Naveen Athrappully

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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) intends to increase shipping prices effective July 13 and has filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission on the matter, the agency said in a statement. “The changes would raise domestic shipping services prices approximately 6.3 percent for Priority Mail service, 7.1 percent for USPS Ground Advantage, and 7.6 percent for Parcel Select. Prices are not changing for Priority Mail Express service,” the company said on May 9.

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The decision comes as Harvard’s president recently said the university will not alter its principles to comply with demands from the Trump administration. 5/13/2025Updated: 5/13/2025Eight federal agencies are terminating roughly $450 million in grants to Harvard University in addition to the $2.2 billion that was terminated previously, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said in a May 13 statement published by the Department of Education.

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) is expediting environmental permitting review of the Velvet-Wood mine in Utah amid a national energy emergency, the agency said in a May 12 statement. “If approved, the Velvet-Wood mine project in San Juan County, Utah, would produce uranium and vanadium,” said the agency. Uranium is used as fuel in nuclear reactors and for the production of tritium, which is required for nuclear weapons, while vanadium is used in steel production and titanium aerospace alloys.

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United States homebuyers took out 86,604 mortgages in 2024 to purchase second homes, down 5 percent from the previous year amid high prices and elevated mortgage rates, real estate brokerage Redfin said in a May 8 statement. Last year’s mortgage numbers for second homes were “the lowest level in records dating back to 2018,”  the company said. These mortgages “made up just 2.6 percent of all mortgages in 2024—the lowest share on record.

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Since February, Igloo has reported 78 incidents, including 26 resulting in fingertip amputations, bone fractures, or lacerations, the CPSC said. 5/12/2025Updated: 5/12/2025Texas-based Igloo Products Corp. is expanding its recall of rolling coolers, withdrawing 130,000 more from the market as they pose safety risks to users, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in a May 8 statement. On Feb. 13, more than a million Igloo rolling coolers were recalled in the United States.