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Luggage
Download These Storage Apps and Never Lug Your Luggage Around Again
fodors.com - Harriet Baskas
One of the least enjoyable parts of any trip is having to carry your luggage around. Lugging your luggage around town before you check into or out of …
4 hours ago
CNBC
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Small Business
11 US cities poised to be the next hot spot for start-ups—and what people earn there
CNBC - Jennifer Liu
The most promising city for new start-ups may be known more for its dairy industry than its small business scene, but its educated workforce, low …
8 hours ago
Forbes
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French Polynesia
Waterworld? Floating Cities Turn Hollywood Sci-fi Into Reality As Sea Levels Rise
Forbes - Wade Shepard
“Coastal cities are literally the interface between man and nature. That is where it is happening,” spoke Marc Collins, the former tourism minister of French Polynesia and founder of Oceanix as we sat
1 day ago
CityLab
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Maps
MapLab: High on Lidar
CityLab - Laura Bliss
Lidar is similar to radar, except that it uses laser beams (rather than radio waves) to detect objects in space. It can produce far more detailed pictures of its subjects than its older cousin because
4 hours ago
The Guardian
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Opinion
Electric cars: the good, the bad and the costly
The Guardian - Letters
In response to the latest research from King’s College London that an increase in air pollution in cities is increasing heart attacks and strokes, the government must announce a national emergency within
7 hours ago
Mobile World Live
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T-Mobile
Sprint pushes T-Mobile deal as lawsuit looms
mobileworldlive.com
LIVE FROM MWC19 LOS ANGELES: Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, said the company remains very optimistic its mega merger with T-Mobile US …
4 hours ago
Al Dee Sollinger
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Housing
Does Oregon Have the Answer to High Housing Costs?
The Wall Street Journal. - Will Parker
Will Parker | Photographs by Leah Nash for The Wall Street Journal BEND, Ore.—Oregon is emerging as a testing ground for a new approach to solving the nationwide shortage of affordable housing. The state
15 hours ago
The Hindu Group
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Thiruvananthapuram
Packed school vehicles: panel intervenes
thehindu.com - Staff Reporter
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken a suo motu case in connection with reports of school and private vehicles …
5 hours ago
Futurity News
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Wastewater
Sewer water shows which illegal drugs countries use
futurity.org - Katherine Gombay-McGill
A new analysis of wastewater reveals trends in illegal drug use in different countries. Wastewater-based epidemiology is a rapidly developing …
8 hours ago
StephenMoore
flipped into City-Making
Transportation
Sydney will never have a world-class public transport system, leading urban planning strategist says
abc.net.au - Kevin Nguyen
A leading international transportation strategist says Sydney can never have a world-class public transport system, despite the NSW Government's …
Now
CityLab
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Policing
A Police Department’s Difficult Assignment: Atonement
CityLab - Michael Friedrich
In Stockton, California, city and law enforcement leaders are attempting to build trust between police and communities of color. Why is this so hard to do? Standing before the congregation of the Progressive
7 hours ago
House Beautiful
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Interior Design
Here's What a $1 Million Home Looks Like in Cities All Over the U.S.
House Beautiful - By Hadley Keller
Every prospective homeowner wants to get the most bang for their buck—but what exactly constitutes "bang" in today's housing market? Well, the answer varies widely from city to city. In a new study by
14 hours ago
POLITICO
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U.S. Politics
Why Democrats Don’t Have a Plan to Save ‘Left-Behind’ America
POLITICO - By CLARA HENDRICKSON
Liberal policymakers failed for decades to reckon with economic disparities among places, leaving candidates groping for answers. Clara Hendrickson is a research analyst in governance studies at the Brookings
1 day ago
Vicky Natsidis-zorbas
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Greece
The Intriguing Greek Origins of Marseille, France’s Oldest City
greekreporter.com - Nick Kampouris
The Greeks are well known for their ancient tales of glory and tragedy, as well as their civilization’s innumerable contributions to the very …
1 hour ago
South China Morning Post
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China
Rural consumers offer opportunities for China’s e-commerce giants amid slower growth in cities
South China Morning Post - Celia Chen
Two years ago Li Yuhua’s daughter taught her how to shop online. Since then, the 51-year-old farmer in Wushan, a small village of around 100 people …
3 hours ago
Mok Bernard
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World News
The world’s top 100 most surveilled cities - from Beijing to London and beyond
South China Morning Post - Dennis Wong
China is home to eight of the world’s 10 most heavily-monitored cities, according to a recent study by Comparitech. But the use of closed-circuit …
19 hours ago
Daily Mail
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Recession
Two out of three finance officers in major US cities think there will be a recession
dailymail.co.uk - By Dailymail.com Reporter
Finance officers in major U.S. cities are predicting a recession as early as 2020. According to a new report from the National League of Cities, …
8 hours ago
CityLab
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Housing
The Housing Shortage and Gentrification Aren’t the Same Thing
CityLab
Untangling these related but different problems is important, because the tactics for solving one won’t work for the other. To a great extent, America’s urban housing troubles can be summed up by one In
9 hours ago
Reuters
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Protest
Ethiopian residents in city of Adama report sounds of gunshots following protests
Reuters
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Two Ethiopian residents in the city of Adama told Reuters they heard the sound of gunshots amid protests there on Wednesday afternoon. The protests in Adama, 90 km southeast of
1 day ago
Florida
Miami named Sexiest City in the World
local10.com - Jeff Tavss
MIAMI - Rio may have the parties and Paris has the culture, but when it comes to being sexy, Miami tops every city in the entire world. Miami was …
10 hours ago
CNN
Chicago, IL
It's Day 5 of the Chicago teachers' strike, and 25,000 educators are swarming City Hall with their demands
CNN - By Holly Yan and Bill Kirkos, CNN
(CNN) — Thousands of teachers flooded the streets of downtown Chicago to deliver a message to City Hall: They won't stop striking until they get what they want. About 25,000 members of the Chicago Teachers
11 hours ago
Dr. Mohamed J. Al-Hassan
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Energy
Tesla, ChargePoint push building code changes to boost EV charging
Axios - Kim Hart
Electric vehicles are getting more popular, yet there aren't enough charging stations installed where people spend their time (at home, at work, at …
9 hours ago
Hierarchical organization of urban mobility and its connection with ci
nature.com - Aleix Bassolas, Hugo Barbosa-Filho, Brian Dickinson, Xerxes Dotiwalla, Paul Eastham, Riccardo Gallotti, Gourab Ghoshal, Bryant Gipson, Surendra A. Hazarie, Henry Kautz, Onur Kucuktunc, Allison Lieber, Adam Sadilek, José J. Ramasco
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Urbanization Prospects 2018: Highlights …
12 hours ago
Sherwin-Williams
REPORT | Atlanta one of the cities being 'seriously considered' for new headquarters of Sherwin-Williams
11alive.com - WKYC Staff
Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, and Charlotte are also in the running, according to a national site-selection consultant.
9 hours ago
Conservative View
Jailbreak + sanctuaries = Disaster: NYC releases illegal alien child molester repeatedly
conservativereview.com - Daniel Horowitz
Pro-criminal alien policies and general jailbreak, aka weak-on-crime policies, are converging in America’s major cities to create the greatest public …
6 hours ago
Fortune
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China
China’s Silicon Valley Is No Longer Its ‘Best-Performing’ City
Fortune
Milken, china cities, china best-performing cities, shenzhen, chengdu, china silicon valley, milkin best cities index
15 hours ago
Forbes
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Aging
Age-Forward Cities For 2030: The Big Challenge
Forbes - Richard Eisenberg
By 2030, roughly three of every five people on the planet will live in cities. How prepared are cities to serve their older residents? Based on a report released today, Age-Forward Cities for 2030, the
1 day ago
Bloomberg
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China
Perry Wong, managing director at Milken Institute, on China's 'best-performing' cities
Bloomberg
Perry Wong, managing director of research at the Milken Institute, talks about China's "best-performing" cities. Chengdu has topped the list for …
21 hours ago
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis ranked one of the best baseball cities in the country
kmov.com - Stephanie Baumer
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – St. Louis is one of the top baseball cities in the country, according to a newly-released study. WalletHub compiled a list of …
10 hours ago
Al.com
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Chiropractic Medicine
The Joint Chiropractic coming to several Alabama cities
al.com - William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
The Joint Chiropractic is planning an expansion into several Alabama cities over the next year. The newest leases executed are for clinics to be …
3 hours ago