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Astronomers Detect Life’s Building Blocks Around a Young Star
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has discovered complex organic molecules - including the first tentative detection of...

USS Enterprise: Why America's Newest Aircraft Carrier Won't Launch For Years
The name "Enterprise" evokes a deep sense of naval pride and accomplishment in the U.S. defense history, and such is the legacy that nine carriers have worn that badge since 1775. The latest in the series is the USS Enterprise (CVN-80), a Gerald...

China’s AI Diplomacy in the Age of U.S. Unilateralism
Dr Imran Khalid On July 26, 2025, amid the grandeur of Shanghai’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on AI Governance, China unveiled what may well become the defining moment in the transformation of global artificial...

Antioch residents protest construction of warehouse they say could bring hundreds more trucks to the area
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Residents on one Antioch street are protesting a rezoning resolution they say could bring hundreds more trucks through their neighborhood daily. Metro Council is considering a resolution to rezone a portion of property on...

Real Estate Transactions published Aug. 2, 2025
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Legal Storm Hits America's Most Popular Real Estate Website
America's most popular real estate website, Zillow, has been hit by a new lawsuit this week as rival platform CoStar Group claims it has illegally used tens of thousands of its watermarked images. It is the second legal battle facing Zillow this...

Here’s where Lynnwood spent its $10.9 million in ARPA funds
LYNNWOOD—The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law on March 11, 2021, by President Joe Biden, provided $350 billion through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to...

Buy a Beach House, Get a Free Passport: The Caribbean’s Hot New Deal.
- Advertisement - When you look at homes for sale in the Eastern Caribbean, it’s not just about beaches and a relaxed lifestyle anymore. More property ads are now offering something extra: a passport. Five island nations – Antigua and Barbuda,...

U.S. Hotel Construction Forecasts 6,280 Projects at the End of Q2 2025
Lodging Economics (LE) recently unveiled its Q2 2025 U.S hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report, which shows that 6,280 hotel projects (737,063 guest rooms) mark a 3% year-over-year (YOY) growth in projects and rooms compared to Q2 2024....

salvaged materials compose studio-method’s new hub for art and ecology in dutch forest
Studio-Method builds Low-Tech Pavilion from Salvaged Materials Set within the UNESCO-listed arboretum of Fredriksoord in the Netherlands, The Reading Room in the Forest is a retreat space designed and built by Studio-Method as part of DeProef, a...

U.S. Construction Spending Unexpectedly Sees Further Downside In June
The Commerce Department released a report on Friday unexpectedly showing a continued decrease by U.S. construction spending in the month of June. The report said construction spending fell by 0.4 percent to an annual rate of $2.136 trillion in...
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What Happened to Pamela Butler? Inside the 2009 Murder Case That Linked Her Boyfriend to Another Woman’s Death By Christopher Rudolph
NEED TO KNOW Pamela Butler was a federal employee who vanished in February 2009 Her disappearance would eventually be linked to another woman named Marta Rodriguez-Cruz, who went missing in May 1989 Both had been romantically involved with Jose...
Interview: Lesotho trade minister calls U.S. tariffs unfair to developing countries
by Xinhua writer Bai Ge, Yan Ran MASERU, Lesotho, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. tariff regime is unfair to developing countries such as Lesotho, and has dealt a heavy blow to the country's textile industry, a senior official from the landlocked...

Clark Ranch affordable housing depends on who is elected
Clark Ranch’s 344 acres of open space straddling U.S. 40 just south of Richardson Flats Road present not only an affordable-housing puzzle, but a key election question for voters. A housing project envisioned for a tiny corner of the city-owned...

Ethereum turns 10: From scrappy experiment to Wall Street’s invisible backbone
CANNES — Ten years ago, Vitalik Buterin and a small band of developers huddled in a drafty Berlin loft strung with dangling lightbulbs, laptops balanced on mismatched chairs and chipped tables. They weren't corporate titans or venture-backed...

The retirement gap: Why Black Americans face an uphill battle in saving for the future
By Megan Sayles AFRO Staff Writer msayles@afro.com For many Black Americans, the dream of a secure retirement is increasingly out of reach. Despite decades of work, a combination of wage disparities, unequal access to employer-sponsored retirement...
U.S. labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed
REUTERS/MEGAN SMITH/FILE PHOTO People work at a construction site facing shortages of migrant workers due to the pace of immigration-related raids in the region, near Mobile, Ala., on July 14. U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in...

U.S. private sector adds 104,000 jobs in July, wages up 4.4%
Private sector employment increased by 104,000 jobs in July 2025 and pay was up 4.4 percent year-over-year according to the July ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab...

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Oil Terminal Operator Tied to Iranian Sanctions Evasion Scheme
The U.S. has sanctioned a Chinese oil terminal operator that played a central role in an Iranian sanctions evasion network first exposed by investigative journalists in 2020. The sanctions, announced by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign...

Branded Real Estate as an Asset Class: Legal Considerations for Licensing, Compliance, and Development
Abstract As luxury and sports brands increasingly partner with real estate developers, branded real estate has emerged as a distinct and strategic asset class. These developments combine high-end branding with real estate investment, offering...