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☆ Burned and uninsured: Wildfires are leaving California’s housing market in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-18 | by ( Shania Baweja | Taylor Galgano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

That’s made home insurance increasingly unaffordable or even inaccessible – and that’s leaving more people in the same position as the Daneaus. California’s largest insurer, State Farm, requested a 30% rate increase for its homeowner’s line last month. Last year, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reached an agreement with insurers with an aim to cover approximately 85% of properties in high-risk areas. “[My insurance plan] wasn’t canceled but my insurance company increased the rates quite a bit,” she said. But he cautioned there’s no guarantee of that, leaving homeowners like the Daneaus grappling with uncertainty.

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☆ Fox News regular who accused Hunter Biden of having nefarious ties to China is now being charged with having nefarious ties to China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Gal Luft claims he has proof of Hunter Biden profiting off his family name in deals with China. Luft himself has been charged by the DOJ with false statements and being a foreign agent of China. After months of secrecy surrounding the charges against Luft, the indictment has been unsealed. Prosecutors allege Luft created a written "dialogue" between Woolsey and an associate at CEFC China Energy, a state-run energy company, which was then published in a Chinese newspaper online. Christopher Clark, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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☆ They Lost Their Home to the Woolsey Fire. Starting Over Was Bittersweet.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Sarah Paynter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As the Woolsey Fire approached Malibu, Calif., in 2018, Walter and Nan Davis and their 11-year-old son, Nicholas, packed a few keepsakes and left their home under an orange sky. Later, when they were safely removed from the fire, Mr. Davis saw a video of their suburban Malibu West street and recognized the spot where their house once stood. Even as nearby neighbors’ homes were spared, their four-bedroom, ranch-style house had burned down to its concrete foundation.

☆ Why your car's speedometer goes up to 160 mph
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It displayed a classically-styled speedometer that reached 160 mph, an auto industry norm. As early as the 1920s, cars could be purchased with speedometers going as high as 120 mph, according to Bruce Woolsey, president of Michigan-based auto parts supplier Bob’s Speedometer. The first 160 mph speedometer he’s aware of was in the Cunningham C-3 from the 1950s. Apple Carplay's speedometer includes a 160 mph speed limit in one version. AppleFollowing Claybrook, auto safety leaders have turned to other tactics to address speeding.

☆ Rusia anunță despre expulzarea a 10 diplomați americani: „Vom răspunde cu aceeași monedă”
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Rusia a anunțat despre expulzarea a 10 diplomați americani. Un anunț în acest sens a fost făcut de Serghei Lavrov, ministrul Afacerilor Externe al Rusiei, informează BBC„La zece diplomați ruși li s-a cerut să plece. Vom propune ca zece diplomați americani să părăsească țara noastră”, a spus Lavrov. Lavrov a adăugat că Moscova lansează o procedură care va pune capăt practicii de angajare a cetățenilor ruși și din țări terțe pentru a lucra la misiunile diplomatice americane din Rusia. Menționăm că pe 15 aprilie, președintele american Joe Biden a anunțat noi sancțiuni împotriva Rusiei.

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☆ Rusia expulzează zece diplomați americani, urmare la sancțiunile impuse de SUA
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

După ce Guvernul american al lui Joe Biden a anunţat o serie de sancţiuni financiare împotriva Rusiei şi expulzarea a zece diplomaţi ruşi, Administraţia Vladimir Putin a anunţat, vineri, 16 aprilie, expulzarea a zece diplomaţi americani, transmite Novaya Gazeta. Potrivit sursei citate, oficialii americani au fost numiți de departamentul rus de politică externă „personalități implicate în implementarea cursului anti-rusesc”. Administraţia Biden acuză acum oficial Rusia că este responsabilă de acest atac, după cum a lăsat deja să se înţeleagă. Jake Sullivan, consilierul prezidenţial american pentru Securitate Naţională, a declarat că Statele Unite vor să aibă „o reacţie semnificativă şi credibilă, nu să amplifice criza”. Preşedintele SUA, Joe Biden, şi omologul său din Rusia, Vladimir Putin, ar trebui să organizeze un summit „pentru a discuta toate problemele din relaţia bilaterală”.

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