Tag: falling
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A front-row seat to my country falling apart
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I’m not supposed to cry as a journalist when I am covering stories, but I have been crying a lot lately. Before December, when I travelled on a reporting trip from my home in the Sudanese city of Omdurman – just across the river from the capital, Khartoum – the only people I would see…
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Katie Porter is running out of time in Senate race, falling behind Steve Garvey
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Rep. Katie Porter, famed among Democrats for grilling powerful corporate barons and right-wing ideologues testifying before Congress, faces a serious risk of falling short in Tuesday’s California primary election, which would bring an end to her bid to win the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat in the fall general election. Along with a once-formidable campaign…
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Rents finally falling, but not in OC. People are struggling
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While rents in Los Angeles and many other parts of the U.S. have dropped or stabilized in recent years, Orange County tenants have seen no such relief, with rents that have either spiked or held firm since the start of the pandemic. The changes reflect a national trend, according to experts. Demand for housing in…
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Home Prices Are Falling. Does It Matter?
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Since peaking at $479,500 during the fourth quarter of 2022, the median sale price of a home in the United States has sagged, landing at $431,000 during the third quarter of 2023. By that point, prices for single-family homes had fallen in 25 of the 100 largest U.S. cities over the course of the year,…
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Alarmed by falling births, Taiwan’s government plays Cupid
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TAINAN, Taiwan — Hsu Yu-hsin wasn’t sure what to expect when she attended her first singles mixer this summer at a temple to Taiwan’s god of marriage. But even in the blistering heat, the 37-year-old makeup artist enjoyed mingling with the other attendees, except for one peculiar group: the local officials and dignitaries enthusiastically encouraging everyone…
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Missing Air France pilot found dead after falling 1,000ft off Mount Whitney | California
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A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California’s towering Mount Whitney was found dead after falling about 1,000ft (305 meters) off a cliff, the National Park Service said Friday. The hiker was identified as Tom Gerbier of Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, who was a pilot for Air France, the park service said in a statement. The…
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Little Leaguer who cracked skull falling from bunk bed slowly recovers
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Against steep odds, the Little League team representing Utah in the Western Regionals two weeks ago again included a member of the Oliverson family — this time Brogan. A year ago it was older brother Easton Oliverson, whose team won the regional title and advanced to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., the…
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Republican Attacks on ‘Woke’ Ideology Falling Flat With G.O.P. Voters
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When it comes to the Republican primaries, attacks on “wokeness” may be losing their punch. For Republican candidates, no word has hijacked political discourse quite like “woke,” a term few can define but many have used to capture what they see as left-wing views on race, gender and sexuality that have strayed far beyond the…
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Man Dies After Falling Down 30ft-Deep Manhole
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In a tragic event that sends chills, a man in Ohio has died after he fell down a 30ft-deep manhole, according to fire department officials. Harrison Township firefighters, a town in the east of the state, were alerted to reports that a man had fallen down a manhole in northern Pickaway County at about 12:27…
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Southern California home prices have been falling. But will the drops continue?
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Last year, rising mortgage interest rates chilled the previously hot Southern California housing market. Buyers backed off, sales plunged and, for the first time in a decade, home prices underwent a sustained slide. By one measure, prices in the six-county region fell 13% from the peak last spring. That might be as low as they…
