These 25 metro areas have the highest homeownership rates in the US
ZeroDown has gathered the 25 metro areas with some of the highest homeownership rates in the U.S., which are concentrated in the Midwest and South.
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Month: December 2022
10 US colleges with the most students studying education
Teachercertification.com used data from the Education Department College Scorecard to present the 10 U.S. colleges with the most students graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education.
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Best rural counties for retirees in America
Stacker compiled a list of the best rural counties for retirees in America based on Niche’s best counties for retirees list from 2022.
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25 richest people in America and how they did it
Stacker compiled a list of the 25 wealthiest people in the country and how they’ve maintained their fortune.
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Coldest city in every state
Stacker analyzed data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to determine the coldest cities in every state.
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10 casino movie myths debunked
OddsSeeker looked into the history of casinos on film and identified 10 movie myths created about gambling or going to the casino.
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The cultural and historical significance of fashion on HBCU campuses
Stacker looked into the cultural and historical significance of fashion on HBCU campuses.
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Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. The slight relaxation of testing requirements comes even as daily virus infections reach near-record highs, and follows weekend protests across the country by residents
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Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday
By Mia Alberti, Lianne Kolirin and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s oldest living land animal — a Seychelles giant tortoise called Jonathan, who is turning 190. The island governor’s house, where Jonathan has spent most of his life, is marking the occasion by
Continue Reading If you have the ‘killer instinct needed to fight the real enemy,’ you could be New York City’s next ‘rat czar’
By Zoe Sottile, CNN New York City is recruiting a new “director of rodent mitigation” to rid the streets of its most notorious furry inhabitants. The city’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Operations published a job listing for the position, aka “rat czar,” on Wednesday. “Do you have what it takes to do the
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Molten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway
By AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. The molten rock could make the road impassable
Continue Reading Molten lava on Hawaii’s Big Island could block main highway
By AUDREY McAVOY and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. The molten rock could make the road impassable
Continue Reading Washington condemns shooting at Pakistan embassy in Kabul
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States has condemned the attack on the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan’s capital in which a senior Pakistani diplomat escaped unhurt but one of his Pakistani guards was wounded. Shots were fired at the embassy Friday from a nearby building in what Pakistan called an attempt
Continue Reading Czech museum to return original Beethoven score to heirs
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A musical manuscript handwritten by Ludwig van Beethoven is getting returned to the heirs of the richest family in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia, whose members had to flee the country to escape the Holocaust. The Moravian Museum in the Czech city of Brno has had the original
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Can Ukraine pay for war without wrecking economy?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as Ukraine celebrates recent battlefield victories, its government faces a looming challenge on the financial front: how to pay the enormous cost of the war effort without triggering out-of-control price spikes for ordinary people or piling up debt that could hamper postwar reconstruction. The
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Can Ukraine pay for war without wrecking economy?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as Ukraine celebrates recent battlefield victories, its government faces a looming challenge on the financial front: how to pay the enormous cost of the war effort without triggering out-of-control price spikes for ordinary people or piling up debt that could hamper postwar reconstruction. The
Continue Reading‘Rogue wave’ kills American woman, injures four on Antarctic cruise
By Kareem El Damanhoury and Tara Subramaniam, CNN One passenger was killed and four injured when a “rogue wave” hit their cruise ship during a storm earlier this week. The passengers had been taking an Antarctic cruise aboard the Viking Polaris when it was hit by the storm as it sailed towards Ushuaia, Argentina, late
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Warming up through the weekend
Temperatures will warm into the 70s on Saturday and Sunday before cool air quickly returns next week. Wind will remain light through Saturday and into Sunday morning. Breezier conditions will move in by the afternoon, but with gusts under 20 MPH for the majority of the low desert. Slightly stronger in the more wind-prone locations
Continue Reading Thousands protest in South Korea in support of truckers
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators representing organized labor marched in South Korea’s capital on Saturday to denounce government attempts to force thousands of striking truckers back to work after they walked out in a dispute over the price of freight. There were no immediate reports of injuries
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