Mayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to…
Read more East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversionsShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Some U.S. mayors are loosening up rules that determine how developers convert office buildings into…
Read more Here’s what’s stopping cities from converting offices into apartmentsSALT LAKE CITY — Ludovic Michaud was driving around the scenic red rock landscapes of Utah’s Arches National Park on a windy spring day in 2020 when something…
Read more Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah parkVENICE, Fla. — A private airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast Saturday night, with two people confirmed dead as authorities searched for a…
Read more Airplane crash in Gulf of Mexico leaves 2 dead, 1 missingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation’s capital Saturday…
Read more El Salvador sends 10,000 police, army to seal off townNEW YORK — Nineteen people including 17 New York City and New York state public employees were charged in a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday with submitting fraudulent applications…
Read more NYC public employees among 19 accused of pandemic aid fraudBRUSSELS — Police had to seal off parts of the center of Brussels, deploy water cannons and fire tear gas to disperse crowds following violence during and after…
Read more Brussels sees riots after Morocco beats Belgium at World CupMILAN — Rescuers dug through mud for a second day Sunday in the search for people lost in an enormous landslide on the Italian resort island of Ischia.…
Read more Italian rescuers search for missing in island landslideTAIPEI, Taiwan — Voters headed to the polls across Taiwan in a closely watched local election Saturday that will determine the strength of the island’s major political parties…
Read more Taiwan votes on lower voting age, mayors, city councilsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — When officials unfurled a 25-foot rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people gathered to mourn the victims of a…
Read more Colorado Springs reckons with past after gay club shootingKHERSON, Ukraine — Natalia Kristenko’s dead body lay covered in a blanket in the doorway of her apartment building for hours overnight. City workers were at first too…
Read more Russia rains missiles on recaptured Ukrainian cityBEIJING — The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones apologized Thursday for what it said was a technical error that led to protests by employees over payment of…
Read more Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute at China factoryBEIJING — More than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said Tuesday, adding…
Read more China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impactBEIJING — China on Sunday announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the…
Read more China announces 1st COVID-19 death in almost 6 monthsKYIV, Ukraine — Russian airstrikes inflicted more damage on Ukraine on Thursday, with the latest barrage smashing into energy infrastructure, apartment buildings and an industrial site. At least…
Read more Russia launches new Ukraine barrage as grain deal extendedKHERSON, Ukraine — Residents of Kherson celebrated the end of Russia’s eight-month occupation for the third straight day Sunday, even as they took stock of the extensive damage…
Read more Kherson celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuildingMYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president vowed to keep pushing Russian forces out of his country after they withdrew from Kherson, leaving behind devastation, hunger and booby traps in…
Read more After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep pushing out RussiaMYKOLAIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military carried out “stabilization measures” near the southern city of Kherson on Saturday following the end of an eight-month occupation by Russian forces,…
Read more Ukraine works to stabilize Kherson after Russian pulloutBEIJING — Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was ordered to stay home Saturday to undergo virus testing and a…
Read more China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reportedISTANBUL — A Turkish court resumed the trial of Istanbul’s mayor Friday on charges of insulting members of Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council, a case critics allege is an…
Read more Popular Istanbul mayor on trial, could face political ban
