The half-staff order applies to flags at all state government buildings across New York. These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Higher oil prices and mixed economic data are moving bond yields higher. The 30-year rate has risen and is back above 6%.

On Monday, federal officials with the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York unsealed charges against Balat and Kayumi that include allegedly providing "material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization" and "use of a weapon of mass destruction."

A fierce winter storm brings harsh snowfall, wind and whiteout conditions across the northeast. Millions are experiencing travel bans and power outages amid the bomb cyclone.

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A Senate vote to reopen the Department of Homeland Security failed on Thursday as the standoff over funding the department approached a second month. Democrats demanding significant restrictions on federal immigration officers have refused to back down,