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Mortgage rate predictions for the next five years: Will rates keep climbing?

Mortgage rates continue to rise as 2026 nears its fourth quarter. What is the outlook for home loan rates in the next five years? Should you wait for mortgage rates to fall significantly before buying or refinancing? Mortgage interest rates are determined by several factors, all of which can give us clues about the future.

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October 2, 2026
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Health

Shanghai, Huntington’s, UniQure, AI clinical trials: The Readout

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. I am newly enamored with Hans Zinsser, a Harvard bacteriologist who in 1935 wrote “Rats, Lice and History,” a rather charming “biography” of typhus. Got it for a buck at an estate sale. Favorite

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October 2, 2026
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India

‘I repair all kinds of pens’: Meet Madurai’s ‘pen doctor’ keeping a 55-year-old trade alive in the age of computers

For 55 years, this Madurai pen repairman has continued the trade he learnt from his father. (Photo courtesy: Heritage Madurai) At around 10 every morning, he returns to the same spot near the East Gate of the Meenakshi Amman Temple. By 2pm, he leaves. At 5pm, he is back again, staying until 8. For 55

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October 2, 2026
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Technology

ChatGPT can now virtually try on clothes for you

OpenAI is again experimenting with how its conversational AI assistant, ChatGPT, can help users as they shop online. On Thursday, the company announced the global launch of two new shopping features, including a way to virtually try on clothing and accessories and a new favoriting function that can help users save products they like for

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October 2, 2026
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Middle East

Washington’s diplomacy in Sudan has backfired | Opinions

After more than three years, Washington continues to fumble its way through a response to Sudan’s heart-wrenching war. This past week, it may have inadvertently backed itself into a diplomatic corner that offers no options for either itself or Sudan’s army to exit, putting a ceasefire even further out of reach. As world leaders gathered

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October 2, 2026
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Politics

Democrats call for Pulte resignation over FHFA watchdog budget cuts

Top Democratic lawmakers are calling on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to resign after the agency cut funding for its inspector general, a move they say could effectively shut down the independent watchdog. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), along with several top Democrats including…

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October 2, 2026
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Science

Scientists discovered two bizarre new sea spiders that are “nightmare fuel”

If you happen to be swimming in the Salish Sea at night and imagine tiny hairy legs creeping up your body, there is now at least one unsettling reason that image feels plausible. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified two previously unknown species of sea spider, including one with hairy legs and

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October 2, 2026
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Sports

PFT’s Week 4 2026 NFL picks

Maybe it’s good that I’m no longer doing the Joint Mega Picks Podcast. From 10-6 to 9-7 to 8-8, the trend is not my friend. (For the season, I’m 27-21.) In Week 3, the best pick was Ravens over Cowboys (especially since the wild-guess score prediction was 34-30). Worst pick: Buccaneers over Vikings. Flew too

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October 2, 2026
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Travel

Leela Palaces’ CEO on the Overlooked Detail That Can Make (or Break) a Hotel Stay

Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | RSS On this episode of Suite Success, host Katie Cline sits down with Anuraag Bhatnagar, CEO of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, and explores his hospitality “calling,” hiring for values, and delivering luxury through deep human connection and anticipatory service rather than transactional SOPs. Bhatnagar shares lessons from Oberoi (commitment to excellence and

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October 2, 2026
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