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Is a bad winter to blame for homeowners insurance hikes in Massachusetts? That’s what homeowners and their insurance companies are saying after record-setting storms and snowfall left damage throughout the state. Massachusetts residents have now complained of a 9% rate increase on their homeowners policies, bringing the average cost of a policy in the state…

Legal marijuana is catching on, according to NPR, and that means that business is flourishing in the states that have legalized it for either recreational or medicinal use. Yet the industry isn’t being shaped by public policy so much as the other way around. Part of that growth stems from the revenue that marijuana businesses…

Over the last few decades, soccer has become one of the most popular sports for children and teens — but with this rise has come a parallel increase in the number of concussions and injuries seen young athletes. Concussions, in particular, are becoming especially concerning to doctors and the public alike. Studies have shown that…

UPDATED 11/10/20 In 2015, people were heading out to buy new office furniture for their new office. That’s when there was a peak in office space tenants, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, everything has changed. Today, many office buildings remain empty with most employees working from home. Employers are also starting to realize that they…

Fox hunting has sparked quite the political debate in England, with protests happening throughout London to try and sway the minds of politicians. Prime Minister David Cameron is in discussions with his administration to loosen the ban on the sport through a vote. Fox hunting, in which groups of hunters take a pack of hounds…

A New Delhi startup company called Lybrate, at just a year and a half old, recently announced that it raised a substantial $10.2 million in funding. For U.S. startup companies in the tech industry, this funding may not seem like much. But for Lybrate, and for the millions of Indian people it could serve, $10.2…

Although we have always been told that healthy eating and exercise are what we need to maintain a healthy heart, a new study finds that there may be another component: brushing your teeth. A study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE shows a link between periodontal disease like gingivitis and atherosclerosis, a condition in…

Volunteers from a Lowe’s Home Improvement store recently renovated a homeless shelter in Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo.com reports that from June 23rd through the 25th, employees from a Lowe’s Home Improvement were hard at work repairing bathrooms and painting walls in local homeless shelter Martha’s Home. As a result of the volunteer project, three families were…