Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has a problem that’s prevalent among all resort communities where housing costs far exceed local incomes: recruiting staff. That’s because job candidates say they can’t afford to live there. While home prices and rents have soared across the country over the past year, rent and real estate prices in uber-wealthy enclaves are in a league of their …
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Despite a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the situation in Gaza is so desperate that some teenagers in the decimated Palestinian territory say they hope to be killed swiftly to escape the “nightmare” around them, a spokesman for the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday. The grim assessment came as the U.N.’s top …
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Vinícius Júnior broke down in tears on Monday while talking about the racist insults that he has been subjected to in Spain, saying that he is losing his desire to keep playing because of what he has been going through. Vinícius spoke freely about his struggles fighting against racism on the eve of the “One Skin” friendly game between Spain …
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The collapse ofBaltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday after being struck by a cargo ship has raised questions about who owns and manages the ship, as well as on the potential impact on one the busiest ports in the U.S. Called the Dali, the 948-foot vessel that hit the bridge is managed by Synergy Marine Group, a Singapore-based company …
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BALTIMORE — Witnesses could not believe their eyes early Tuesday morning, looking at where the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge once spanned the Patapsco River. The spancollapsed into the water belowovernight. A water search for six missing workers turned into a recovery effort Tuesday night. A large container ship struck a column of the bridge around 1:30 a.m., fire department …
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With Americans living longer and spending more years in retirement, the nation’s changing demographics are “putting the U.S. retirement system under immense strain,” according to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in his annual shareholder letter. One way to fix it, he suggests, is for Americans to consider working longer before they head into retirement. “No one should have to work longer …
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Washington — President Biden said Tuesday that he believes the federal government should pay for the entire cost of the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed when a container ship crashed into it earlier Tuesday. “It is my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I …
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The search was to resume Wednesday morning for six people missing and presumed dead in the wake of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. It crumbled early Tuesdayafter a support column was hit by a large container ship that had lost power, sending people and vehicles into the Patapsco River, authorities said. Two people were rescued …
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Cairo — The narrow streets and alleys of a working-class neighborhood in Egypt’s capital hosted thousands of people Monday who came together to break their Ramadan fast at the longest dinner table in the country. It was the 10th time that northern Cairo’s Matareya neighborhood had hosted the annual Iftar meal on the 15th day of Ramadan, and it was …
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The judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in New York imposed a gag order on Tuesday restricting what Trump can say about those involved in the upcoming trial, which revolves around a “hush money” payment made to an adult film star in 2016. Judge Juan Merchan issued the order limiting Trump’s public statements in response to …
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