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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

A business employee using a small time hourglass beside a laptop.

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

Professionals lined up sitting for a job interview.

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

Two young female nurses having coffee after work.

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.

Transportation

Autonomous vehicles: How safe are they?

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Small Business

Corporate Transparency Act deadline looms: It's OK for small businesses to ask for help

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Education

76% of teachers say strict cell phone bans boost student engagement: A closer look at classroom policies

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Money

From gold watches to luxury bags: Why some people are buying wearable investments

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Education

After the homeschooling spike post-pandemic, where is the fastest-growing form of education headed?

Two people sitting together at a table, both smiling warmly as they look at a laptop screen. The person on the left is a younger African American girl wearing a yellow long-sleeved shirt, looking at the laptop with a bright, happy expression. The person on the right, an African American woman, has her hair styled in a natural updo and is wearing a cozy-looking, textured sweater.

Business & Economy

5 tips for sustainably decorating your home

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Business & Economy

Here's how the rise in e-commerce is impacting America's truck drivers

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Real Estate

Where veterans are buying the most homes

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Real Estate

The US cities winning the race to increase housing supply

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Transportation

Where college students went in 2024

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