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A close-up view of a red-brick apartment building featuring black fire escapes and air conditioning units.

Home

New York tenants rally as mold, leaks, and collapsing ceilings plague rent-stabilized homes

A water bottling facility.

Business

National Trust joins West Virginia fight over bottling plant, warns historic village faces ruin

Aerial view of suburban homes nestled against mountains under a clear blue sky.

Home

Nevada seniors own their homes, but rising land rent is pricing them out

A person looks at two horses.

Outdoors

As a Colorado wildfire spread, volunteers turned fairgrounds into refuge for 1,400 animals

A gas stove.

Business

California gets a new legal path to phase out gas appliances with pollution limits

A window AC unit.

Business

Washington landlords could face up to $360 million under Spokane cooling mandate

A playground with wooden structures, a ramp, and colorful fencing on synthetic turf.

Home

Santa Monica groups urge schools to scrap artificial turf plan over forever chemical fears

Solar panels on agricultural land.

Tech

Kentucky moves to block large solar projects on agricultural land

A green sea turtle.

Outdoors

Georgia crowd braves 40 mph winds to send Carnegie, a rehabbed sea turtle, back to sea

A close-up of a pelican wading in shallow water with fishing line in its bill.

Outdoors

Indiana kayakers, birders, and rescuers team up to free pelican tangled in fishing line

A sea turtle on the beach.

Outdoors

South Carolina beach homes face turtle-safe lighting warnings, but violations surface after dark

Solar panels on farmland.

Tech

New map shows Ohio solar uses less than 0.15% of prime farmland