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Those whose homes burned in the Los Angeles fires are making tough choices about whether to rebuild or move. A new project offers a third option: relocating homes to fire-affected lots.

Wages in a state known for its hospitality industry aren’t rising fast enough to keep up with soaring home prices.

Artist Stefanie Nagorka is creating her own studio space of late in the aisles of Home Depot stores. She creates sculptures out of common building materials, and she hopes to produce a piece of original work in Home Depot stores in all 50 states. NPR's Susan Stone reports.

Mortgage rates are ticking up, even after the Federal Reserve has started cutting interest rates. Here's why, and where rates — and home sales — could go from here.

U.S. environmental regulators are measuring the extent of pollution from the historic disposal of dry cleaning chemicals down floor drains in Montana’s largest city.

NPR's David Welna reports on mercury contamination in scores of suburban Chicago homes. Government officials are pressuring the Nicor Gas company to speed up its inspections of more homes that could be contaminated. The mercury was apparently spilled when the company and its subcontractors removed old-fashioned mercury-filled gas pressure regulators.

Tape and Copy: Roebuck "Pops" Staples the patriarch of the gospel and rhythm and blues group the Staple Singers, died yesterday at his home in Dolton, Ill. Staples was at home recovering from a concussion he suffered when he fell four weeks ago. He was 84.

Mark Harris says the military worked with Hollywood directors to create movies about the war. His book, Five Came Back,is the basis for a new Netflix docu-series. Originally broadcast March 3, 2014.

Meet the dogs who just finished the ATF's canine training program. ATF dogs have supported major events like the Super Bowl and are also used in the bread-and-butter of ATF's work: solving gun crimes.

The state's program of free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is robust outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.