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How community-focused homebuilding is preserving character amid rapid growth

How community-focused homebuilding is preserving character amid rapid growth

  Housing shortages have forced American developers to prioritize volume over design. The U.S. currently faces a deficit of approximately 1.2 million housing units compared to pre-2008 levels, pushing builders toward standardized, cost-efficient models that maximize density. Yet this volume-first approach creates a secondary problem: Neighborhoods increasingly lack character, walkability, and community infrastructure. Triple Crown

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What SCOTUS didn’t say about transgender athletes

What SCOTUS didn’t say about transgender athletes, and what the ruling means for schools and students

  The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 decision on transgender sports participation in some ways simply upheld the status quo. States that prohibit transgender athletes from playing on teams that match their gender identity can keep doing so — there’s no constitutional problem, the court’s conservative majority found. But states without such bans can maintain

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3 of America's most expensive summer weekend destinations for private jets

3 of America's most expensive summer weekend destinations for private jets

  High-net-worth individuals targeting summer destinations face predictable cost inflation during peak season. Bookings to desirable locations—like the Hamptons, Martha’s Vineyard, or Aspen—impose dynamic pricing premiums that compound across landing fees, repositioning costs, and parking surcharges. Peak-season flights to regional airports multiply baseline costs significantly due to structural constraints and demand-driven pricing. Understanding what drives

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Fact check: Trump makes numerous false and misleading claims about vaccines and autism

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims about vaccines and autism on Monday.Trump has long pushed vaccine misinformation. He delivered his latest inaccurate remarks at a White House event during which he signed an executive order that recommends that US children receive fewer vaccinations over a longer

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Coldest Augusts in Texas since 1895

Coldest Augusts in Texas since 1895

STILLFX // Shutterstock   Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Augusts in Texas since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the lowest average temperature in each month. For each of the coldest months listed below, we’ve included the average state temperature, state-wide highs and lows for

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Republican senators released Fauci’s old texts about Covid vaccines and pregnancy. Years of evidence show they’re safe

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Two Republican senators have released the first batch of text messages retrieved from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s former government phone as part of an investigation into his leadership and actions during the Covid-19 pandemic – including messages in which he discusses the possible risks and safety of the vaccine during

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Doctors worry Trump’s executive order will steer families away from vaccines. Here’s what you need to know

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — As parents shop for backpacks, No. 2 pencils and sneakers in preparation for the new school year, making sure children are up to date on their vaccinations is on many families’ back-to-class checklists.This year, many health experts are worried that decisions about vaccination — how many shots to get

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Flames shoot from engine of American Airlines plane that hit birds as it was taking off

By Aaron Cooper, Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — An American Airline Boeing 737 hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing.“Mayday, mayday, mayday. We’ve got a engine problem here,” the pilot reported shortly after takeoff according to a recording from LiveATC.net.181

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Meta to comply with Gov. Abbott’s Texas data center standards

UPDATE: The City of El Paso provided a statement regarding the Governor’s announcement, it says: “The Governor’s announcement and Meta’s public commitment reinforce many of the protections the City has advocated for through its recent data center policy work and participation in state utility proceedings, including protecting ratepayers, conserving water, increasing transparency, minimizing impacts on

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Severe COVID-19 linked to reactivation of some dormant viruses: Study

By Mary Kekatos and Dr. Onaola Adedeji Severe COVID-19 may reactivate some dormant viruses that remain in the body after prior infections, a new study suggests. Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and collaborators from more than 20 biomedical research hospitals across the U.S. and in Ontario, Canada, followed 1,154 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and analyzed more than 200,000 biological

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