Lifestyle and Budget

Builder of collapsed bridge reaches deal to pay victims

Insurers will pay up to $42 million to surviving victims of a 2018 Florida bridge collapse and the families of those killed, under a deal announced Friday between the now-bankrupt construction company that built the pedestrian bridge and its insurers.

A glance at US mortgage rates

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week after four weeks of increases, giving a boost to prospective home buyers during the spring sales season.