You may not feel it yet, but if you’re an American homeowner you’re probably a good bit richer after the dizzying run-up in housing prices last year. But how do you tap into your newfound wealth? And should you? US homeowners gained an average $55,300 in their home’s value (minus their mortgage) in 2021. In some especially hot cities, ...

  Obamacare gave Americans a lot to argue about before it became law in 2010. One contentious question concerned its eventual economic effect, with supporters saying it would invigorate businesses by freeing them from burdensome healthcare costs and opponents warning of a drag produced by tax increases and government bureaucracy. A decade’s worth of data has now rendered a partial ...

  Bloomberg A China Eastern Airlines Corp Boeing Co 737-800NG plane carrying 132 people crashed in China’s southwestern province of Guangxi. According to FlightRadar24, China Eastern flight MU5735 was traveling from Kunming to Guangzhou, and radar tracking shows the aircraft descending steeply. Eyewitness videos posted to social media showed a forest fire on a mountainside at what was purported to ...