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Hot rental market makes search ‘stressful’ for many – and it won’t get better soon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

On the hunt for a rental home in Calgary over the last six weeks, Marissa Giesinger and her boyfriend trawled through listings morning, noon and night, only to find most come along with dozens of applications and a steep price tag. As an added difficulty, many landlords are unwelcoming to the couple’s brood — dogs Kado and Rosco and a cat named Jester.“We made the tough decision recently to house our dogs with someone else until we can find a place that’s affordable and we can take both of them,” said Giesinger, a 23-year-old Mount Royal University student.“It’s definitely been stressful.”The competitive rental market Giesinger has encountered in Calgary is being seen across the country as multiple factors combine: high interest rates deter buyers and add to rental demand, still-high inflation is squeezing renter budgets, there’s an undersupply of purpose-built rental units and population growth is fuelling demand.These conditions have...

Police: Group breaks window, steals car parked near Chicago City Hall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police said a group broke a window and stole a car late Saturday night near Chicago City Hall.According to information from Chicago police, the group stole the car around 11:50 p.m. in the 100 block of North LaSalle. Chicago police investigate 8 armed robberies overnight The group, described as five unknown males, stole the car and left in an unknown direction.No injuries were reported.No arrests have been made yet in connection with the incident and Area Three detectives are still investigating.Anyone with information should call police.

2 adults, 9 kids injured in rollover crash in LaSalle County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

LASALLE COUNTY, Ill. — Two adults and nine kids were injured Saturday evening in a single-vehicle crash on Route 39 in LaSalle County, according to Illinois State Police.The crash happened around 6:50 p.m. near Lostant. 15-year-old critical after driver crashes stolen Kia into John Deere tractor in Joliet According to information from ISP, the driver of a van drove off the road for an unknown reason and rolled the van on its side in a ditch.There were three adults and 10 kids, ages 5-12 years old, inside the van at the time of the crash, state police said. Two of the adults and nine of the kids were taken to hospitals with injuries.The extent of their injuries and their conditions weren't released.

Daylight saving time: Why are we still changing the clocks?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — While we’re just starting to enjoy the leaves changing, we’ll soon be going through a less desirable change: the bi-annual changing of our clocks. Maybe you won’t manually be changing the clocks in your home, but they will be falling back an hour as daylight saving time comes to an end. As you grimace at the thought of the extra darkness we’ll soon experience when the clocks change, you may be wondering, "Why do we even still observe daylight saving time?" It’s a fairly simple question with a slightly more complex answer. That’s not to say efforts haven’t been made to try to end our observance of daylight saving time altogether.  How soon until daylight saving time ends? We've had a back-and-forth relationship with daylight saving time since the early 1900s. At first, it was a wartime measure and was repealed in 1919, according to the University of Colorado Boulder. It was reinstated in 1942 during World War II before Congress passed the Unifor...

What is the difference between apple juice and apple cider?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

(WHTM) -- Do you prefer apple juice or apple cider? Before answering that question, let's dive into the differences between them.The most obvious difference is the color, as apple juice is lighter in color while apple cider is darker.But other than apple juice and cider tasting and looking different, it's how they are made that differentiates them. Pumpkin patches in Central Pennsylvania Apple juice and apple cider are both pressed fresh apples, but that is where the similarities stop.The Kitchn states that apple juice is filtered and has added preservatives such as sugar. This makes apple juice sweeter and allows for a longer shelf life.According to the food website Does It Go Bad, the shelf life of unopened, chilled apple juice should be between three to six months. The site also states that once opened, the juice will last up to three weeks. If you buy store-refrigerated apple juice, the website says, you should go by the labeled "use-by" date.Southern Living says that apple c...

Powerball jackpot now 4th-largest: When is your next chance to win?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Of the millions of Powerball tickets sold, none were able to match the winning numbers drawn Saturday, catapulting the jackpot to one of the largest ever in the game's history. The winning numbers drawn Saturday, September 23 were 1, 12, 20, 33, 66, and red Powerball 21. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.There were more than 1.5 million tickets that did win a prize, according to Powerball officials. That includes three tickets — one each in California, Florida, and New York — that matched all five white balls drawn for $1 million prizes each. A ticket in Michigan matched the same numbers, but with the Power Play, the prize grew to $2 million. Not sure how to play Powerball? Here’s what you need to know Ahead of the next drawing on Monday night, Powerball officials say the jackpot now stands at an estimated $785 million, with a cash value of $367 million.At that size, it ranks as the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot prize, coming in behind a $2.04 billion jackpot hit la...

Why do they look like that? The story behind how Texas counties got their shapes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — With a unique shape crafted over five centuries, Texas spans more than 268,500 square miles, encompassing everything from briny, picturesque coastlands to vast expansive mesas. However, the curious qualities about the regions and areas of the Lone Star State don't stop with its biomes and general shape but go further into the look of its counties. They're kind of funny-looking, aren't they? Both born Texans and new visitors seem to think so. At a glance, many have noted that the shapes of Texas counties appear strikingly inconsistent. In the eastern and central portions of the state, they're stacked in a downward curve in all manner of different shapes. Moving westward the counties shift to be slightly more consistent, and create a straightforward grid pattern around the Panhandle-Plains region, only to spread out again into large and lopsided swathes of land around Big Bend. A map of counties, county seats and major rivers in Texas, published by the Te...

Real World Economics: How foreign policy choices can shape our economy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

Edward LottermanUkrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy has presented his earnest pleas to Congress and President Joe Biden and is off to Canada. A recent poll reflects our nation’s political dividedness as at no other time since 1861. Some 71% percent of Democrats support more aid to Ukraine while 62% of Republicans oppose it. In a rapid about-face, Donald Trump turned the GOP into the pro-Russia party.Yet there is much cross-party consensus on support for Taiwan against Chinese threats to take it by force. What to make of all this? And how does it affect the economy? Or, how does economics affect such foreign policy issues?Two centuries ago, Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz argued that “war is the continuation of politics by other means.” A century ago, just four months after the armistice ending World War I hostilities, Halford Mackinder, the British geographer who coined the term “geopolitics,” added economics to Clausewitz’s definition.  A recent U.S. Army Wa...

Broncos vs. Dolphins: Live updates and highlights from the NFL Week 3 game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

Can the Broncos break their slow 0-2 start and win their first game in the Sean Payton era? Stick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.Live updatesPre-game updatesScouting report (9 a.m.): Check out how the Broncos match up with the Dolphins in Ryan McFadden’s scouting report.Game predictionsParker Gabriel, beat writer: Dolphins 30, Broncos 21Denver’s got faith that its season is going to turn for the better. But this weekend? Against this offense? In South Florida? Mike McDaniel’s joking this week about how Miami in September made for a home-field advantage even “pre-global warming.” Now, the Broncos will have to try not to melt down before getting back to autumn at 0-3.Related ArticlesDenver Broncos | Broncos Journal: OLBs must show they can stop run consistently, or they’ll keep getting picked on Denver Broncos | Kickin’ It with Kiz: Where can the crazy-rich Waltons get...

1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting outside home in Wilmington 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:12:37 GMT

A late-night shooting claimed the life of one man and sent two other people to the hospital. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to the 1000 block of Sanford Avenue in Wilmington around 11:45 p.m. Saturday night. Upon arrival, they found three victims – who were reportedly standing outside of a residence drinking when gunfire erupted – suffering from gunshot wounds. All three were transported to the local medical centers. One of the victims, a 50-year-old man, was pronounced deceased at the hospital after paramedics attempted CPR multiple times, police said.  Video shows SoCal deputy slamming girl on ground in violent brawl The two other victims, only identified as a 36-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, were taken to hospitals in critical and stable condition, respectively. The gunman, described only as a Hispanic man, fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction, authorities said.Neighbors told KTLA 5’s Annie Rose Ramo...