2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (222+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (985+ words) Mathew Davis, a resident of an Austin, Texas homeless shelter, dreams of securing an apartment of his own. Yet with the minimal earnings he receives from donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-month tiny home without running water and with a…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (791+ words) Experts look at hardy species which may replace traditional favourites As experts predict that hotter summers will become the norm, growers may need to trade in some of their water-demanding plants for varieties that better withstand drought. Conventional cottage garden…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (806+ words) With predictions that hotter summers are going to become the norm, we may have to swap some of our thirstier plants for more drought-resilient types. Traditional cottage garden plants which have succumbed to the heat this summer may be replaced…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (798+ words) Every morning, Mary Kavutha prepares breakfast for her two young children using an induction cooker in her Nairobi home. Two years ago, the businesswoman relied on a charcoal stove that filled her kitchen with smoke and cost about $1.15 in fuel…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (683+ words) Katharine Hoskyns claims there is just one neighbour who objects to her garden A council has told an 89-year-old grandma she may have to bin the street garden she has lovingly tended for decades after her neighbours complained about "anti-social…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (377+ words) For generations of Americans, the sharpened No. 2 pencil has long symbolized youth and growing up. Still a staple of back-to-school shopping lists, it helps children trace their initial letters, erase their mistakes and doodle in the margins during moments of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (887+ words) When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors. That's because members…...