Between Bells: Alabama Senate election heads to the finish line, Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) on gun control, and the gay man denied a marriage license by Kim Davis is running for her seat. Lisa Loeb tells us about her new Christmas Album, and Peter Thomas Roth has tips to fix your winter skin. With more from ELLE, The Knot, The Young Turks, and The Daily Caller.
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.