flights Wednesday due to a technical issue. Read story

A cyclist boards a C-Tran Vine bus at the Turtle Place Transit Center in downtown Vancouver in 2021.

C-Tran approves Vine extension to connect Vancouver Mall and Fisher’s Landing transit centers

A cyclist boards a C-Tran Vine bus at the Turtle Place Transit Center in downtown Vancouver in 2021.

April 17, 2024, 2:10pm Business

C-Tran officials approved an extension of its Fourth Plain Boulevard bus rapid transit line known as The Vine. Read story

People pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in New York. Global shares are trading mixed after most U.S.

Stock market today: Wall Street holds a bit steadier as pressure eases from the bond market

People pass the New York Stock Exchange, right, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in New York. Global shares are trading mixed after most U.S.

April 17, 2024, 1:37pm Business

Sinking technology stocks sent Wall Street lower again on Wednesday, and the S&P 500 fell to its fourth straight loss. Read story