Smart Cookies: Girl Scouts Launch New STEM Program
Raytheon sponsored a new program to build girls' confidence with STEM Skills. Generation STEM reports that 74% of teen girls are interested in STEM fields.
For full interview [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/the-girl-scouts-earn-a-badge-for-stem-education).
The cost of financing a home surged again this week as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to its highest level since December 2000, further dimming the affordability outlook for many would-be homebuyers.
A commercial fisherman accused of conspiring with others to sell 200,000 pounds (90,000 kilos) of fish in excess of legal quotas has been convicted in federal court in New York.