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A "For Rent" sign displays outside an apartment building in Skokie, Ill., in 2024. Researchers from the Urban Institute found that a growing number of renters in the U.S. are struggling to pay for housing each month.
Nam Y. Huh
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It's getting harder to afford rent in the U.S., even for middle-income families
Marissa J. Lang
Housing affordability challenges are spreading to higher income brackets, according to new research, which found one in five renters struggled last year to pay for their housing in full and on time.
Rebecca Rosman
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NPR
Greetings from Edinburgh, where a cheeky tour guide makes art history hilarious
Rebecca Rosman
The Nepali Army conducts a search-and-rescue operation on Sept. 10 inside the Chilime Hydropower Station tunnel days after the deadly flash floods and mudslides in Nepal's Rasuwa district in August. In the wake of the disaster, concerns are being raised about the impact of the construction of hydropower plants and dams in the Himalayas.
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Is Nepal's flood a harbinger of what's to come in the Himalayas?
Mamita Bhandari, Diaa Hadid
From left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, first lady Melania Trump, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer listen as President Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
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U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz on Iran, Venezuela and Trump's foreign policy
Steve Inskeep, Majd Al-Waheidi
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Federal judge orders Texas to install AC in all of its prisons by the end of 2029
Federal District Judge Robert Pitman ordered the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to immediately submit a plan for providing air conditioning.
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