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The Oct. 9 announcement to change Lowell's admissions process sent immediate shock waves through the Lowell community, some of whom put together a petition to demand the school board reevaluate its proposal.

The death of 49ers Hall of Fame pass rusher Fred Dean is one more sharp and sad reminder that the victims of the virus aren’t just political talking points

Shipping containers are energy-efficient, flexible, and watertight. Here’s what to know about expanding your living space by thinking outside the box.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will compete for TV audiences in dueling town halls on Thursday night instead of meeting face-to-face for their second debate as originally planned.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Two organizations in Ohio are providing public discussions, material for educators and a documentary series about the Holocaust to educate residents and students.

Tim Meadows and Bob Odenkirk are ready to fight some zombies.

Mortgage interest rates continue to do what had seemed impossible before the pandemic: They dropped to a new record low this week.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System wants to recover retirement benefits that continued to be paid out after two members died, resulting in overpayments of more than $323,000.

In this San Francisco Giants mailbag, beat writer Henry Schulman answers questions about Buster Posey’s role in 2021 and his case for the Hall of Fame, shoring up the rotation and potentially trading a big prospect.

Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.

MARTUNI, Nagorno-Karabakh (AP) — As the fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces rages on in the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, its residents are joining volunteer squads to defend their towns.

ATLANTA (AP) — Karen Handel is looking for Republicans to mobilize in Georgia's 6th District, once an incubator of high-profile Republicans. But Democrat Lucy McBath, who unseated Handel in 2018, is trying to show that Atlanta's wealthiest suburbs have changed.

The actress Amber Valletta listed her stylish Palisades home last month for $5.9 million, dropping the asking price to $5.5 million two weeks later.

Nina Bryant will cook a feast for Thanksgiving this year, as always.

Bryant works as an executive chef. But in her own family, she’s the one everyone depends on to prepare her grandmother’s recipes, which spark memories at the holidays. So along with a turkey, Bryant will make her grandmother’s sweet potato souffle, and fingerling potatoes with tender asparagus.

This time, because of the pandemic, she’ll do it all several days before Thanksgiving, then ship portions from her home in Florida to her family around the country. Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Only about 180 poll workers out of roughly 30,000 are still needed to staff polling places in battleground Wisconsin, despite surging cases of the coronavirus in the key battleground state, the Wisconsin Elections Commission reported Thursday.

It's the latest San Francisco-based tech company to announce a shift to permanent remote work.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976, a measure that would have steeply discounted the price of car registrations at $30 while gutting transportation budgets across the state.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged Texas billionaire Robert Brockman on Thursday with a $2 billion tax fraud scheme in what they say is the largest such case against an American.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Star and its owner, The McClatchy Company, are suing a Kansas City suburb for records related to the 2018 police killing of an Overland Park teenager.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s chief of staff John Bingaman has taken a leave of absence to help with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's transition team.

HOUSTON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi school district has a new chief at the helm.

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — A Colchester English learner teacher described as “a passionate advocate for equity in education” is the 2021 Vermont Teacher of the Year, the Vermont Education Agency announced Thursday.

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While you’ve been preoccupied with a plague and politics, mortgage rates have been falling and refinances have been booming. And the boom has a lot of room to expand.

Almost 18 million homeowners could cut their mortgage's interest rate by 0.75% or more, according to Black Knight, a mortgage analytics company. That transcends the 3 million homeowners who refinanced in the first half of 2020.

Mortgage rates dipped to record low territory this summer and fall. Читать дальше...

With cities and suburbs shutting down public parks indefinitely (hoops are quite literally locked up in the Bay Area), schools canceling in-person classes, and rec leagues getting canned, demand for personal basketball hoops has peaked in 2020.