U.S. Census data points to a stark divide between millennials who own homes and those who fear they never will. Millennial homeownership reached an all-time high last year, with 51 percent of millennials owning their own homes. However, one in four said they plan to rent forever. Those who haven't been able to buy said they don't have enough money for a down payment.
RANKING AIRLINES
A new report compiled by WalletHub ranked the best airlines of 2023, Delta took the number one spot. It had the lowest cancellation rates, delayed flights and mishandled baggage incidents. Spirit Airlines was ranked second. The rankings were based on several categories such as price, reliability and comfort.
CHEAP FIRST CLASS
An online glitch affecting Japanese airline All Nippon Airways allowed some lucky travelers to score first-class airline tickets for 20 times cheaper than usual. Flights that usually cost more than $10,000 were sold for as little as $300. The flights were from Indonesia to the Caribbean via Tokyo and New York, and back again. The airline said that the mishap stemmed from an online error that listed the wrong currency conversions.
Five people were killed and two children were wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia as police arrested a suspect who was wearing a bulletproof arrest. Meanwhile in Fort Worth, Texas, three died and eight were hurt as police said several men were shooting at random near a festival celebrating July 4th.
Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, is filing the civil rights complaint on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England, alleging that Harvard’s admissions system violates the Civil Rights Act.
Tobacco manufacturers have started posting new warning signs about cigarettes in over 200,000 stores across the country, one of the final steps in a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Big Tobacco in 1999.
Pope Francis' appointment to lead a Vatican office that oversees sexual abuse allegations was called 'baffling' and 'troubling' by a U.S.-based accountability group.
