Firefighters have made enough progress on a massive wildfire burning in Ocean County for officials to fully reopen both the Garden State Parkway and Route 9 on Wednesday morning. In addition, all evacuation orders in Lacey have been lifted and residents are allowed to return home. About 25,000 homes and businesses remain without power early Wednesday, Jersey Central Power & Light said. Smoky conditions still exist and people traveling through the area are advised to be careful. As of 10:45 p.m. Tuesday the fire in Lacey and Ocean townships had...

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Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. While home prices are still rising across the country, adding to the struggles faced by aspiring homeowners bogged down by high mortgage rates and growing uncertainty, they are now doing so at the slowest pace in years, according to the latest data. Home prices inched up 0.2 percent in March from February, real estate brokerage Redfin found, the slowest pace since December 2022. The U.S. is in the midst of a housing...

Apple was fined 500 million euros by the European Commission over alleged violations of a 2022 tech law.

Apple and Meta Platforms were both fined hundreds of millions of dollars in the latest European Union crackdown against major U.S. technology companies.

Both companies were found to have violated the 2022 Digital Markets Act — Apple through its App Store restrictions and Meta through its “consent or pay” advertising model in Facebook and Instagram.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck near Istanbul, shaking buildings in Turkey's largest city and prompting people to flee apartment blocks.

The quake on Wednesday was measured at a depth of 6.92 km (4.3 miles), Turkey's emergency service says.

The scale of impact and damage is still unclear with no immediate reports of casualties.

The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 12:49 local time (09:49 GMT) was in the area of Silivri, about 80 km (50 miles) west of Istanbul.

A child rapist who showed a young girl pornography to "educate" her on what to do when he attacked her has been jailed for 16 years. Peter Dellbridge, 64, groomed the girl before carrying out a catalogue of sexual abuse against his vulnerable victim, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Judge Penny Moreland said Dellbridge, of Western Avenue in Seaton Deleval, North Tyneside, "took advantage of [the girl] in order to abuse her". He had denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty by jurors of 19 offences including raping a child under...

The Canadian trucking company on Wednesday posted a lowered net income of 17.7 million Canadian dollars ($12.8 million), or C$0.20 a share, down from C$22.2 million, or C$0.25 a share, in the comparable quarter a year ago. Adjusted earnings, which strips out exceptional costs and one-off items, were C$0.21 a share, missing expectations of C$0.24 a share, according to analyst estimates on FactSet. Revenue rose 7.5% to C$497.1 million, just slightly below analyst projections of C$497.8 million. Mullen credits the growth to the incremental revenue from its acquisitions, while among...

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Shares of Wipro Ltd. 507685 rose 4.01% to 243.60 Indian rupees Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the BSE SENSEX Index 1 rising 0.65% to 80,116.49.

Wipro Ltd. closed 24.94% below its 52-week high of 324.55 rupees, which the company reached on January 23rd.