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The extension-cord setup that’s safer during an outage and the one that isn’t

When the lights go out, the way you string together a few cords can quietly decide whether your home stays safely powered or ...

Light pollution is surprisingly straightforward to fix when communities work together

In our increasingly lit-up world – where light pollution is growing by 10 per cent per year, 83 per cent of the world’s ...

Repair work progressing on Elgin’s First United Methodist nine months after microburst strike

The roof hole is closed and its copper replaced, but repair work continues months after a storm hit First United Methodist in Elgin.
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The timing mistake that makes a 2025 energy upgrade harder to claim than it should be

Homeowners racing to upgrade their homes for efficiency in 2025 are running into a trap that has nothing to do with ...
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John Davenport: Beefing up school security won’t be enough. Try gun control

There have been at least 75 school shootings in the United States in 2025. Some of the victims of the Dec. 13 shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, had even faced a shooter at ...