One driveway at a time, many green-minded homeowners and communities are opting for permeable paving options instead of traditional asphalt. “It’s much better for the environment because it helps cut down on storm...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence slipped this month but remains strong. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 135.7 in November from October’s...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — The United Nations environment office is warning that the gap is widening between current greenhouse gas emissions and the levels needed to stop catastrophic global warming. In a report released Tuesday in Paris ,...
Read MoreWILDER, Idaho (AP) — Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House adviser, is scheduled to visit a southwestern Idaho school district with Apple CEO Tim Cook. White House officials say the visit on...
Read MoreYour college roommate. Your current roommate. Your book club. Your brunch crew. Your office secret Santa. Your cousins. Your siblings. Your parents. Your partner. Their parents. As your social circle expands, so does your...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slipping Tuesday morning as technology companies fall after President Donald Trump said he expects to put more tariffs on imports from China. That could increase the cost of products like laptops...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening modestly lower on Wall Street following a big gain the day before. Technology and health care stocks were among the...
Read MoreCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Three women influential in the #MeToo movement are getting an MIT award that rewards disobedience for the good of society. The MIT Media Lab Disobedience award carries a $250,000 cash prize funded by...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices increased more slowly in September from a year ago as higher mortgage rates weighed on sales. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.1 percent from a year earlier....
Read MoreAMSTERDAM (AP) — A scale model of a flying drone-car mashup has driven and hovered across an Amsterdam exhibition hall, providing a glimpse of what could be the future of urban mobility. The “Pop.Up Next” prototype...
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