East Durham neighborhood sees slew of abandoned building fires with old church destroyed, 6 arsons last July The church, near downtown, is completely reduced to rubble as crews spent the day tearing it all down. There’s no word on the cause yet, but neighbors around there said they’ve ... 05/2/2024 - 1:34 pm | View Link
Downtown D.C. BID sounds warning over stalling recovery The good news in the Downtown D.C. BID's latest State of Downtown report is that economic activity is getting closer to pre-pandemic levels. The bad news is that the recovery is slowing. 05/2/2024 - 8:16 am | View Link
The 12 Best Places To Go In June The best places to go in June range from vibrant cities to quaint seaside towns. Here are all the best places to go in June, according to our editor. 04/29/2024 - 11:11 am | View Link
‘Bad for business’: Homeless hot spots in Fort Lauderdale not a good look, critics say We take investors down to the beach and they see homeless people in tents,” says one business owner. “You have people going to the bathroom on the sidewalk. It’s like a free for all. And it’s ... 04/29/2024 - 6:48 am | View Link
Property management platform Outpost Club leads the way in affordable urban living, merging co-living and co-working in NYC As New York City tries to provide more affordable housing to its residents, the real estate and management platform Outpost Club has been hard at work ... 04/29/2024 - 5:34 am | View Link
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and across Asia, communities are responding to an extreme and deadly heat wave, which has battered the region since last month and has left few options for residents and governments to cope, in creative and even superstitious ways.
One city in the Philippines has rolled out free mobile showers, while in Vietnam, municipal authorities reportedly looked into the possibility of enlisting the help of a man who claimed he could pray for precipitation.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met Thursday with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines as the U. S. deepens ties with an emerging regional group that Pentagon officials have privately nicknamed, the “Squad.”
The quadrilateral grouping is one of a number of regional partnerships that Washington has used to push back against China’s assertiveness in Asia.
Day 10 of the Donald Trump criminal trial wrapped up today and it featured a new nickname for Trump: Don VonShitzenpants.
Ok, so here is the recap. The day started with Trump's second gag order violation hearing. This one addressed 4 new violations, but they were filed BEFORE the ruling on the first set of gag order violations, so jail is not an option.
(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia.
Joie Henney has thousands of social media users following his pages devoted to Wally, the cold-blooded companion that he calls his emotional support alligator.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute benefit, better known as the Met Gala, is widely known as fashion’s biggest night—and one of the most coveted social invites to score.
Held every year on the first Monday in May, the glitzy affair commemorates the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual exhibit, with the party’s theme often taking inspiration from the show.
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Though the black-tie event is ostensibly a fundraiser, earning money for the museum’s extensive fashion collection (which consists of over 33,000 dress and accessory objects from the past seven centuries), it’s also become a cultural touchpoint, largely due to the influence of Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who has helmed the event as its chairwoman for nearly three decades, transforming the charity event into a pop culture phenomenon.
Read more: Everything You Need to Know About the 2024 Met Gala
Under Wintour’s exacting leadership, the Met Gala has become a night for celebrities, fashion insiders, art enthusiasts, and society’s most powerful and influential figures to vie for the chance to strut their sartorial stuff on the steps of the Met.