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Preapproved plans trim weeks or months off the process of getting a building permit. “Every month of delay adds costs that ultimately land on the buyer,” one housing expert said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has floated a policy idea that’s getting attention in Silicon Valley: let workers own a piece of technology disruption.

“This is the only recent gathering of a large number of people where mentions of A.I. did not produce a large chorus of boos.”

Nearly three months since the fighting began, disagreements remain over the fate of Iran’s uranium stockpile and transit fees for the Strait of Hormuz.

To celebrate 20 years in business, a New York real-estate site is offering restaurant reservations two decades in the future, an unusual offer in a city of short shelf lives.

With gas prices through the roof, more travelers are considering alternative vehicles to control costs. But how much will you really save?

Guy Savoy, who worked his way up from modest beginnings (and a recent setback), this week became the first chef inducted into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Guy Savoy, who worked his way up from modest beginnings (and a recent setback), this week became the first chef inducted into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts.

With 263 antennas spread across the U.S. and Mexico, the Next Generation Very Large Array, would join a new wave of radio astronomy.

They played second fiddle to private equity and hedge funds for years, but 2026 is shaping up to be “the year of the bank,” one consultant said.

They played second fiddle to private equity and hedge funds for years, but 2026 is shaping up to be “the year of the bank,” one consultant said.

Inside the reworked Stage 5, a hallowed soundstage where John Wayne once roamed and the cast of “Friends” sipped coffee on couches.

Soaring oil prices and a surging dollar are testing Asia’s foreign-exchange reserves, which were built up after the 1997 crisis.

The Trump administration said it had signed preliminary deals for equity stakes in nine quantum computing companies.

Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides.

The owner of the “Peanuts” catalog would really like it if companies and the U.S. government stopped using its music without permission.

Snap, TikTok and YouTube had already settled with the Kentucky district, allowing the companies to avert the first in a series of federal trials.

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States rose amid growing concerns over inflation.

Elon Musk and other powerful executives who accompanied President Trump to China are hoping to clear roadblocks put up by Beijing.