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The article talks about the stalling upward mobility for growing families in the U.S. as homeowners are stuck in a starter home as high interest rates and prices collide. Cited are how higher rates have become a huge deterrent for both buyers and sellers, the faster growth of prices in the lowest tranche of the housing economy, and the reasons behind the housing shortage.

The article reports on the move by struggling Americans to decide to live in their cars as they could not afford to buy or rent apartments due to a combination of bad luck, bad debt and bad credit scores. Also cited are the high cost of housing in the U.S. and the efforts by organizations like the Lake Washington United Methodist Church to help the homeless people.

The article discusses the difficulty for the New York attorney general Letitia James to seize the properties of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump in the city as the deadline for him to produce the bond penalty owned in his civil fraud trial nears. It cites the problem facing Trump of finding a company that is willing to post a half-billion dollar bond on his behalf. It reports the option of James to freeze Trump's bank accounts and issue restraining notices to brokerage firms.

The article reports on the condominiums in high-rise buildings in Manhattan, New York City that carry the brand name of former U.S. President Donald Trump that have underperformed, according to sales data from real estate tracking firms and data analysis economist Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. It informs the decline in the value of Trump condominiums compared to those that removed the Trump logo. It also discusses the real estate formula for calculating the value of Trump condominiums.

The article focuses on concerns raised by economists, agents, and lenders regarding potential unintended consequences of a landmark legal settlement that could shift the burden of real estate agent commissions onto first-time homebuyers.

The article highlights the housing challenges in Athens, Georgia, where rising rents are attributed to the demand for short-term rentals during the football season, particularly by fans and investors. This trend, observed in various college towns, negatively impacts local housing markets, contributes to affordable housing shortages, and prompts concerns about the loss of community identity.

The article examines the life of African American Breonna Taylor, who was a victim of police brutality and racial injustice in Louisville, Kentucky. Topics include Taylor's relationship with boyfriend Kenneth Walker, the role played by her ex-boyfriend Jamarcus Glover in her death, and the tensions between the Louisville police department with the African American residents in the city due to alleged discriminatory practices and heavy-handed policing.

The article focuses on a couple, Shannon Nitroy-Saia and Joe Saia, who, both working in data analytics, embarked on a home search adventure with a budget of 600,000 to 800,000 U.S. dollar to find a spacious house with four bedrooms close to New York City transit options.

The article discusses a New York judge ruling that former U.S. President Donald Trump inflated property values to secure favorable loan and insurance terms, potentially putting his real estate at risk, and it reports that New York state's attorney general is pursuing a lawsuit against Trump.

The article reports that the increasing demand for coronavirus tests in New Jersey, the state with the second-highest caseload, has resulted in backlogs. Topics covered include the number of tests conducted in the state, a statement from New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy, about the backlog situation in the state and the reason some physicians have advised patients to avoid testing.

The article reports on the passing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi which was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on October 27, 2019. Topics discussed include cause of his death which is a detonation of a suicide vest according to Trump, his transformation of insurgency into a global terrorist network with recruits from 100 countries, and a statement from Iraqi General Yahya Rasool on Baghdadi's issue on trust.

The article reports on the administration of government in Mosul, Iraq, by the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS). It mentions the restoration of government and services by ISI after they took over the city in 2014, the focus on instituting an Islamic government which derived income from many sources, particularly agriculture, and presents reproductions of some of the government paperwork which documented these processes.

The article reports on the ambush of members of the U.S. special forces by Nigerian fighters loyal to the terrorist group, Islamic State in the desert of Niger on October 4, 2017. Topics discussed include the deaths of several soldiers in the ambush triggering a debate over how the families of fallen U.S. soldiers should be treated by their commander in chief and a series of intelligence failures and strategic miscalculations that resulted to an ambush.

The article discusses the militant group Islamic State (ISIS) and their support and training of recruits worldwide in order to carry out enabled or remote-controlled terrorist attacks. Topics include the use of social media by ISIS to lure recruits with videos of life inside the caliphate and of brutal executions, recruiters' efforts to convince recruits that going to Syria was a spiritual journey, and recruiters' use of the encrypted messaging application Telegram to communicate with recruits.

The article reports on the decision by a grand jury on the killing of African American Breonna Taylor in September 2020 to charge former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison for firing into a neighbor's apartment recklessly. Topics include the protests in cities like Louisville, Chicago, and New York to denounce the ruling and comments by Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron on the case.

The article reports that Louisville, Kentucky city officials agreed to pay the family of Breonna Taylor, an emergency room technician who died in a botched drug raid, 12 million dollars and institute changes aimed at preventing future deaths by officers. Topics discussed include terms under the wrongful-death lawsuit settlement case, remarks from Mayor Greg Fischer, and changes that will be made by the city to its police department.

The article reports on the terrorist attack held in Brussels in March 2016. It mentions the arrest of 29-year-old computer technician Reda Hame who was recruited by the Islamic State due to his ability of using an encryption program called TrueCrypt which is the first step in a process intended to mask communications with his ISIS handler back in Syria. Hame elaborates his training under the ISIS wherein one of the senior operatives demonstrated how to load a Kalashnokov rifle.

The article discusses the planning for the terrorist attacks in Paris, France on November 13, 2015 which included suicide bombings and shooting sprees. Emphasis is given to topics such as the arrest of alleged terrorist Salah Abdeslam, the operations and communication via cellphones of a terrorist network affiliated with the Islamic State organization, and the focus of terrorist tactics and training in using explosives with triacetone triperoxide to maximize carnage.

The article looks at the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France, reporting on the alleged activities of a group of terrorists led by Belgian man, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, in planning and carrying out the attacks. Topics include previous failed terrorist attacks attempted by the group and Abaaoud's association with the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East.

The article focuses on how the terrorist organization the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, uses rape as a religious recruiting method. The author discusses the rape of women and girls within the Yazidi religious minority, explains that ISIS fighters believe the rape is condoned and encouraged in the Islamic text the Quran, and explores the group's revival of sex slavery.

The article focuses on protests in Woodlynne, New Jersey calling for the ouster of white police officer Ryan Dubiel who was charged with assaulting a group of black youths. Topics covered include a review of the officer's career and police records which show he has a history of interactions, the reasons behind his success in getting rehired, and the call by New Jersey attorney general Gurbir S. Grewal of a statewide licensing program for police officers to prevent police misconduct.

The article reports on the decision of paramedics in hot spots to suspend or limit resuscitation for COVID-19 patients in cases when the odds of survival are near zero. Topics cited include statewide change in the use of extra protective gear in Washington State, a policy on withholding cardiopulmonary resuscitation in New York and New Jersey, and advice from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for emergency workers to be careful with treatments that may aerosolize the virus.

The article reports that Milloni Doshi, a 25-year-old student from India who is supposed to start her master's degree this fall at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, she received two doses of Covaxin, which is made by an Indian manufacturer and is not currently approved by the World Health Organization, as required by the university.

The article offers information on colleges and universities, it is being billed as the ticket to a normal year on campus which require all students to be vaccinated for the corona virus before they can matriculate next fall.

The article focuses on the terrorist organization the Islamic State (ISIS) and their recruitment of young American women through internet propaganda. The author explains why jihadists in Syria and Iraq would want to court these young Americans, explores how ISIS utilizes social media to attract Westerners, and presents the story of Alex, a 23-year-old woman from Washington State who converted to Islam after meeting a group of Muslims online.

The article discusses the personal background of Chérif Kouachi, who along with his brother, Saïd Kouachi, committed a terrorist attack on the offices of the French satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, France. Topics addressed include Chérif Kouachi's training by the Al Qaeda in Yemen terrorist organization, as well as his criminal background, his Islamic views, and the process of his radicalization as a jihadist.

The article examines the U.S. government's policy regarding hostage situations, focusing on how the refusal to pay ransoms often leaves few other options for rescue missions. Particular attention is given to the government's response to Americans taken hostage by the militant organization ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), citing official statements suggesting that paying ransoms would only encourage more kidnapping. Comments from former ISIS hostage Louai Abo Aljoud are included.

The article discusses the treatment of Western hostages captured by the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist organization in Syria. Topics addressed include the captivity and beheading of American journalist James Foley, the interrogation and torture of captives by ISIS, and hostages' conversion to Islam in captivity. Other topics include the waterboarding against hostages and a lack of ransom payments for American and British hostages.

The article discusses the impact of European governments' policies of paying kidnapping ransoms as of July 30, 2014, highlighting ransoms paid to Islamic extremist organization Al Qaeda. Topics addressed include the crucial role of European hostage ransoms in supporting Al Qaeda's recruitment, training, and arms purchases; ransoms allegedly paid by Switzerland and state-owned French companies; and a kidnapping in Algeria.

The article reports on a series of explosions caused by eight suicide bombers at six sites in three cities in Sri Lanka in April 2019, which indicates that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to expand overseas. Topics mentioned include a terrorist attack on a cathedral in the Philippines in January 2019, expansion of ISIS in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a report by the Institute for the Study of War in Washington about the insurgent campaign of ISIS.

The article focuses on the search for New Zealand nurse and midwife Louisa Akavi who was abducted in late 2013 in the Syrian city of Idlib. Topics covered include the strict media blackout implemented by her employer and the New Zealand government for more than five years, reported sightings of Akavi from 2016 to 2018, and negotiations between the Red Cross and ISIS on her supposed release.

The article reports that the U.S.-led coalition has captured the last Islamic State (ISIS) village in Syria, ending the terrorist group's caliphate in the region. Topics covered include a warning issued by the Syrian Democratic Forces that the ISIS threat remains around the globe, signs of the group's resurgence in the weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed victory over ISIS in December 2018, and the continuing civil war in Syria.

The article focuses on American women who married fighters for the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group who have surrendered and want to come home to the U.S. It mentions Hoda Muthana who was a 20-year-old college student in Alabama when she joined ISIS, Kimberly Gwen Polman, who had studied legal administration in Canada before joining the caliphate and who possesses dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship, and statement from these women on how much they regret what they have done.

The article reports on the admission by Canadian citizen Mohammed Khalifa as of February 2019 that he was the faceless narrator in the 2014 Islamic State (IS) video called "Flames of War," as well as other propaganda videos and broadcasts by the terrorist group. Also cited are Khalifa's claim that he is a staff of IS' Ministry of Media, as well as the opinions of several audio-forensic experts like Catalin Grigoras, Jeff M. Smith, and Robert C. Maher on Khalifa's claims.

The article reports that thousands of people are escaping from the village of Baghuz in Syria, the last village under the control of terrorist group ISIS. Topics discussed include the screening of the people by U.S. Special Operations Forces by sex and nationality, the housing of the escapees including women and children at detention camps in northern Syria, and injuries, hunger and other conditions suffered by families fleeing Baghuz.

The article announces that the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two people who fight rape in war, including Nadia Murad, who was forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State, and Doctor Denis Mukwege, who has treated thousands of rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The article reports on the attack of American-backed coalition to oust militants and reclaim the Syrian city of Hajin, the last vestige of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) caliphate that straddled Syria and Iraq. It reveals the Islamic State's lost of the territories it seized in Syria and considers its defeat after a counter-insurgency operation. Observation and analysis of the shifting attack strategy of the ISIS, with lesser suicide attacks, ambushes and executions, is presented.

The article focuses on American couple Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan who had quit their office jobs and set off on a biking journey around the world. Topics discussed include their experiences in their journey, the murder of cyclists including Austin and Geoghegan on July 29, 2018 by members of the terrorist group Islamic State in Tajikistan and background of the couple.

The article focuses on the allegation by the family of Breonna Taylor, an African American woman killed by police during a drug raid at her home in Louisville, Kentucky in March 2020, in a court filing that the victim did not receive any medical aid from the police.

The article reports that French military forces in Mali had killed one of AI Qaeda's longest serving commanders in Africa, Abdelmalek Droukdal, and mentions the comments of Col. Christopher Karns of U.S. Africa Command on same.

The article reports that ventilators that pump oxygen into lungs of coronavirus patients have been embraced as hope for saving lines and mentions that ventilator shortage have unleashed experimentation at hospital across the country.

The article reports that government of Great Britain proposed stopping release of prisoners convicted of terrorism after succession of attacks by people through prison terms and mentions that several people were locked up on terrorist offenses in Britain.

The article reports that U.S. has carried out airstrike against the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen after tracking him and mentions killing of Qassim al-Rimi, Qaeda leader, in airstrike in Jaunary 2020.

The article focuses on questions raised about documents indicating that ISIS paid members of a rival jihadist group, Hurras al Din, for services, with an independent researcher suggesting the documents may be forged, despite initial support from a retired American intelligence operative.