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Colorado River water cuts next year will stay the same for Arizona, Nevada

Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government on Thursday announced water cuts that preserve the status quo. Long-term...

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Gen-Z’s top car must-haves: comfort and CarPlay

Every generation approaches big purchases a bit differently. And that’s certainly true when it comes to buying a car. A new report published Friday on Cars.com showcases what each generation worries...

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Barnes & Noble is opening 58 stores in 2024: Here’s a full list of cities...

In a news environment filled with gloomy stories about the decline of brick-and-mortar retail, we’ll take the wins where we can get them. Barnes & Noble is continuing its hot streak this year,...

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Housing affordability is crushed. Kamala Harris just unveiled a plan that...

Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. During the Pandemic Housing Boom, housing demand surged rapidly amid ultra-low...

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Hotel guests don’t mind less housekeeping and other sustainability efforts,...

Eco-friendly hotels increasingly are asking guests to forgo daily housekeeping or use their towels more than once. At the same time, hospitality researchers have long assumed that guests find these...

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What Musk’s Trump endorsement could mean for U.S. space policy

Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States on July 13, 2024, shortly after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Musk, a billionaire technology entrepreneur, has...

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JD Vance milks his upbringing, but here’s why he’s not the best advocate for...

JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, in part, by selling himself as a hillbilly, calling on his Appalachian background to bolster his...

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Real-time crime centers are transforming policing. Here’s why they’re...

In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing a 7-year-old and injuring his father. The suspect fled the scene and eventually escaped to Mexico. Using camera...

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The creator of ‘The Isolation Journals’ on the peril of perfectionism and the...

On the hardest night of Suleika Jaouad’s life—“the closest she has ever felt to the veil“— she had a vision of a wooden marionette being lifted by four birds. She was in the hospital during her second...

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The Google TV Streamer makes Apple TV look dated

I’ve long been a fan of the Apple TV (Apple’s digital media player set-top, box–not to be confused with the Apple TV Plus streaming service or the frustrating Apple TV app). Thanks in large part to...

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The popcorn bucket wars are only just beginning

A few years ago, sticking your buttery fingers into the mouth of Dune sandworm would have been the stuff of a fever dream. Today, it’s just part of the moviegoing experience.  In the past several...

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No one cares about your company’s mission statement. Leaders, focus on this...

How many hours have been sacrificed at the altar of the almighty mission statement? How many pressing issues have been sidelined while founders polish a sentence until it glistens with inspiration and...

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This app tracks America’s offensive street names

The racially motivated tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, when a white supremacist murdered nine Black worshippers, and the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia,...

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How this Montana gas station chain is using traffic data to build a mini...

Filling up the gas tank before or after a night at a chain hotel is a pretty common one-two punch for road trippers. One Montana-based company is capturing this dynamic with an expanding number of...

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Housing market reset: 41 markets where the power is shifting to buyers

Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the daily free ResiClub newsletter.  At the height of the pandemic housing boom, housing demand was so fierce that...

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How to combat lifestyle creep with a financial fast

As the modern philosopher once said: The more money you come across, the more problems you see. Lifestyle creep, where you increase your spending as your income increases, may not have been the exact...

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iMovie for everyone: This free video editor runs in your browser

A good private video editor is hard to find—especially when you want it to work across all of your devices. Yes, there are lots of decent video editors, including Microsoft’s Clipchamp tool and...

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What to expect at Fast Company’s 10th annual Innovation Festival: Panels

To celebrate our 10th annual Innovation Festival this Sept. 16-19 in New York City, we created a special series of main stage, one-on-one conversations featuring our list of the 10 Most Innovative...

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Default app settings can pose a risk to user privacy

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s...

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What Smithsonian historians are curating from the 2024 Democratic National...

Three political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are heading to Chicago and the 2024 Democratic National Convention soon to collect stuff—or as the...

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