New Mexico State

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Ohio State

Business Insider

In an interview with Business Insider last year, Vance blamed high housing costs largely on high interest rates.

JD Vance says deporting 20 million people is part of the solution to high housing costs

San Francisco, CA

San Jose, CA

San Jose is the most undervalued housing market in the U.S. Across the U.S., home prices are skyrocketing, causing many prospective buyers to continue renting. Despite elevated prices, some markets offer a better return on investment than others. GoBankingRates put together a list of the 10 most undervalued housing markets in the U.S. The No. 1 most undervalued market is San Jose, Calif., followed by San Francisco, and then Clewiston, Fla. In these markets, the difference between average home value and median list price is $238,665, $180,604, and $93,964, respectively.

10 Most Undervalued Housing Markets in the US

Virginia State

Benny Hinn was a popular preacher during the 1990s and early 2000s. There were Virginia churches that offered bus rides to his crusades in North Carolina, and I knew quite a few Virginians who purchased his books and tapes and donated to his ministry.

Benny Hinn is being criticized for asking for money again

Los Angeles, CA

California State

New York Post

Wendy’s and Jersey Mike’s franchise owners in California have cut hours and slashed jobs to offset the spike in labor costs caused by the state’s new $20 minimum wage.

Lawrence Cheng, who operates seven Wendy’s franchises in Southern California with his family, has not only chopped hours but has also stepped in to fill shifts at his burger joints, he said. 

“I schedule one less person, and then I come in for that time that I didn’t schedule and I work that hour,” Cheng told the Associated Press.  



At his Wendy’s in Fountain Valley, located in Orange County, he has...

Wendy’s, Jersey Mike’s franchise owners slash hours, jobs to offset labor costs from California’s new $20 minimum wage

The housing market looks far different than it did when the pandemic was just starting. These charts help explain why. It's no secret that the housing market looks far different than it did a few years ago. While surging mortgage rates and housing prices have taken away consumers' purchasing power,...

The housing market, explained in 6 charts

Las Vegas, NV

Gainesville, FL

According to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University, home evictions have surged by over 15% nationwide compared to pre-pandemic levels, with five cities experiencing a particularly severe increase of at least 30%, driven by rising rent prices, high demand, and steep mortgage rates, causing significant financial strain especially on households without college degrees, who spend nearly 10% of their annual expenditures on rent.

Skyrocketing Evictions: The Top 5 U.S. Cities Feeling the Squeeze

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Newsradio 600 KOGO

4 California Cities Named Among The 'Top 100 Places To Live In The US'

Family Handyman

The year 2023 was a heck of a run for the residential construction market. Recent real estate statistics show just under 1.5 million homes were completed over the course of the year—the most in a year since 2007’s pre-global financial crisis activity. Yet housing is still considered to be unaffordable, even with an additional 1.5 million homes hitting the market. How can that be the case?

Construction Is Booming, So Why Is Housing So Unaffordable?

Prior to the pandemic, new-construction homes were typically priced well above existing single-family homes, but when looking at the price per square foot, this appears to no longer be the case. According to housing market platform Zillow, new-construction homes in May sold for $209.70 per square foot on average, which is just under the $213.20 rate for existing homes. This is a $3.50 per square foot discount and the largest price drop since 2018. However, when looking at the total sales price, newly built homes are still selling for about $54,000 more than existing homes.

New Homes Are Now Cheaper per Square Foot

Wyoming State

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WyoFile

A group of hemp retailers and an agricultural organization are suing the state of Wyoming claiming that its recent ban on the marijuana-like substance delta-8 is unconstitutional. The Hemp Community of Wyoming wants an injunction or restraining order to stop the law from going into effect today.

Wyoming hemp shops sue state over delta-8 ban, seek halt to enforcement

Columbus, OH

A toxic mix of surging rental rates and vanishing support for renters has catapulted evictions above pre-pandemic levels in some major cities.

‘It was humiliating.’ Evictions in these cities are worse than before Covid

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Burlington County, NJ

Morristown Minute

Officials Celebrate Success and Expansion of Meal Initiatives for Children. Morristown, NJ — State and local officials, including New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Ed Wengryn, gathered July 18, 2024, at Pemberton Early Childhood Learning Center in Burlington County to spotlight the achievements of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the innovative Summer EBT initiative, which provides substantial support to low-income families during the summer months.

NJ's $120 Summer EBT Feeds Child Nutrition

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Saint Johnsbury, VT

NBC News

The math seemed impossible, but numbers don’t lie — it was less expensive for Julie Kelley to send her 9-year-old son to seven different summer camps in three states than to enroll him in one full-time program in Vermont, where they live. Summer vacation lasts 10 weeks for...

Inflation, $2,000 camps are creating a summer crisis for working parents: 'It is complete chaos'

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Homelessness has increased by 50%; affordable housing is scarce

There are an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people in New Mexico who experience homelessness each year; there is a shortage of 32,000 low-income rental housing units;...

Homelessness has increased by 50%; affordable housing is scarce

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