Por Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond y Zeena Saifi, CNN Desde una remota colina al norte de Nablus, la vista se extiende por la Ribera Occidental ocupada. Asentamientos israelíes, aldeas palestinas y las sinuosas carreteras y puestos de control que los conectan —y dividen—. Dispersos entre los olivares, yacen miles de años de historia: los restos
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — For more than two months, Cipriani Residences has held the title of Miami’s tallest building. The three-tower luxury design has risen in the Brickell neighborhood, its wraparound terraces and airy glass promising the feel of the Italian Riviera on Biscayne Bay, topping out at 950 feet this month. But
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Houseboats lie perched on desiccated riverbeds, receding water levels have left wide stretches of newly exposed riverbank and the shipping sector is bracing for trouble. The low-lying Netherlands is used to grappling with too much water; now it’s struggling with too little. On Thursday, the country declared an official
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The U.S. is home to more than 36 million small businesses, the Small Business Administration reported in 2025. And, of all employer firms in the U.S. in 2022, Census data shows 79% had fewer than 10 employees. Nearly half (42%) of small business owners say they have experienced burnout in the past month, according
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Between outdoor happy hours, music festivals, sporting events, trips out of town, and even rising air conditioning bills, there’s a lot you may be spending your money on this summer. In the spring, PwC surveyed roughly 2,000 adults and found that Americans planned to spend more than $2,800 on travel. And a 2025 survey
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For autistic people, masking—presenting yourself in a way, either consciously or unconsciously, to fit in better in a neurotypical world—can be both necessary and exhausting. That’s where the concept of “unmasking” comes in. Unmasking is the process of making space for your autistic or neurodivergent traits to shine through in your day-to-day life. It’s
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Elevated home prices and mortgage rates have a growing number of buyers looking for a different strategy for unlocking homeownership: house hacking. The concept of house hacking is straightforward. Instead of buying a single-family home, a buyer purchases a small multifamily property, a duplex, triplex, or fourplex, lives in one unit, and rents out
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Amenities are one way that apartment communities stand out from one another and appeal to different renters. While some communities offer popular amenities like fitness centers, walk-in closets, or smart home appliances, renters tend to be drawn to simpler things. An Apartments.com survey of 14,066 renters found that 65% of renters consider air conditioning
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About 14 years ago, Chrissi Kelly lost her sense of smell. She had traveled to the Czech Republic to visit family and caught some virus. Months later, when she still couldn’t smell, she made the rounds to doctors, including her general practitioner and an ear, nose and throat specialist, trying to find answers. She
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For generations, the customary practice in many families was to give their newly licensed teenager their own car, or at least the okay to borrow mom and dad’s ride. But in 2026, this is no longer a foregone conclusion. That’s because the costs associated with young driving are through the roof, and many households
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Making updates around the house can make your home more livable—and some renovations may add value. Whether you’re savoring the thought of having a professional-grade kitchen or need to replace the roof, home improvement loans could make it happen. If you’re wondering how to use a personal loan to fund a home makeover, Achieve
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On July 1, Connecticut lowered the number of residents’ data a business has to handle before the state’s privacy law applies. The threshold dropped from 100,000 consumers to 35,000, a 65% cut, according to Clym’s analysis of Connecticut’s updated privacy law. Connecticut also removed the threshold entirely for two kinds of businesses: any company
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The American school bus has looked about the same for 80 years. Yellow paint, high vinyl seats, a heater up front, and windows you adjust by hand. Any air conditioning is what you get with the windows open while rolling down the street. Most likely, it’s been decades since you’ve ridden a school bus
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Credit card, student loan, and car payments keep piling on, and despite how many payments you make, the mountain of debt doesn’t seem to shrink. If you’ve ever felt stuck in this endless loop, you’re not alone. Whether it’s high credit card interest or a student loan that feels like it will never end,
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The global eyewear market is booming, projected to reach $156.35 billion in 2026. A significant part of this growth is the change in how consumers buy prescription glasses. Quality eyewear once meant visiting stores with hefty price tags and minimal variety. If you needed new glasses, you paid the premium price. That was how
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In high-turnover industries, the time it takes to fill a role is an increasingly important measure of competitive strength. Yet leaders across manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, and other sectors with steady hiring demand often underestimate what’s at stake, where every open role drives unplanned labor costs, operational drag, and a mounting hit to the bottom
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Late payments are up, the average balance owed is holding steady, and even customers who pay on time can leave businesses waiting. As QuickBooks shares below, new data shows where the money goes. Follow the money: 5 pressure points in the payment cycle For small business owners, getting paid is rarely a single moment.
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Even with health insurance, one trip to the ER or a surprise medical test can leave you with medical debt you never saw coming. This guide from Accredited Debt Relief covers what to do in the hours, days, and weeks after a medical bill arrives, how to keep it from snowballing, and what your
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Finance teams can no longer treat mobile invoicing as optional. AP approvals, vendor payments, and reconciliation don’t stop moving when controllers leave their desks, and the workflows supporting them shouldn’t either. For distributed teams managing payments across time zones, close weeks that can’t wait for someone to be online at their desk, and field
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If you’ve ever used an online pharmacy platform to get a prescription filled, you’re in good company. Millions of people do it, and trust in these platforms has been growing steadily. In fact, 62% of users of online pharmacy platforms say they trust some or all online pharmacies more now than they did in
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Most Americans searching for housing in Europe start by avoiding platform fees. It feels like the smart move. Why pay to search when expat Facebook groups, local classifieds, and free listing sites are a Google search away? What that calculation consistently underestimates is the cost of the alternative. Illegal broker fees, deposits well above
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Traditional promotional merchandise underperforms at industry events, with attendees retaining minimal brand recall from low-cost novelties. Businesses are shifting to larger-format, high-impact branded materials to address this ROI challenge and extend engagement beyond the event, Bagmasters reports. Bagmasters Engaging Attention and Influencing Memory The argument that larger-format, creatively designed branded materials have a greater
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The cost of landlord insurance for a small office building in a quiet suburb could look very different from a mixed-use property downtown. There’s no single price tag for landlord insurance costs because of the numerous factors insurers use to calculate a policy premium based on your rental property’s specific age, construction, location and
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Globally, spending on home renovations exceeds $2 trillion, and in the U.S. alone, there’s north of $500 billion injected into remodeling domestic properties each year, with Grand View Research reporting that the market is growing 4.6% annually. A paper published in Physica A states that delays occur in 75% of construction projects. More than
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Road safety directly impacts insurance premiums, liability exposure, and infrastructure spending across the U.S.—yet fatality rates resisted improvement for years. The automotive industry faced regulatory pressure over annual deaths, spurring advances in vehicle safety features. Road design also shifted, with changes to intersections and street layouts showing measurable impact. But the real question is
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Buy the same property at the same price with the same tenant in two different states, and you’ll end up with two completely different investments. Property taxes, insurance costs, eviction timelines, and rent control laws vary enough from state to state that location alone can determine whether a deal makes money or bleeds it.
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Home improvement spending hit record highs in Q1 2026, topping $524 billion, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. That’s a lot of money in the ground. Most homeowners who spend that much on renovations are stressed about it. They’re watching budgets tighten, dealing with contractors, and living in half-finished
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The financial institutions many rely on are already using AI to handle some of their customer communications, and every message, from routine payment confirmations to fraud alerts, involves sensitive information. But how well AI handles these interactions doesn’t always depend on the AI itself. New research from Sinch, which surveyed over 500 financial services
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When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on July 15 that the military will start screening service members for low testosterone, he framed it as a way to keep troops “strong, resilient, and capable.” Under the new plan, active-duty, National Guard, and Reserve members aged 30 and older will be tested annually as part of
Continue Reading CNN By Julianna Bragg, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — While social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate remain in custody in Florida as they challenge an extradition request from the United Kingdom, newly unsealed court documents reveal more details from prosecutors about the latest sex-crime charges the two are facing, including rape and sex trafficking.
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