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According to federal data, borrowers ages 50 to 61 have the highest average balance of any age group at $48,203. Source link

Authorities believe a lone hiker who was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year’s Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks. Source link

President Trump is seizing on protests in Iran to threaten U.S. military intervention against the Islamic regime, angering leaders of the GOP’s “America First” wing, who have been critical of the Republican administration’s interventionist foreign policy. The president’s threats come as Israel is lobbying for US support in renewed efforts to attack… Source link

One parachutist crashed near the stands outside the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, while another fell into the net behind the end zone, according to the San Antonio Express-News. The six parachutists of the All Veteran Group team met Amon G. before the game. Attempted to land at Carter…

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that California’s ban on open carry of weapons in much of the state violates the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted 2-1 that the ban runs contrary to the Supreme Court’s expanded Second Amendment test, which requires gun control…

An off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer reportedly shot and killed a man after a confrontation outside the officer’s home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “On December 31, an off-duty ICE officer bravely responded to an active shooter situation at his apartment complex,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. Source link

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a “new era” as he took charge of the nation’s largest city on New Year’s Day. Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist whose star rose last year, took the oath publicly on the steps of City Hall, where he addressed a crowd of thousands in a sweeping inaugural address……

Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday condemned President Trump’s threat to intervene in Iran to crack down on anti-government protests. Greene said of Trump’s pledge on social platform Source link

SpaceX will launch about 4,400 satellites into low orbit in 2026 Source link

China’s BYD has overtaken Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) seller in 2025, as Tesla suffered a sales decline for the second consecutive year. BYD said Thursday it sold about 2.26 million EVs in 2025, up about 28 percent from a year earlier. In a release Friday, Tesla said it delivered…