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☆ Gen Z found a home in Asheville. Hurricane Helene swept it away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Allie Kelly | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

But natural disasters like Helene may influence if Gen Zers stay in western North Carolina. The 24-year-old and her partner moved to Asheville, North Carolina from Philadelphia a few weeks ago and signed a lease on their new apartment. AdvertisementGen Zers moved to Asheville for work opportunities and communityOver the past decade, Gen Z has been flocking to the Asheville area. Scott Pridemore of Pridemore Properties at Compass, a real-estate brokerage in North Carolina, told BI that many people go to nearby universities like Appalachian State University or University of North Carolina Asheville and never leave. "Post Covid, we definitely saw a lot of people opting for life in the North Carolina Mountains," Pridemore said.

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☆ What to watch at Olympics today: U.S. women’s hoops goes for gold, plus closing ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Hunter Patterson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The U.S. women’s basketball team looks to win gold and continue a 60-game Olympic win streak dating back to 1992. France has reached this stage once before, losing to the U.S. 86-50 in the 2012 gold medal game in London. U.S. women’s volleyball hoping for repeatHaleigh Washington serves the ball in the semifinal against Brazil. The gold medal match poses Serbia — the two-time reigning gold medalists, by the way — against Croatia. Hassan, 31, won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 in Tokyo, and has won bronze in both here in Paris.

Persons: Sifan Hassan, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, France’s, Gabby Williams, Williams, Valériane Ayayi, Iliana Rupert, Lintao Zhang, Karch Kiraly, hasn’t, It’s, Hassan, Adam Pretty, Emil Zátopek, Mo Farah, Katie Ledecky, Nick Mead, Steph Curry Organizations: NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, USA Network, Bercy Arena, WNBA, Washington, Brazil, Americans, Tokyo Games, Serbia, USA, Sydney, U.S, Serbia —, Croatia, Stade de France — Locations: Paris, U.S, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, France, London ., China, Poland, Brazil, Hungary, Serbia, Beijing, Rio, Czech, Helsinki, Hassan, Tokyo, Los Angeles

☆ Federal judge blocks enforcement of controversial Texas immigration law
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A federal judge in Austin, Texas, ordered the state government Thursday to suspend enforcement of a controversial law that would allow state law enforcement agents to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. “If allowed to procced, SB 4 could open the door to each state passing its own version of immigration laws,” Judge David Alan Ezra wrote, granting a preliminary injunction against the law. The judge rejected the state’s argument that the current influx of migrants across the southern border is an “invasion” that Texas has the right to stop unilaterally. The President of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including laws already on the books that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants,” Abbott said in a statement. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas, and the Texas Civil Rights Project argued that the controversial border law was unconstitutional because it preempts federal law and quickly sued after it was signed by Abbott.

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☆ Six Ways to Experience Athens Like a Local
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Iliana Magra | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

First, avoid the long entrance lines by booking your tickets online (20 euros, or about $22, for a single-entry adult ticket). Another booking option, the Athena’s Combined Ticket (adults, €30), provides access to six more sites in Athens, including the nearby Agora. Rhamnous, about an hour’s drive from downtown Athens, is a less crowded archaeological attraction — and it has ocean views (adults, €4). Eat like a GreekWith the sizzling summer temperatures, follow the local traditions when it comes to eating. For an upscale option by the sea and the best views of the Athens Riviera, go to Ithaki restaurant.

Organizations: SIA, Mavros Locations: Athens, Agora, Piraeus, Yperokeanio, Psyri, Mavros Gatos, Pangrati

☆ How to Eat Very, Very Well in the Woods
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Matthew Kronsberg | Photographs Kevin J. Miyazaki For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

GETTING TO the Milkweed Inn, run by chef Iliana Regan and her sommelier wife, Anna Hamlin, is not easy. The drive from Chicago to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula takes six hours, ultimately on rutted dirt roads deep inside the Hiawatha National Forest. And that’s if you’re able to get a room in the first place. The 2023 season and much of 2024’s are already sold out. There is some consolation, however, for fans who have followed Ms. Regan’s career from her Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant, Elizabeth, now closed, through her 2019 memoir, “Burn the Place,” an unflinching account of her farmhouse upbringing, her grappling with addiction and gender identity, and her emergence as a chef: Her new book, “Fieldwork” (Agate Midway), comes out Jan. 24.

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