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Scores of homeowners are spending more on insurance and property taxes than they do on their mortgages, according to a troubling new study. Home insurance prices have skyrocketed as natural disasters and the rising costs of repairs have driven up rates, while property taxes have surged as the value of homes have increased, according to … Read more

Tugboats escort the cargo ship Dali after it was refloated in Baltimore on May 20. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press) Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is scheduled to begin in January, according to Maryland officials. The Baltimore Sun reports that work is scheduled to include … Read more

Former President Clinton speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press) Former President Clinton has been admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever. The 78-year-old was hospitalized Monday in the “afternoon for testing and observation,” Angel Urena, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, said … Read more

Tori Spelling called out her eldest son, 17-year-old Liam, for being a “jerk” after he created an inappropriate Elf on the Shelf display for his younger siblings. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum recalled the incident on the Christmas Eve episode of her “MisSpelling” podcast Tuesday, saying her youngest son, 7-year-old Beau, is the one who … Read more

A private nuclear fallout shelter has long been a perk of the ultrawealthy. Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Kardashian, and Bill Gates have reportedly all invested in luxurious underground bunkers to survive the worst-case scenario of a nuclear war. But nuclear bunkers aren’t just for the elites. Increasingly, average homeowners are investing in a bunker, typically a structure made of steel, buried underground, and equipped … Read more

An L.A. County Metro train pulls into the Chinatown station in downtown Los Angeles. All Metro bus and rail services will be free Tuesday starting from 4 a.m. through 3 a.m. Christmas morning. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) L.A. Metro is in the giving spirit and offering free rides on Christmas Eve and … Read more

Former President Carter looks over the Panama Canal on June 17, 1978. Carter signed the final Panama Canal Treaties, which gave control of the canal to Panama in 2000. (Charles Tasnadi / Associated Press) Teddy Roosevelt once declared the Panama Canal “one of the feats to which the people of this republic will look back … Read more

Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, is expecting her first child — a baby girl — with her longtime partner and fiancé, Wayne Deuce. “I found out Oct. 28,” she told E! News, confirming the news on Monday. “This baby is so unplanned, but we are soooooo blessed.” The 25-year-old further revealed she is four months … Read more

The self-described “Christmas Lawyer,” who staged elaborate holiday displays in defiance of his former homeowners association, is asking the nation’s highest court to weigh in on the neighborhood feud. “Who would have thought that nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court are about to sit down over Christmas and read a legal case involving … Read more

The co-founder and former CEO of StreetEasy is embroiled in a bitter legal feud with McDonald’s for building an allegedly illegal posh penthouse atop a Manhattan condo building — roof space the fast-food giant claims it owns. Michael A. Smith, who sold the popular realtor site to Zillow for $50 million in 2013, owns the … Read more