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Zillow, the largest US real estate listing site, has removed a feature that allowed people to see a property’s exposure to the climate crisis, following complaints from the industry and some homeowners that it was hurting sales. Last September, the online real estate market introduced a tool that shows the individual risk of fire, flood, … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial vaccine advisory committee will reconvene later this week under a new chairman, federal officials announced Monday. Martin Kulldorff is leaving the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to take a leadership role at the Department of Health and Human Services, officials said. Dr. Kirk … Read more
Melania Trump unveiled the White House Christmas decorations on Monday. The theme of the decorations was “Home is where the heart is”. The set layout was different from past years as the east wing was demolished in October. It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. On Monday, first lady Melania … Read more
The iPad mini hits the sweet spot for me. It’s about the size of my Kindle, but much better for reading magazines. It crushes my iPhone for FaceTime and watching videos, and unlike my full-size iPad, it fits much easier in my bag when I fly. Even better, it’s down to $349 for Cyber Monday … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, who his administration maneuvered to keep as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, is disqualified from that role, an appeals court said Monday. A panel of judges from the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Philadelphia, joined a lower court … Read more
Kia’s current lineup of crossovers and SUVs is pretty stacked. Both the Sorento and Telluride have proven to be excellent family cars, Kia has gone through a recent effort to make them visually very interesting, affordable and fairly painless. Now, I’m tasked with evaluating the smaller of the offerings, the Sportage, and not just any … Read more
I fell in love with Africa with my body curled up in a bed of river sand, a malleable mattress carved by an ephemeral river. Under a velvety black sky, I watched a boy wrapped in a blue blanket stoke a fire—I was still young enough to worry more about whether the boy would ever … Read more
Although the market is close to an all-time high, you wouldn’t know it based on the fear on one side of the market. There is talk of an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble, fueled by huge spending on the technology. One of the stocks that has faced market concerns about big AI spending is Meta platforms … Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — English expressions once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he asked his State of the Union audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But as the White House now considers whether the US military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing the English language, singing John Lennon’s Image, … Read more
ANNAYA, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he opened his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious coexistence in a conflict-torn region. As the bells tolled, thousands of enthusiastic Lebanese braved a morning of steady … Read more