A record number of Americans in 2024 used an inheritance to help finance a down payment on their first home. That’s according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle.

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While some remains are hidden away in funeral homes, others were found where they fell in battle or by Civil War reenactors combing old graveyards. Communities often turn reburials into major ...

CCTV and home security systems are being installed in big numbers by fearful Sydney home and business owners amid a spike in break-ins and home invasions. New home crime data from the NSW Bureau ...

Firefighters grappling with a blaze that has destroyed at least 130 homes in California said Friday they had made progress in their fight as a turn in the weather offered a break. Hurricane ...

More than 215,000 lightning strikes were recorded in a series of “ferocious” storms last night, which left about 1700 South East Queensland homes and businesses without power this morning.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — California was lashed by powerful winds Wednesday that fed a fast-moving wildfire, which destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as ...