Several popular beaches along the Maryland and Delaware coasts were closed to swimming after medical waste, including needles, washed ashore last week. Swimming was prohibited at beaches that included Ocean City, Maryland, and Fenwick Island, Delaware, as well as state and federal beaches on Assateague Island, which is part of Maryland and Virginia. In a […]

High interest rates are one of the most significant hurdles buyers face when jumping into the housing market right now. As anyone who has bought a home in recent years knows, interest rates have more than doubled since 2020. For a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, you’re looking at an average interest rate of somewhere between 6% […]

A Miami Beach penthouse owned and designed by art curator Ximena Caminos, the former partner of Argentinian hotelier and real estate developer Alan Faena, has just hit the market for $7.7 million. Caminos, the founder of Faena Art, is also the founder of ReefLine, a 7-mile-long underwater public sculpture park, snorkel trail and “purpose-built” reef […]

Dozens of students at Sydney Catholic high schools have been banned from bringing a date into their official year 12 under a new policy, causing “huge uproar”. Under the rules, which apply to the 147 school systems within the city’s Catholic archdiocese, parents will also be prohibited from drinking alcohol at end-of-year celebrations. Issued earlier […]

A man affected by ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts – thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based neurotech startup. Synchron – a company specializing in medical technology solutions – has implanted its brain-computer interface (BCI) into a blood […]

Today’s high interest rates have created a ticking time bomb for many homebuyers who took out an adjustable-rate mortgage near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 330,000 homeowners who took out an ARM in 2019 have already seen their five-year fixed-rate term end, and another 100,000 will join them next year, according to ICE […]