Jalen Brunson steps into spotlight, joined NBA’s elite as first-time All-Star
For the first few years of his NBA career, Jalen Brunson operated in the shadows. Considered too slow and too small, the point guard came off the bench for most of his first three seasons with the Mavericks, improving but only marginally. Dallas featured Luka Doncic, who was in Brunson’s draft class but otherwise in […]
This is the #1 city for first-time homebuyers, and other hot US housing markets
Toledo, Ohio has emerged as the top metro area for first-time owners. (iStock) The housing market has its ups and downs, and first-time buyers are feeling the effects, too. But homebuyers in tight housing markets have other options, as some cities in the U.S. have stronger markets than others. According to a recent report from […]
First-Time Director Opens Up About Using Real Opioid Addicts In New Movie — All Americans Need To See The Trailer
Brian Greenberg’s directorial debut, The Junction, depicts his personal struggle with OxyContin addiction, the actor said in an interview in January. Greenberg admitted that most fans didn’t know about his short-lived struggle with opioids. “It’s catching people off guard. But I had a brief encounter with addiction. I’m not an addict. I want to make […]
State offers affordable loans again to first-time homebuyers, with a catch – Los Angeles Times
Last spring, when the California Housing Finance Agency offered interest-free, no-monthly-payment loans to help low-income people come up with down payments and fees to buy their first homes, the entire nearly $300 million budget was wiped out. Ta.in just 11 days. Lawmakers then put an additional $225 million into the program during last year's state […]
First-time Airbnb host allegedly raped by guest who said he’d ‘leave a good review’
A first-time Airbnb host allegedly raped and barricaded herself in her room with a knife after a guest, a graphic designer, told her she would leave a “good review” the next morning. The unidentified south London resident claimed that Diego Dellalovere, 43, from nearby Kensington, raped her in 2021 after he rubbed her shoulders and […]