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This week, voters across nine states weighed in on proposals that would impact renters and homeowners. Here’s what their outcomes could mean for our future housing landscape. Over the past five years, single-family home prices have risen roughly 54% nationally. This is pushing property tax bills higher for homeowners, as local governments often fail to […]
Local board of elections offices throughout Maryland were evacuated Friday night, after receiving bomb threats from an unknown source. No bombs were detonated and no one was hurt at any of the locations, but state officials are denouncing the threats as “cowardly” acts against democracy. Jared DeMarinis, the Maryland state elections administrator, posted about the […]
The impact came out of nowhere — but Southern Baptist Chaplain Charles LeClair will never forget it. Suddenly, another truck barreled toward them, slamming into their jeep and sending LeClair hurtling to the ground. It was September 1969. LeClair and his assistant were traveling a dirt road in South Vietnam between Long Binh Army Base […]
In 1974, 20 of the world’s leading intellectuals tried to imagine life in 2024. They got a lot wrong. In 1974, the worthy Saturday Review, then in its 50th year, published several anniversary issues that took stock of how the century led to a grim present of Watergate scandals, impending thermonuclear war, a population boom […]
There are plenty of fantasy football managers still scouring the waiver wire for potential fill-in players for Week 10. Some notable names are filling injury reports across the league, while four teams have byes this week (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas Raiders and Seattle Seahawks). Source link
Planning for the end of your life is no one’s idea of a good time. But thinking ahead about the inevitable can save you and your loved ones from a lot of heartache. A few years ago, when a friend learned that we share a love for Warren Zevon, he told me that he wanted […]
Fragrances are skyrocketing in popularity, especially those from luxury brands. Business Insider asked successful men across industries to name their favorite colognes. Le Labo scents were the most popular, followed by options from Jean Paul Gaultier. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the […]
Extending tax cuts will put serious strain on the national debt, which is currently at unsustainable levels. The economy was one of their top issues as voters went to the polls this year. So what does Donald Trump’s return to the White House—as well as Republican gains in Congress—mean for the U.S. economy? Source link
(ANALYSIS) Since we spend so much of our lives at our jobs, it’s only natural that conversations with colleagues go beyond the work in front of us. People share interests and hobbies, family struggles, health concerns, and hopes or goals, from the silly to the serious. The topic of religion, however, can provoke anxiety. Many […]
Members of the small Jewish community in Amsterdam confronted the city’s deputy mayor Friday morning, demanding answers for its failure to prevent violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans the night before that international Jewish organizations and leaders condemned as a pogrom. “My parents are terrified, I am terrified,” one man shouted in Dutch during the […]