The American dream now comes with a ZIP code: Here’s where starter homes are still within reach

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For many would-be homeowners, the financial hurdle to buying a starter home has grown dramatically over the past seven years. The income needed to afford a typical starter home has jumped more than 80% since 2019, according to a new Realtor.com report.Americans now need an annual household income of about $78,000 to afford a typical starter home, up from roughly $43,000 in 2019—an increase that has far outpaced wage growth and left many first-time buyers struggling to break into the housing market.”First-time buyers aren’t sitting on the sidelines because they don’t want…

Money & Business.

10 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI To Grow–And Even Hire More Workers

A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…

Sports Roundup.

SPOTLIGHT

Andy Burnham takes over as UK prime minister, calls for ‘new political model’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham assumed power Monday morning, vowing to move authority away from London as his new government confronts economic strain, political instability and potential friction with Washington.”We will change politics, to make it more collaborative, more about problem-solving…

POLITICS.

READ THE DOCUMENTS: White House releases election integrity files after Trump speech

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House released a trove of election integrity documents Thursday night after President Donald Trump’s primetime address, posting files related to alleged voting system vulnerabilities, China’s alleged acquisition of U.S. voter data, a Michigan voter registration investigation and noncitizens on state…

HEALTH.

LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT.

Dear Abby: An hour-plus car trip with my husband is driving me away

DEAR ABBY: I’m 56 years old and have been married for 12 years. I don’t want to drive an hour and a half to spend time with my husband’s grandbabies. I have done that on many occasions and choose not to do it anymore. I’m not into babies — or children, for that matter. He continues to ask me to go and can’t understand why I don’t want to. I have no problem with him going (I encourage him to go), but he won’t let up on me, and it’s driving me away. Am I wrong to prefer not to…

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Flights in Athens FIR exceed 5,000 on Saturday

Greek airspace recorded its highest ever daily volume of flights on Saturday 18 July 2026, as Air Traffic Control (ATC) staff handled a total of 5,082 flights in the ATHINAI FIR/HELLAS UIR. This figure surpasses the previous highest daily total of 4,944 flights, which had been recorded on 10 August…