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Buildings in downtown San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. California home sales plunged this year as soaring interest rates held back buyers in the costly state. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Cities try to resurrect deserted downtowns by transforming empty offices into homes and creating a young ‘vibe’

By Mae Anderson, Ashraf Khalil, and others

EAST PALESTINE, OH – MARCH 09: EPA contractors walk back to their cars with collected soil samples from the derailment site on March 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. Cleanup efforts continue after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed causing an environmental disaster. Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate after the area was placed under a state of emergency and temporary evacuation orders. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

Freight train with hazardous materials derails in Maine as concerns about railway safety mount

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

Wildlife Conference Turtle Poaching

Turtles are such popular pandemic pets that poachers are having a field day

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

Yes on Measure H! volunteer Ed Washatka canvases the neighborhood in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Cities across the country are pushing measures to stabilize or control rents when housing prices are skyrocketing. Voters from Orange County, Florida, and in several California cities are asking voters to approve ballot measures that would cap rent increases. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Skyrocketing housing costs put rent control on the November ballot across the U.S.

By Janie Har, Michael Casey, and others

Teachers and guidance counselors tap wooden sticks during a rhythm exercise during a workshop helping teachers find a balance in their curriculum while coping with stress and burnout in the classroom, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Concord, N.H. School districts around the country are starting to invest in programs aimed at address the mental health of teachers. Faced with a shortage of educators and widespread discontentment with the job, districts are hiring more therapist, holding trainings on self-care and setting up system to better respond to a teacher encountering anxiety and stress. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

School districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout: ‘The pandemic was so hard and so impactful and so stressful’

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

A roadworks crew work on road resurfacing on June 24, 2021 in Alhambra, California. – US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that a deal has been reached with a bipartisan group of senators to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, likely unlocking the most funding for roads, bridges, ports and broadband in decades. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Inflation taking bite out of new infrastructure projects: ‘Those dollars are essentially evaporating’

By David A. Lieb, Michael Casey, and others

Kay Wilson poses in her pod in the UP (st)ART house in Los Angeles, California, on October 24, 2019. – Kay Wilson packed up her life in a hurry and moved to Los Angeles … only to find that what she paid in Pennsylvania for a nice studio apartment would only get her a 2.9-square-meter box in California.Her new home is a capsule, inspired by the famous hotels in Japan.Wilson arrived a month ago at UP(st)ART, a community for young people with artistic aspirations in need of an affordable place to live. Each room contains up to six capsules, which Wilson describes as “cozy.” They contain a single bed, a bar for hanging clothes, a few compartments for storing shoes and other items, and an air vent. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

‘It would take away all my anxiety’: Affordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

A nurse attends to a COVID patient.

US hospitals are seeing different kind of COVID surge this time

By The Associated Press, Rodrique Ngowi, and others

FILE – In this Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, tenants’ rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in Boston. A federal judge is refusing landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she made clear she thinks it’s illegal. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Friday, Aug. 13, said her “hands are tied” by an appellate ruling the last time courts considered the evictions moratorium in the spring. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Only 11% of federal rental assistance has been distributed, says Treasury Department

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

Gary Zaremba checks in with a tenant to discuss building maintenance at one of his at properties, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. Landlords say they have suffered financially due to various state, local and federal moratoriums in place since last year. “Without rent, we’re out of business,” said Zaremba. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The latest eviction ban is adding a new level of financial stress for landlords

By Michael Casey, Anne D'Innocenzio, and others

People from a coalition of housing justice groups hold signs protesting evictions during a news conference outside the Statehouse, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

As the moratorium ends, millions of Americans face eviction

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., left, and House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., go over their notes at the House Rules Committee as they prepare an emergency extension of the eviction moratorium, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. President Joe Biden called on “Congress to extend the eviction moratorium to protect such vulnerable renters and their families without delay.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress scrambles to extend the eviction moratorium before it expires Saturday

By Lisa Mascaro, Michael Casey, and others

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks in Macungie, Pa., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Biden will allow nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday

By Michael Casey and The Associated Press

EPA Tightens Air Pollution Limits For First Time In A Decade

Tougher ozone standards could snuff out the recovery, businesses warn

By Michael Casey

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Unilever, Cargill push to green their palm oil chain

By Michael Casey