Madison, WI

Columbus, OH

Florida State

Orlando, FL

Markets Insider

Homebuyer cancellations are cropping up in Florida after a meteoric rise in home prices.

Florida's housing market is seeing 'nightmare scenarios' as buyers back out due to affordability concerns, Redfin says

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – More people than ever reported experiencing homelessness for the first time across the country, increasing 23% from 2019-2023, according to a new report.
                In 2023, almost one million people (970,806 people) experienced homelessness for the first time, which was the most ever recorded since it was tracked in 2007, according to "State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition" report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
                The pandemic...

Growing trend: More people experiencing homelessness for the first time

Virginia State

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Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Virginia Beach, VA

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. While there are some promising new signs that inflation may ease soon, the price of housing is only continuing to climb. While nationwide rent costs were previously on a downward trend, the average rent price in the United States has risen again, and is at the highest level it’s been since 2022, at least according to a new report from Rent.com. However, the same report shows that rents in some states are bucking the trend.

The 10 Cities Where Rent Is Actually Getting More Affordable

Louisiana State

GOBankingRates

Is the overall housing market in the United States "healing" as we head into the late-summer period? Some experts say yes. Find Out: 8 Places Where Houses Are Suddenly Major Bargains Learn More:...

2 Regions in the US Where the Housing Market Is Starting To Shift

Money

June is generally a peak month for home sales, but you wouldn’t know it based on the record-high rate of contract cancellations last month. According to a recent report from real estate brokerage Redfin, 56,000 purchase agreements were canceled last month, or about 15% of all pending sales transactions. This is the highest cancellation rate for June since Redfin started tracking the metric in 2017. (The all-time high percentage of voided contacts occurred in March 2020, when pandemic quarantines went into effect and homebuyers canceled 17.6% of all sales contracts.)

Homebuyers Are Backing Out of Deals at a Record Pace

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

New Orleans, LA

The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 15, 2024-- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that more than $2.8 million was awarded via four Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants in U.S. Representative Troy Carter’s district to increase the supply of affordable housing stock for individuals and families in need. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240815710920/en/ U.S. Representative Troy Carter (Photo: Business Wire)

More Than $2.8M in Affordable Housing Program Funds Awarded in U.S. Representative Troy Carter’s District

San Francisco, CA

Renters may finally be getting a break. The median asking rent across all bedroom counts fell year-over-year in July — the first time that’s happened since the the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic back in June 2020, according to real estate company Redfin. The median asking rate for...

Rents Are Finally Falling — Here Are the Cities With the Biggest Drops

Business Insider

Redfin's economic research head Chen Zhao predicts mortgage rates will drop and housing supply will increase by 2025, providing relief for homebuyers.

Looking to buy a home? Redfin's research lead says a flood of housing supply is set to hit the market by the end of 2025 as locked-in homeowners finally start selling.

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Crisp County, GA

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

NBC News

A construction boom in the U.S. has resulted in lower rents and other benefits for renters. Record-construction activity since the pandemic has increased the supply of empty units, meaning more inventory is available for renters. More multi-family units were completed in June than in any month in nearly 50 years, according to Zillow Group, an online marketplace for real estate.

A U.S. construction boom is sending rents lower and creating perks for renters

More property managers offered rent concessions in July as rent growth has slowed in some parts of the country, new data from Zillow shows. “The share of rental listings on Zillow offering a concession — a sweetener such as free weeks of rent or free parking offered as an incentive to rent — climbed to 33.2% in July. That’s up slightly from 33% in June and 25.4% a year earlier,” Zillow said in the release.

A Third of Property Managers are Offering Rent Concessions

Herbie J Pilato

Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

FinanceBuzz

You can find jobs that allow you to set your own hours while still making a decent wage.

14 Jobs Where You Can Set Your Own Hours (No More 9 to 5)

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With available housing at an all-time low, Madison city planners look to increase density to accommodate rising population

Dozens of Madison residents gathered in a meeting room at a church this spring for an open house about a subject of major controversy: a 39-page...

With available housing at an all-time low, Madison city planners look to increase density to accommodate rising population

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