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Luann Thibodeau recently celebrated her 40th anniversary with her husband, Jeff. They ate dinner from Olive Garden while she remained on the other side of his nursing room window. The Thibodeaus have not been in the same room since mid-March when visitors were banned from nursing homes to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Banned From Nursing Homes, Families See Shocking Decline In Their Loved Ones

Nursing homes banned all visitors and nonessential workers from their facilities in mid-March to stop the spread of COVID-19. Advocates and families want that ban to end.

Despite cloudy weather, beaches are packed in Brighton, England. With airfares rising and the British pound down after the Brexit vote, some Britons are vacationing closer to home.

For Post-Brexit British Vacationers, Staying Home Now Seems Appealing

In the weeks since British voters chose to leave the EU, the value of the pound has dropped steeply. That's made European vacations more expensive — and staying in the U.K. more attractive.

In many developed countries, consumers are the largest source of food waste. While many countries are trying to reduce food waste, the United Kingdom has been most successful in doing so at the consumer end.

In Fight Against Food Waste, Brits Find A Worthy Battlefield: The Home

Reducing food waste is complicated, but the clearest success story may be the United Kingdom, where households cut the amount of food they wasted by about 20 percent.

Land of the free, home of the inefficient: appliance standards as culture war target

To meet climate goals, energy efficiency for dozens of appliances is getting renewed attention from the Biden administration.

Ed Fuller and his wife, Sandra, are rebuilding their Ventura, Calif., home after it was destroyed in last year's Thomas Fire.

After Devastating Fire, Ventura Residents Push To Get Back Home For The Holidays

"My wife is absolutely obsessed that she's ready for Christmas," Ed Fuller says. "Last Christmas, we sort of lost."

The Vital Ground Foundation and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative purchased this undeveloped subdivision near Troy, Montana as part of the Wild River Project.

Grizzly Conservation Organizations Purchase Land To Expand Bear Territory

Grizzlies in Northwest Montana are moving into areas they haven’t been seen in years, and Wednesday conservation organizations announced they’ve...

Impeachment Boosts Tourism To Home Of Andrew Johnson — The 1st Impeached President

The recent impeachment of President Trump has resulted in a spike in visitors to the Tennessee home of the first president to be impeached: Andrew Johnson.

Their journey to unearth a cemetery for enslaved people led to community wide interest

Urban development has erased many Black cemeteries around the U.S., but now a movement to find and memorialize them is underway.

Patients at Manuel J. Santos Hospital in Butuan City, southern Philippines, are evacuated after an earthquake, Saturday evening, Dec. 2, 2023. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.

7.6 magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings

The powerful quake prompted many villagers to flee their homes in panic. Japanese authorities issued evacuation orders in parts of Okinawa. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Oklahoma may soon replace NYC as home to the tallest building in the U.S.

Architects in Oklahoma City revealed plans to expand the construction of a new skyscraper called Legends Tower to a height of 1,907 feet — an homage to the year Oklahoma officially became a state.

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