Rocket Cos. said Monday it would buy home loan service provider Mr. Cooper Group for $9.4 billion, boosting its mortgages business in its second big deal this month to take advantage of a rebound in U.S. housing demand. Better home inventory and recent declines in long-term bond yields are bringing back potential buyers to the housing market after years of…

Protesters Chain Themselves to Columbia Gates, Calling for Activists’ Release
Demonstrators sought the release of Mohsen Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil, who organized pro-Palestinian protests and have been taken into ICE custody.