
How better ventilation can help 'COVID-proof' your home
For two years, you beat the odds. You masked, kept your distance, got your shots.Now, despite those efforts, you, your ... Read More
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Cities support community land trusts to protect affordable housing
As housing prices skyrocket in neighborhoods across the country, some state lawmakers and local officials are turning to a decades-old model for keeping homes affordable: community land trusts.
Known as CLTs, community ...Read more
What West Coast ports' labor negotiations mean for your packages
As the U.S.’s largest ports in California moved record amounts of cargo amid pandemic-induced supply-chain bottlenecks, union dockworkers strengthened their indispensable role in the nation’s logistics network.
But ...Read more
Explaining Hollywood: Your child wants to act. What do you need to know?
LOS ANGELES — The acting bug can bite at any age, but when it bites one of your kids, you might soon find yourself trying to navigate strange and potentially treacherous waters as you schlep your child to endless ...Read more
Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a gaffer
LOS ANGELES — To set the mood of a scene in a movie, TV show or video, filmmakers give the audience plenty of nonverbal clues — in the locale, the props, the soundtrack, even the camera angles. But one important and ...Read more
The biggest wave of Cuban migrants arriving in US since 1980 is driving policy changes
About 115,000 Cubans — more than one percent of the island’s population — have left their homeland fleeing poverty and repression and reached the U.S. in the past seven months, a mass migration wave on a scale not ...Read more
1 in 5 state GOP lawmakers in far-right Facebook groups, study says
Nearly 22% of Republican legislators in the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, with Missouri ranking among the top five, a watchdog organization found in a study released this month.
In a year-long...Read more
Gadgets: These chargers, cases make life easier
A lot of new products are out that aren't fancy but certainly make some of our everyday gadgets more productive.
This includes the Satechi Qi-wireless charging Magnetic Wireless Car Charger ($44.99), designed for ...Read more
Delaying dementia: VR games may be the next big thing
While virtual reality may once have seemed like something out of "Back to the Future," the technology is now here to stay. A new report by CNET claims the gaming platform may even be older adults' next super weapon in ...Read more
Preview: Nine questions answered about the ‘Saints Row’ reboot
When Volition decided to reboot “Saints Row,” they wanted to do it from scratch. The developer had a blank slate with the only guiding light being that the project had to strike the right tone. It had to feel like a ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Burning your own CDs isn’t difficult
Macintosh and Windows computers have the necessary software. All you need is a CD writer.
It’s been a while since I was asked about burning music CDs, but this week a reader asked how best to make music CDs from his ...Read more
Cuba says it won't attend Summit of the Americas in LA after Biden administration snub
WASHINGTON — The president of Cuba announced Wednesday that his country will not attend next month’s Summit of the Americas, a major conference to take place in Los Angeles, after the U.S. refused to extend a proper ...Read more
Condo safety bill clears Legislature, heads to governor's desk
Aging high-rise condos will have to undergo safety inspections while condo boards will have to save money for structural repairs if the governor signs a new condo safety bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday.
The...Read more
2 years later, Minnesotans gather to remember George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd's brother and his aunt came to the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue on Wednesday night, exactly two years after his killing, and quietly made official the name the intersection has ...Read more
Rudy Giuliani raising money off interview by Capitol riot panel
Rudy Giuliani is trying to raise money from his appearance before the House committee investigating last year’s riot at the Capitol as well as his connection to former President Donald Trump by asserting he invoked ...Read more
Oklahoma's near-total abortion ban to face challenge at state's highest court
Abortion-rights advocates vowed to ask the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block the state’s near-total abortion ban within minutes of Gov. Kevin Stitt signing the measure into law.
State lawmakers, led by Republicans, pushed...Read more
After months of optimism, prospects for Iran nuclear deal 'tenuous' at best, US says
WASHINGTON — It's only been a couple of months since U.S. and European officials said a renewal of the Iran nuclear deal was "imminent."
But with little progress since then, and a shifting global geopolitical scene, the...Read more
Alaska pilots authorize future strike if talks and mediation fail
Alaska Airlines pilots voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at some future date if the current negotiations with management and federal mediation efforts fail.
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said Wednesday ...Read more
Beto O'Rourke interrupts news conference, tells Texas governor: 'This is on you!'
UVALDE, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was confronted by political rival and former U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke at a Wednesday news briefing, where officials gave details about the mass shooting at a local ...Read more
Hearts 'forever broken': Here are the victims of the Texas school shooting
UVALDE, Texas — At least 21 people — including 19 children — were killed by a gunman during Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Among them were a 10-year-old girl who had just made the ...Read more
GOP Rep. Jim Jordan says Jan. 6 panel's subpoena violates Constitution
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan swatted back his subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — demanding the panel first turn over information to him.
Jordan ...Read more
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