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Why some cities are buying trailer parks

BOULDER, Colo. (TNS) — Here in the heart of one of Colorado’s most expensive cities, Isabel Sanchez bought a mobile home seven years ago for just $6,000. Her four-bedroom bungalow now sits on a lot she rents for $355 a…

 

Gender becomes a flashpoint for this college generation

ATLANTA (TNS) — Tamar Quincey spent years lying about who she is.

 

How Congress’ formula for wildfires makes them worse

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The monstrous flames ripping through Northern California in recent days have burned communities to the ground, killed dozens of people caught in their path and wreaked havoc on a regional economy.

 

Scientists engineer proteins that caused obese animals to lose weight and lower cholesterol

As the U.S. obesity rate has galloped toward 40 percent, doctors, drug designers and dispirited dieters have all wondered the same thing: What if a pill could deliver the benefits of weight-loss surgery, but without the knife?

 

Trump issues order to deregulate health insurance, promising ‘Obamacare relief’

WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump moved Thursday to scale back rules on health insurance across the country in the administration’s most ambitious effort to date to use its regulatory powers to undermine the Affordable Care Act.

 

Civil servants charge Trump is sidelining workers with expertise on climate change and environment

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Interior Department manager Joel Clement figured his new bosses in the Trump administration might disapprove of his climate change-focused work protecting Alaskan villages from rising seas.

 

Crandon Shooting Rampage, Ten Years After

Ten years ago tomorrow: A 20-year-old off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage in Crandon, Wisconsin, killing six people, including his ex-girlfriend, before taking his own life as police closed in.

 

Crandon Shooting Rampage, Ten Years After

Ten years ago tomorrow: A 20-year-old off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage in Crandon, Wisconsin, killing six people, including his ex-girlfriend, before taking his own life as police closed in.

 

For the first time, the Supreme Court seems receptive to imposing some limits on partisan gerrymanders

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court heard a strong argument Tuesday for reining in partisan gerrymandering — at least if it’s extreme enough to allow one party’s politicians to keep themselves in power for a decade.

 

Smart billboards are checking you out — and making judgments

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here is what’s around the corner: Smart digital billboards will detect the make, model and year of oncoming vehicles and project ads tailored to the motorist.

 

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