Next year may mark a turning point for the US housing market. But next year, many economists are optimistic about the housing market. The last few years, the housing market has felt stuck, said Mike Simonsen, the cheif economist at Compass. While mortgage rates don’t follow the Fed directly, they track the 10-year Treasury yield, which reacts to the Fed’s moves. Consumer confidence is critical to the housing market, said Jason Waugh, president of Coldwell Banker Affiliates.

Two people were killed Thursday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in northern Los Angeles County. Authorities have yet to say what caused the crash shortly before 3 p.m. in the northbound lanes near Pyramid Lake in the Angeles National Forest. Pauline McGee, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Fire Department, said six people were transported from the scene for treatment. AdvertisementThe California Highway Patrol shut down two lanes following the crash, causing heavy Christmas Day traffic. The highway patrol did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

When he read it and we got his blessing, we felt really, really good about it. Ross: There is a lot of shipping that’s going on with this show. Matt: In terms of the parallels to the show ending, that’s really a complicated and confusing mix of emotions. I always think that that’s the key in terms of how they all turned out as grounded as they are. The other is you need competition for artists because that’s the whole reason “Stranger Things” exists in the first place.

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What he sees, he says, is African music moving past the need for Western permission. “You have to connect with Nigerians in Nigeria, Africans in Africa,” he says, before thinking about the diaspora. Addy Awofisayo, YouTube’s Head of Music for sub-Saharan Africa, agrees with Alejo. “Nigerians love their own music. Once they have accepted it then they can amplify it globally because those same artistes are gaining audiences across the world.”

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Now, as he prepares to debut his latest signature sneaker, the Luka 5, Luka Doncic talks alongside Jordan Brand Lead Product Line Manager Edric Egberuare to discuss the “nice shoes” in question. For Dončić, who signed with Jordan Brand in 2019, becoming the first European player to do so, the partnership has always felt more cosmic than contract. “I grew up idolizing MJ [Michael Jordan],” he says. “I idolized the way he played, his competitiveness. I try to bring that same mentality to my game, so being part of [the] Jordan brand is special,” Dončić says.

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Tracking storms as post-Christmas travel ramps up KABC meteorologist Leslie Lopez tracks the timing of coast-to-coast storms as millions of Americans head home after Christmas.

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Ukrainian official: Zelenskyy and Trump to meet in Florida A Ukrainian official tells ABC News that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump on Sunday amid ongoing efforts to end the war in Russia.

Storms on both coasts threaten holiday travel The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for portions of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.

Thieves use stolen SUV to rip ATM from convenience store: Police Texas authorities released surveillance video showing thieves using a stolen SUV to rip an ATM from a convenience store early Wednesday morning.

That sense was reinforced by visits from out-of-state relatives who acted like we were poor — because compared to them, we were. The problem grew so widespread that the DEA transferred an agent from New York City to help crack down on the activity. It had shaped me, for better or worse, and I realized I’d been too quick to judge it. For a kid who once hated where they grew up, I had somehow become the unofficial town historian on fishing and drug smuggling. She is the author of “DOWNEAST GOLDMINE,” a forthcoming nonfiction narrative about fishing, drug smuggling, and her childhood on the Maine coast.

Istanbul —Turkish police have detained 115 suspected members of the ISIS militant group in coordinated raids across the country over alleged plots linked to Christmas and New Year celebrations. Arrest warrants have been issued for 137 suspects after investigators determined that operatives of ISIS, also known as Islamic State, were planning attacks in Turkey during the holiday period, the Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Thursday. “Information was found that the ISIS Armed Terrorist Organization was planning to carry out actions targeting our country, especially non-Muslim individuals, within the scope of the upcoming Christmas and New Year events,” the statement said. “They were in contact with conflict zones within the scope of terrorist organization activities,” the statement added. Operations to apprehend the remaining 22 suspects are ongoing, prosecutors said.