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Real Estate

Metros with the most mortgage-burdened homeowners

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It's back-to-school time: Home maintenance for busy families

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Business & Economy

Why business automation won't be optional in 2026

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7 scholarships students should consider applying for before 2025 ends

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Personal Finance

The child tax credit is changing. Here’s what it means for your family.

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Business & Economy

Business & Economy

Why business automation won't be optional in 2026

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Business & Economy

Hiring globally? Key considerations for choosing where to hire

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Business & Economy

What is AI automation, and how can your business use it?

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Business & Economy

6 best practices for sending bulk emails

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Business & Economy

Why your AI-generated content sounds like everyone else's and 4 ways to fix it

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Careers

What is an AI generalist—and why does your business need one?

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Instead of cutting jobs, AI adoption is fueling startup hiring

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What Gen Z really wants at work (Hint: It’s not a ping-pong table)

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The Great Shift: How Gen Z is reshaping the future of nursing

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AI is disrupting the workforce from the bottom up, and faster than you might think

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Education

7 scholarships students should consider applying for before 2025 ends

A student browsing the FAFSA website on a laptop.

Vouchers are booming, but lack of rural private schools that accept them means students miss out

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Mastering the college application process

A male student using a desktop computer for application tasks.

‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education research staggered by Trump cuts

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Coalition hopes to ‘accelerate’ career training, apprenticeships

Indianapolis student Danny Bonila works as a lab technician at Plastic Recycling Inc.

Real Estate

Real Estate

Best places to raise a family in the West

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Real Estate

Best suburbs to live in America

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Real Estate

10 of the most expensive states to live in

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What’s the average house price in the USA?

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It's back-to-school time: Home maintenance for busy families

Parents prepare food as their children play around the kitchen.

Business & Economy

What's behind the declining trust America has in its nurses, police officers, and 21 other professions

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Real Estate

With property values strong in 2023, many homeowners tapped home equity lines of credit, pushing total HELOC balances up 6.6%

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Education

Districts where student-teacher ratios are still behind pre-pandemic levels

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Education

The surprising effectiveness of having kids study their errors to succeed

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Money

Investing in Bitcoin for a long-term portfolio is too risky, according to Vanguard CEO

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Money

Scams stealing government benefits like unemployment checks have jumped 82%: Here's how to protect yourself

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Money

Gold vs. stocks: As both hit record highs, which is performing better for investors?

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Real Estate

Outdoor TVs, 'she sheds' and saltwater pools: 20 features that could boost a home's sale price and speed up offers

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Education

Innovative apps help teachers communicate with families in their preferred language

Young teacher sits in kindergarten classroom setting using smart phone

Money

Could Elon Musk help the Dogecoin cryptocurrency surge to a $1 value?