New York Attorney General Letitia James announces run for governor
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New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she's running for governor, challenging sitting Governor Kathy Hochul, who took office just two months ago, after former Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned.
James revealed her bid in a video announcement Friday, promising to "bring transformational change that uplifts all New Yorkers."
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The Consumer Federal Protection Bureau last week launched an inquiry into what the agency is calling "junk fees in mortgage closing costs." These additional fees, involving home appraisal, title insurance and other services, have spiked in recent years and can add thousands of dollars to the final cost of buying a home.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.