By Caitlin Danaher, Larry Madowo, Niamh Kennedy, CNN

(CNN) — Protesters caused a blaze at a health facility treating Ebola patients in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, burning down two hospital tents, a local politician told CNN.

Tensions flared Thursday when the relatives of a young man who died of Ebola tried to take his body “by force” from the Rwampara Hospital, according to Luc Mambele, vice president of Congolese political party A2RC.

A lethal Ebola strain has ripped through local communities in the area, triggering a global health emergency. Tests show that the Bundibugyo strain — which has no specific treatment or vaccine — is behind the outbreak. The DRC said Wednesday that at least 148 deaths are thought to be linked to the disease.

After health authorities refused access to the young man’s body, family members responding by lobbing projectiles at the hospital tents, causing a fire to break out, the local official said.

Six patients were receiving treatment in the medical tents from the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) at the time of the attack and are now being cared for in the hospital, ALIMA said in a statement.

The medical humanitarian organization warned against the spread of “incorrect or unconfirmed information circulating on social media and the internet,” which is likely to fuel fear, misinformation and mistrust toward health facilities.

In a video shared with CNN, Mambele describes being locked down at the hospital as police fire warning shots to disperse protesters from the burning tents.

Video from Reuters news agency showed a large blaze engulfing the medical tents, with their scorched frames standing over blackened hospital beds in the aftermath of the attack.

Officers from the national police force who were deployed to the scene worked swiftly to restore order, Mambele told CNN.

A spokesperson for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrick Muyaya, condemned the attack, telling CNN that the locals responded by doing “exactly what they shouldn’t do.”

Mambele said the incident exemplified the dangers of rising misinformation within the community. Many residents in Ituri province believe that “Ebola is a lie,” he told CNN.

“The population is not sufficiently informed or made aware of what is happening. To members of the most remote communities, Ebola is a White man’s invention; it doesn’t exist,” Mambele remarked.

The World Health Organization has officially declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern,” but global risks remain low.

While only 51 Ebola cases have been officially confirmed, 575 cases are suspected, the DRC said Wednesday. Health officials are also tracking more than 800 contacts in the country.

The first suspected case involved a healthcare worker whose symptoms began on April 24 and who later died at a medical facility in Bunia, WHO reported. By May 5, the organization was notified of an “unidentified illness” associated with high mortality rates in the province. After an inquiry by a “rapid response team” on May 13, the outbreak was identified as the Bundibugyo virus on May 15.

One American who was working in the DRC has tested positive for the virus and is now being treated at a hospital in Berlin, Germany’s Health Ministry said Wednesday.

The virus has also reached neighboring Uganda, where health officials confirmed two laboratory-verified cases, including one death, in the capital, Kampala. The Ugandan Health Ministry has since said the female patient returned two negative tests for Ebola and is “currently out of danger.”

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Deep into Santa Barbara County history, the Hall of Records is working to find and eliminate racist words that, at the time, prevented many people from getting into certain properties and establishing their families fairly in this area.

A State Assembly Bill five years ago required California counties take the discrimination out of the wording on the key property documents. It works to repair what happened with California’s exclusionary laws.

Specifically you can see some examples that showed property that could only be sold or rented to Caucasians and other information showed how many minorities were ushered into less profitable areas of the city.

It had generational impacts on family income and property ownerships.

It is on display in a new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

The exhibit is called “Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing & Exclusion in Santa Barbara.” 

Deputy Santa Barbara County Clerk Melinda Greene spoke at a recent presentation and said, "Santa Barbara trust can really paint the picture and give specific examples of individuals that had that struggle."

Santa Barbara City College was able to play a part through its "Stop the Hate" program and the funding and research came together.

The Clerk's office has the original documents and a link to the redacted or modified documents.

In order for this project to work, a collaboration had to take place with the Trust for Historic Preservation where the panels are set up.

The exhibit gives the public a close up look at the exact wording that restricted advancement for many residents.

 "And so seeing that really, it influenced how important it was to us to make sure that some of those examples were included in the panels and the exhibits," said Dez laniz with the Presidio Research Center.

Speaking in a special presentation, one curator said the impacts were widespread over many decades.

Fleurette Juda said, "all of the housing policies in the United States history that could be considered racially injust, and that started with the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 and went all the way up until this bill."

Specifically to this area, curator Katherina Gontaryuk said, "and hearing people say, don't turn Santa Barbara into Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara is full. There's no more space here. We need to preserve the climate. We don't have enough water. There's just no way to make it work. And obviously, the population of Santa Barbara County has expanded tremendously over the past 100 years."

The exhibit is called “Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing & Exclusion in Santa Barbara.” 

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La inestabilidad en el mercado de bonos, impulsada por la guerra con Irán, está elevando las tasas hipotecarias en EE.UU. y amenaza con encarecer aún más la compra de viviendas.

La tasa fija promedio de las hipotecas a 30 años subió al 6,51 % esta semana, y alcanzó su nivel más alto desde agosto del año pasado, según Freddie Mac.

Se trata del mayor aumento semanal en las tasas hipotecarias desde abril de 2025, cuando el mercado de bonos sufrió una tensión similar tras el anuncio de los planes del presidente Donald Trump para imponer aranceles históricos a casi todos los países.

Las tasas hipotecarias siguen de cerca el rendimiento de los bonos del Tesoro estadounidense a 10 años, que está estrechamente vinculado a las expectativas de inflación. Este rendimiento, que se mueve en sentido contrario al de los precios de los bonos, subió bruscamente esta semana hasta alcanzar su nivel más alto en más de un año, ante la creciente preocupación de los inversores de que el aumento de los precios del petróleo y la guerra en Irán pudieran generar una inflación persistentemente alta.

Los precios subieron un 3,8 % en abril, el nivel más alto desde mayo de 2023, según los últimos datos del Índice de Precios al Consumidor publicados la semana pasada. Por primera vez en tres años, los salarios de los estadounidenses no superaron la inflación, según el informe.

Antes del estallido de la guerra con Irán, las tasas hipotecarias promedio cayeron momentáneamente por debajo del 6 % por primera vez en más de tres años. Quienes contrataron una hipoteca en ese entonces podrían obtener ahorros significativos en comparación con quienes contratan un préstamo hoy.

Tomemos como ejemplo una vivienda de US$ 450.000. Con una hipoteca a tasa fija a 30 años del 5,98 % —el promedio a finales de febrero—, los pagos mensuales de capital e intereses serían de aproximadamente US$ 2.154, suponiendo un pago inicial del 20 %. Con la tasa promedio de la semana pasada, esos pagos ascenderían a aproximadamente US$ 2.278 mensuales.

Esto representa un ahorro adicional de US$ 1.488 al año, o más de US$ 44.640 durante la vigencia del préstamo.

Aun así, las tasas de interés hipotecarias están más bajas que en esta misma época del año pasado. A mediados de mayo del año pasado, la tasa medio fija de la hipoteca a 30 años era del 6,86 %. Sin embargo, las tasas no han bajado tanto como algunos economistas esperaban inicialmente, después de que la Reserva Federal recortara los tipos de interés tres veces desde entonces.

Las tasas de interés más altas y la incertidumbre económica derivada del conflicto en Medio Oriente están empezando a afectar al mercado inmobiliario, y los primeros indicios sugieren un inicio flojo de la temporada de compraventa de viviendas en primavera, época en la que la actividad de ventas suele dispararse.

Las solicitudes de hipotecas para la compra de viviendas nuevas disminuyeron un 2,4 % interanual, según datos de abril de la Asociación de Banqueros Hipotecarios. En comparación con marzo de 2026, las solicitudes se desplomaron un 10 %.

Menos solicitudes se traducen en menos ventas de viviendas. Las ventas de viviendas existentes aumentaron solo un 0,2 % entre marzo y abril, tras una caída del 3,6 % el mes anterior, según la Asociación Nacional de Agentes Inmobiliarios.

Además de las tasas hipotecarias más altas, los precios nacionales de la vivienda se han mantenido cerca de niveles récord. El precio medio de venta de viviendas existentes fue de US$ 417.700 en abril, por lo que se acumulan 34 meses consecutivos de aumentos interanuales, según la NAR.

“Actualmente existen dos obstáculos para la compra de una vivienda que son relevantes. Uno son los altos tipos de interés hipotecarios; el otro, la incertidumbre. Comprar una casa es el desembolso más grande de la vida”, afirmó Brad Case, economista jefe de