A letter marked “FINAL NOTICE” arrives at your house. It warns that your home warranty is about to expire. The document includes your name, address, maybe even information about your mortgage lender. In other words, it appears to check all the boxes. Appears to. That can make it look like something you cannot afford to…
Karen Quinn spent last winter dealing with something no one—but especially not an 83-year-old tenant—should have to endure: an apartment without working heat. Now she has won a legal fight over it. A judge has ordered Quinn’s landlord, Alpha Capital, to pay her more than $10,000. Quinn lives at Bay Point Apartments in Niantic, Connecticut….
A Washington family was home Sunday evening when a small plane came crashing down into their backyard, barely missing the house and landing mere feet from a large propane tank. The pilot, who was alone in the aircraft, survived the Sept. 6 crash in Lake Stevens but suffered serious injuries. He was trapped in the…
For years, selling a home around Seattle could come with a noteworthy payday. Now, however, some homeowners who bought more recently are finding out such a boon is no longer guaranteed. Kristafer Vale and his wife bought a four-bedroom townhome in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood for $945,000 in April 2025. After Vale lost his job at…
Austin Newsom says the quiet life he knew at his Louisa County, Virginia, home changed dramatically when construction began across the road. Newsom lives on the property with his wife and also operates Central VA Marine, a boat repair and detailing business, there. Since Amazon began building its Northeast Creek Technology Campus nearby in 2025,…
For nearly four decades, gardeners in one Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood planted vegetables, tended flowers, and built a community on land they could never be certain would remain theirs. That gnawing uncertainty is at last a thing of the past. Peace & Plenty Community Garden now owns the land beneath its 55 plots, permanently protecting…
A giant water lily growing in Florida recently held 285 pounds without immediately sinking beneath the surface. Rather than remaining an isolated horticultural experiment, this feat made Bok Tower Gardens the champion of a surprisingly competitive international contest. People reported on Sept. 1 that the Waterlily Weigh-Off currently includes over 70 gardens, zoos, parks and…
Garrett Newman needed dirt while building his family’s Texas home. What he ended up with was an 80-foot pond in the front yard. In 2015, Newman paid about $4,500 to have a massive hole dug on the family’s 11-acre property. The excavation took two days and left behind a pit measuring roughly 80 feet wide,…
Squishy toys have become enormously popular with children thanks to their vivid colors, tactile textures, and engaging play mechanics. However, a new wave of federal warnings and recalls has put some versions of the sensory toys under intense scrutiny. Amazon had already begun removing certain products from its marketplace in August. Now, federal regulators have…