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Install Attic Insulation

Adding loose-fill insulation to an unfinished attic is a gotta-do-it project for even the unhandiest homeowner. Blow-in insulation will create a sound barrier and add insulating power to your home, and installing it an ideal job for a wannabe DIYer. The job requires no-brainer skills, with a nice payback in a quieter and better insulated…


Excavator Seen Digging in Backyard of Man Charged in Gilgo Beach Killings

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y.—Investigators have been digging in the yard at the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who was charged earlier this month with killing at least three women and burying their remains on a remote stretch of beach highway. A yellow excavator that had been seen scooping dirt in the backyard Sunday was still…


Sheet-Pan Garlic Butter Shrimp

View the print-ready version of this recipe. This garlic butter shrimp is one of my go-to recipes when I have to hit the kitchen running. It takes just twenty minutes to make, I always have all of the ingredients on hand, the kids love it as much as I do, and there’s barely any clean-up….


Book Review: ‘Save the Last Bullet’

With each passing year, another collection of works about World War II is produced. From economic analyses to military histories to biographies to historical fiction, there seems to be an endless supply. The war was a moment, lasting less than a decade, in which the world attempted to destroy itself. It is a moment that…


PM Says He Doesn’t Want to ‘Hassle’ Families With Net Zero Amid Party Pressure

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that he does not want to “hassle” families with net zero targets, following pressure from MPs in his own party to rethink eco policies. On Monday, Mr. Sunak was pressed during a visit to Worcestershire about Tory MPs urging him to rethink the pace of net zero policies. Mr….


Fraud Fears After 30 China-Linked Businesses Use Leicestershire Residents’ Addresses

Residents of a small English street have spoken of fraud fears after discovering their home addresses are being used by China-linked companies. The mysterious targeting of homeowners in the Netherley Road area of Hinckley in Leicestershire was reported to Action Fraud last week after Companies House contacted the residents. According to documents filed with the…


House Republicans Could Hold Mark Zuckerberg in Contempt This Week

The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is considering voting this week to hold Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt, according to a spokesman. Judiciary Republicans, including the panel’s chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), have accused Meta of being uncooperative in regards to the panel’s efforts to investigate potential censorship and collusion between Big Tech and the…


Child Trafficking Bill: Why California Lawmakers Were Forced to Change Their Vote | Shane Harris

“No child should be dealing with these issues, especially by a system that claims it can take better care of you than your biological family.” Siyamak sits down with Shane Harris, an advocate for foster youth and a civil rights activist twitter.com/shaneharrisnow. He tells us about his experience in the foster care system—and of witnessing…


Child Trafficking Bill: Why California Law Makers Were Forced to Change Their Vote | Shane Harris

“No child should be dealing with these issues, especially by a system that claims that can take better care of you than your biological family..” Siyamak sits down with Shane Harris, an advocate for foster youth and a civil rights activist twitter.com/shaneharrisnow He’ll tell us about his experience being in the foster care system and…


Judge Orders Montana Health Clinic to Pay Nearly $6 Million Over False Asbestos Claims

BILLINGS, Mont.—A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims, a judge ruled. The 337 false claims made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received. The federally funded clinic…