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New efforts are being made to help residents buy the land under their mobile homes
by Halle Zander
Mobile home parks provide a lot of affordable housing, but affordability can disappear when parks are sold. New efforts are trying to help park residents buy the land under their homes.
California braces for atmospheric rivers which will likely cause more flooding
by Nathan Rott
Another atmospheric river arrives in California late Thursday — bringing with it warmer air, rain and a risk of flooding.
A red California county has no way to conduct elections after dropping voting system
by Roman Battaglia
Based on unfounded election fraud conspiracy theories, one northern California county has dropped Dominion Voting Systems.
The dirty secret to credit card rewards
Credit card perks are being subsidized by people who have less, argues Chenzi Xu, a finance professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Actor Topol, who appeared in 'Fiddler on the Roof' hundreds of times, has died
by Jeff Lunden
Topol — the actor who went by a single name and who appeared on stage as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof hundreds of times — has died.
Breaking down President Biden's latest budget proposal
by Tamara Keith
We break down the messaging in President Biden's latest budget proposal, a document that the White House is using to try to pressure Republicans in Congress ahead of the looming debt limit deadline.
In northern California, stranded cows are getting emergency hay drops
Record-setting winter storms have battered California. In the northern part of the state, an unusual rescue operation is underway to airdrop hay to stranded cattle.
Step inside a movie projection booth to see what's changed since film
by Bob Mondello
Before digital projectors in movie theaters, projectionists had to quickly move from one film reel to the next. NPR looks at what has changed since the days of film in our series, "Backstage Pass."
With the supply of homes so scarce, millennials and boomers are in competition
by Arezou Rezvani
Millennials are in their peak home-buying years while many baby boomers are downsizing or buying second homes. With inventory at an all-time low, young and old often compete for the same homes.
The push to rebuild the U.S.'s nuclear stockpile
by Frank Morris
Much of America's nuclear arsenal is decades out of date. A huge and urgent push to rebuild it has started, but there aren't enough workers with the skills and mechanical aptitude to do this work.
Merriam-Webster asked for words that don't have translation to English. Here are some
The Twitter account for the Merriam-Webster dictionary put out a call asking people to share words in other languages that don't fully translate to English. People came through.