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Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities 06/28/2023 09:32pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Smoky air from Canada���s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. The impacts are particularly hard on po Is It OK to Buy a House Without a Garage? 06/28/2023 08:00pm • For most would-be homebuyers, buying a house is a gauntlet of difficult decisions and trade-offs. Do you buy the house with the nice yard but not so great bathroom, or the one closer to the school? One common decision buyers face is whether to choose a home without a garage. How Many Homes Have Gara As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home 06/28/2023 11:47am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban. As the last remaining Palestinians in a building filled with Israeli settlers, the Ghaith-Sub Labans have battled Israeli attempts to evict What Is a Month-to-Month Lease? 06/27/2023 08:00pm • A month-to-month lease is an agreement between a landlord and a tenant that continues each month with no specified end date. Instead, the landlord or tenant can end the lease at any time last long as enough notice is given. The lease agreement should specify the time, but most states require at leas The 26 Best Fall Festivals in the U.S. for 2023 06/27/2023 08:00pm • Fall brings relief from months of sweltering heat, as people are eager to don their flannel shirts and sweaters to greet the cooler temperatures and crisp air. The season also ushers in plenty of once-a-year activities from apple picking and pumpkin carving to cider sipping and leaf peeping. With au Expenses You Can Eliminate in Retirement 06/27/2023 08:00pm • Once you're no longer working, you'll have time to enjoy plenty of leisure activities in retirement. You can expect your budget to change during this time, as health care costs increase or you take on new hobbies. Luckily there are also some expenses you will no longer need to cover in retirement, w Audit shows Oklahoma likely misspent millions in federal relief funds 06/27/2023 06:29pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Improper oversight by state officials led to more than $29 million in federal funds being misspent that may have to be repaid to the federal government, Oklahoma Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd said Tuesday. Byrd's office released a scathing audit of about $14 billion in sp Tough times for DC-area homebuyers ��� but great for sellers 06/27/2023 12:50pm • Even with mortgage rates hovering near a two-decade high, there are plenty of buyers in the Mid-Atlantic looking, according to a real estate agent survey by listing service Bright MLS. But their quest for a home continues to become more challenging. It is, however, a good time for homeowners to p Apple TV app - Top Movies 06/27/2023 12:24pm • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. John Wick: Chapter 4 2. Guy Ritchie���s The Covenant 3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie 4. Fast X 5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 6. The Machine 7. Kandahar (2023) 8. BlackBerry 9. To Catch A Killer 10. About My Father Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students 06/26/2023 08:23pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, un What Home Inspectors Look For 06/26/2023 08:00pm • When you're shopping for a house, making a careful decision about which place you'll call your own can be a difficult one. Fortunately, home inspection professionals are there to help you along the way. Their job is to look at your potential home from top to bottom as a neutral expert and note all t Self-professed 'Wolf of Airbnb' pleads guilty to wire fraud for defrauding landlords 06/26/2023 06:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Florida man who dubbed himself the ���Wolf of Airbnb��� pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge Monday, admitting gaining about $2 million illegally by defrauding landlords and cheating a government pandemic program. Konrad Bicher, 31, of Hialeah, Florida, entered the plea in Manha Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/26/2023 01:10pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they're drowning in debt 06/26/2023 09:39am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the San Franci D.C. Housing Market Forecast 06/25/2023 08:00pm • The last year of high mortgage rates has affected the Washington, D.C., housing market just as it has many others -- but to a seemingly lesser degree. While prices are down in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metropolitan statistical area (MSA), they've only decreased a small amount and are now c