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Feel alone? Check out these quotes on what it's been like to be human in 2023
December 19, 2023 - 10:46 AM

To feel 2023 is to listen closely and think on the words of awe, dread, anger, disconnect, loss — and yes, love — that flowed from people directly involved in the world's most recent turns of history.
DIY or call a professional: Which is right for your remodel?
February 02, 2022 - 5:57 AM

A do-it-yourself remodel can be a budget-friendly way to freshen up your home. For some projects, it may take just a few YouTube videos to show you how to modernize your space.
The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms
August 25, 2021 - 3:09 PM

The new four-bedroom house in Charlotte, North Carolina, was Crystal Marie and Eskias McDaniels’ personal American dream, the reason they had moved to this Southern town from pricey Los Angeles a few years ago.
After horrific fair ride accident, Ohio beefs up inspections
July 20, 2021 - 8:25 AM

Four years after a carnival ride’s corroded steel arm snapped and flung a high school student to his death at the Ohio State Fair, the state is tightening its oversight of amusement rides.
Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse
July 10, 2021 - 2:51 PM

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately because of safety concerns found during a review prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building, officials said.
Firm alerts county to 'significant' issues at condo complex
July 02, 2021 - 5:41 AM

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Engineers from a private firm alerted county officials in central Florida this week to significant structural problems that were discovered at a condominium complex two months ago but never addressed by the homeowners association.
Fears aside, no mass exodus from collapsed building's twin
June 29, 2021 - 11:13 AM

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — About a block from the Miami-area beachfront condominium tower that collapsed sits its sister building, erected a year later by the same company, using the same materials and a similar design. It has faced the same tides and salty air.
Months after Nashville bombing, slow recovery work continues
June 25, 2021 - 2:13 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For a moment, the sight of a few Christmas trees in the back of the bombed-out building took the workers aback. There they were, still standing at the approach of summer, adorned with festive holiday decorations amid the rubble of the powerful blast months earlier.
Kayaker's photos show crack in closed I-40 bridge in 2016
May 20, 2021 - 3:36 PM

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Photos taken by a Mississippi River kayaker about five years before a crack was found in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas appear to show the fracture that led transportation officials to close the span indefinitely last week.
Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand
May 15, 2021 - 10:40 AM

As Dartmouth College sophomore Nicholas Sugiarto flipped through the course catalog last semester, two words caught his eye: “Asian American.”
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THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean umpires. We never say, “Play ball!”…what you hear in movies about the game. A fine distinction, perhaps,

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Lifestyle News

Feel alone? Check out these quotes on what it's been like to be human in 2023

DIY or call a professional: Which is right for your remodel?

The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms

After horrific fair ride accident, Ohio beefs up inspections

Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse

Firm alerts county to 'significant' issues at condo complex

Fears aside, no mass exodus from collapsed building's twin

Months after Nashville bombing, slow recovery work continues

Kayaker's photos show crack in closed I-40 bridge in 2016

Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand

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