8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (380+ words) Rick Steves just spent $2.25 million'and not on travels in a far-flung land but on something much closer to home. The travel writer and TV host has been unmasked as the previously anonymous buyer who swooped in to keep the Lynnwood…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (390+ words) Home Improvement actor Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested for the sixth time in just five years. The 44-year-old actor, best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the '90s sitcom, was arrested Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, for allegedly violating…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (346+ words) Kohler is no stranger to the bathroom, but it has historically provided ways for people to deal with their waste'not analyze it. The company is venturing into the world of personal health tech with the Dekoda , a device that clamps…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (352+ words) In the 1950s and '60s, a kid named Bobby Prevost grew up in his family's small and unassuming home in the Chicago suburb of Dalton, Illinois. Today, that home has become what a story in Chicago magazine calls "an unofficial pilgrimage site....

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (578+ words) The New York Times is introducing its readers to what is likely an unfamiliar term in the quest to find some personal peace: kolonitradgardar. The word essentially means urban garden, and the story focuses on Sweden's particular version of it....

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (524+ words) If you've been putting off buying a new dishwasher, fridge, or washing machine to try to wait out the Trump administration's tariffs blitz, you may be waiting a little longer. On Thursday, the Commerce Department put up a notice that…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (746+ words) One chain has found itself squarely in the crosshairs of the immigration unrest in Los Angeles: Home Depot. As the Los Angeles Times puts it, that chain has been put in "a difficult situation, with its locations serving as a…...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago  (322+ words) Lots of homeowners and developers are scrambling to rebuild as fast as possible after the catastrophic California wildfires. But the Los Angeles Times reports on an uptick in interest in a fundamentally different kind of dwelling'relatively simple fire-resistant structures built…...