Shrine to replace church destroyed on 9/11 nears completion
The domed sanctuary rising in Lower Manhattan, where workers are busy installing translucent Greek marble in time for a ceremonial lighting on Sept. 10,...
Gardening when it’s dry: Prep soil, select plants wisely
Is your summer a summer of drought? No need to sit back and accept what Mother Nature offers — you can soften the impact...
Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding
Joe Sobol, owner of Big Easy Construction in New Orleans, has bad news for homeowners who've been calling about roofs damaged by Hurricane Ida...
Al Capone’s former South Florida home slated for demolition
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The South Florida house that gangster Al Capone owned for nearly two decades, and died in, is facing demolition plans.
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Mortgage rates unchanged from last week, remain under 3%
McLEAN, Va. — The average long-term mortgage rate was unchanged from last week as the economy continues to show encouraging signs even as hospitalizations...
Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
CALIPATRIA, Calif. — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left...
Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
CALIPATRIA, Calif. — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left...
Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just...
Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out
BOSTON — Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance has been distributed, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, in...
The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms
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...