U.S. home construction slipped a bit in May as a sharp drop in single-family construction was only partially offset by a rise in apartment building. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that construction was started at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.27 million homes and apartments, a decline of 0.9% from April when construction starts […]
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Image copyright Nina Barbour Image caption Nina Barbour said conditions at the start of the event had been like a “monsoon” “We had monsoon conditions at the start”, says Nina Barbour. For many British businesses, this long spell of wet weather has been challenging and costly. Nina Barbour is director of Bolesworth Estate, where one
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Google is pouring $1 billion into easing the high-priced housing headaches that it and its Silicon Valley peers helped give the San Francisco Bay Area. The pledge announced Tuesday by Google CEO Sundar Pichai consists of a $250 million investment fund and $750 million of company-owned land. It will be used to build at least
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Two University of Minnesota wrestlers who were arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct were released from jail without charges Tuesday but prosecutors said the investigation remained active. The Hennepin County attorney’s office said in a statement that it had reviewed the allegations against Gable Steveson and Dylan Martinez, but that “no charges can be
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A woman who has fostered more than 100 children asked Tory leadership candidates about cuts to health and social care. Tina in Tunbridge Wells said important issues were “going under the radar” because of Brexit, and that she struggled to get help with mental health services, special educational needs support and medical appointments. The BBC’s
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YouTube has a problem: its recommendation algorithm assembles video playlists for pedophiles. Now a Republican senator has proposed an aggressive new law to solve the problem ― but could inadvertently imperil family vloggers’ livelihoods. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced his bill this month, days after a New York Times report revealed how YouTube’s automatic algorithms grab
The Louisville-Auburn game at the College World Series has been suspended until Tuesday night because of rain. The Cardinals led Auburn 4-1 after the fourth inning. That’s when the TD Ameritrade Park grounds crew rolled the tarp over the field. Rain was forecast to continue into the evening, and NCAA officials said the game wouldn’t
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All of the candidates at center stage on Wednesday are betting big on Iowa — putting them in competition with one another geographically, if not ideologically. Mr. Booker’s Iowa operation rivals Ms. Warren’s as the most robust of the race so far. Mr. O’Rourke’s retail-style campaign is a traditional fit for the state. And Ms.
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The Federal Reserve is likely — if not certain — to leave interest rates alone when its latest policy meeting ends Wednesday. But expectations are high that the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell, will signal that a rate cut may come soon for the first time in more than a decade. Behind the Fed’s
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The singer and guitarist formed Megadeth in 1983 Megadeth have cancelled most of their upcoming tour as frontman Dave Mustaine undergoes treatment for throat cancer. Mustaine announced his diagnosis on the metal band’s website, but said he was optimistic about his treatment plan. “It’s clearly something to be respected
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