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For refinancing mortgages, today's 30-year rate is 6.591%, and the current 15-year rate is 5.601%. Intere Astros lose another starter, Cody Bolton leaves Sunday’s 6-1 loss to the Mariners with back injury 04/12/2026 07:52pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Houston Astros starter Cody Bolton left Sunday's 6-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners in the second inning because of mid-back tightness. During his first major league start last Monday, Bolton was hit on the back by a 102.5 mph line drive, but still threw 4 1/3 innings in a 9-7 loss. Justin Rose rues his miscues through Amen Corner and another lost chance at winning the Masters 04/12/2026 07:50pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Perhaps the only solace Justin Rose can take from another Sunday heartbreak at the Masters is that he didn’t finish second again. He finished in a four-way tie for third. The popular 45-year-old Englishman, who lost a playoff to Rory McIlroy last year, ended up two shots behi Padres top Rockies 7-2 for 4-game sweep but Nick Pivetta exits with stiff elbow 04/12/2026 07:50pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ty France went 3 for 3 with a home run and scored three times as the surging San Diego Padres finished a four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 7-2 victory Sunday. Ramón Laureano hit a two-run homer and Jackson Merrill also went deep for the Padres, who have won five in a Ty Gibbs earns first NASCAR Cup victory at Bristol, beating Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney 04/12/2026 07:46pm • BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Outdueling two NASCAR CupSeries champions for the first victory of his career, Ty Gibbs made an emphatic and emotional breakthrough Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway. 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Brent crude has swung dramatically durin Gilbert, Raley lead Mariners to 6-1 win that extends Astros' losing streak to 7 04/12/2026 07:04pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Logan Gilbert threw seven innings of one-run ball, and the Seattle Mariners beat Houston 6-1 Sunday to extend the Astros' losing streak to seven. Luke Raley had three hits and two RBIs for the Mariners, who won the first three games of the four-game series after a five-game losing s