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However, updating your countertops i 'Where are we going to live?': Fire tears through DC apartments, sending 2 to hospital, displacing 76 06/25/2024 03:45pm • D.C. firefighters battled a large blaze that sent thick clouds of smoke billowing into the sky, sent two people to the hospital and displaced several others. One person and a firefighter were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, D.C. Fire and EMS said. Crews als The Lahaina fire worsened Maui's housing shortage. Now officials eye limiting tourist Airbnb rentals 06/25/2024 12:56pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. 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Today, however, with so many existing homeowners locked into their existing low mortgage rates of 4% to 5% or below, there have n 3 caught in Florida Panhandle rip current die a day after couple drowns off state's Atlantic coast 06/23/2024 05:24pm • PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three Alabama men who went for an evening swim shortly after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were caught in a rip current and died, authorities say. It was the latest in a rash of recent deaths in Florida waters after a Pennsylvania couple drowned off the state Sarepta Therapeutics, Ryan Specialty rise; Autodesk, Trump Media fall, Friday, 6/21/2024 06/21/2024 04:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., up $37.22 to $160.72. U.S. regulators approved the company's treatment for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., up 91 cents to $27.66. 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Utah weddings cost the least at $4,900 while couples in New Jersey shelled ou 7 Best Monthly Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 06/19/2024 08:00pm • After its meeting held on June 11 and 12, the Federal Reserve announced that it would hold the Federal funds rate steady for the time being. This was disappointing news to those who want to see lower rates sooner rather than later, but it was not a surprise to most interest-rate watchers. Inflation Wedding guests can add the gift of gab when 'signing' an audio guestbook 06/19/2024 10:04am • NEW YORK (AP) — The bridal couple can't come to the phone right now. They're busy getting married. Please leave your well wishes at the beep! Capturing recorded messages on vintage phones is the latest twist to the wedding guestbook. Couples who have embraced them said guests had a ball, returning