4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1206+ words) Taylor Swift’s mansion, formally known as High Watch, overlooks the beach in Westerly, Rhode Island, Sept. 2, 2026. A state tax on certain second homes aims to raise revenue for developing affordable housing. By Cameron Pugh, Staff writer Perched on a hill…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1122+ words) Sept. 10, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Westerly, R.I. Perched on a hill high above Westerly’s East Beach sits one of Taylor Swift’s eight houses. The $28 million home is adorned with more windows than can be easily counted, giving it views of the Atlantic lapping the…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (948+ words) Sept. 09, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Rome, N.Y. In the 21st century, housing costs for new homebuyers have doubled, and mortgage rates rose from 3% to a current national average of about 6.7%. The result is that many first-time homebuyers are priced out of the market, a phenomenon…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (521+ words) Facing tariff deadline, President Trump threatened to ban Bombardier jet sales in the US unless the Canadian firm builds its planes domestically. Sept. 07, 2026, 8:47 p.m. ET President Donald Trump said on Monday that Canadian private jet maker Bombardier would no longer be…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (450+ words) Sept. 04, 2026, 3:11 p.m. ET The United States added 162,000 jobs in August, more than double what a consensus of economists had expected, bolstering confidence that the economy remains on solid footing. The strong employment report gives added support to the Federal Reserve’s view…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (662+ words) Sept. 04, 2026, 1:09 p.m. ET | Washington Chinese leader Xi Jinping is headed to the White House this month, but his state visit is just the final stop in a packed international itinerary. After hosting a string of foreign leaders in Beijing this year…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (706+ words) Sept. 03, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET | Hargeisa, Somaliland On an evening in late July, poet Suhaib Faro stood on stage at the Hargeysa International Book Fair and began to tell a love story. Sitting in tight rows of plastic chairs, members of the audience…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (748+ words) Sept. 02, 2026, 3:02 p.m. ET | Decorah, Iowa “Compared to my grandfather, I’m not a farmer.” That’s how Josh Manske, a farmer from Algona, Iowa, feels. His grandfather provided for five children by raising 800 head of livestock and farming hundreds of acres. By contrast,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (550+ words) Sept. 01, 2026, 1:39 p.m. ET | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire For locals, who lovingly refer to the downtown of Côte d’Ivoire’s capital Abidjan as “Little Manhattan,” the city’s skyline is about to get one step closer to the real thing. Construction is expected to be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1007+ words) Sept. 01, 2026, 5:19 p.m. ET | London For one Iranian woman in northeast Tehran, the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran can no longer be measured simply in the number of destroyed military targets or the several thousand soldiers and civilians killed. The…...