Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam breach destroys buildings and roads
Several properties and roads along Minnesota’s Blue Earth River were destroyed by floodwaters caused by a dam break on Monday, and residents in low-lying areas were warned to evacuate the riverbank. Scary footage Shared by Fox Weather It shows the moment a powerful current along the river erodes its banks, causing a small building and […]
Hawley calls to ‘take the trans flag down’ from federal buildings, have Christian CEOs put ‘America first’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) used a speech on Friday to restore Christianity to the center of American life and called for the removal of the “transgender flag” from federal buildings. Last week, US politicians and commentators were divided over a new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments from the Bible. Speaking at […]
NYC plan to convert obsolete office buildings into residential units would solve dual crisis — but City Council stands in the way
A new measure to solve the city’s housing and office crisis is on the table, but it depends on whether Mayor Eric Adams has the muscle to get it through an obstructive City Council. The housing-shortage city needs 473,000 new apartments by 2032, according to the Regional Plan Association, but built just 11,000 last year […]
Officials push to turn office buildings into housing amid home shortage, remote-work boom
The story at a glance The United States is facing a long-standing shortage of affordable housing and record office vacancy rates. Elected officials are pushing to speed up the conversion of commercial buildings to housing to address both issues. Regulatory and architectural challenges can make such a transformation complex and costly. Officials across the U.S., […]
Chicago to hand $150M to real estate developers to transform vacant office buildings into apartments
Chicago plans to offer $150 million in subsidies to real estate developers who will convert unused office space in its once-bustling downtown district into hotels and apartments in an effort to revitalize blighted areas. The plan is the city’s most generous response to the commercial real estate crisis caused by the pandemic, with taxpayer money […]
UCLA anti-Israel protesters clash with police after blocking access to campus buildings
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Police on UC Irvine campus after anti-Israel agitators swarm buildings; students told to ‘leave area’
After hundreds of anti-Israel protesters swarmed campus buildings and set up barricades at the University of California, Irvine, local law enforcement responded and immediately ordered students to leave “the area” on Wednesday. I was ordered to “move out.” A UC Irvine spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital that after hundreds of protesters […]
Police on UC Irvine campus after anti-Israel agitators swarm buildings; students told to ‘shelter in place’
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CA colleges are once again seeing campus buildings being taken over by protesters
Carol Crist, President, University of California, Berkeley sent a letter Addressing the university’s camp, he paid tribute to the group for maintaining a “professional, organized and productive approach during extremely difficult times”. After the prime minister’s letter was published, campus occupiers occupied the school building with the aim of “expanding into Gaza.” Demonstrators occupied the […]
NYC Buildings Dept. cuts back staffing including inspectors despite recent collapses
The city’s Department of Buildings is cutting its staff by a quarter starting in 2022, with many of those positions being filled by inspectors who are supposed to identify problems in structures before they potentially collapse. Ta. The troubling revelation surfaced Tuesday during a meeting of the City Council’s Housing and Buildings Committee. Commission Chair […]