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I never pictured myself living in a tiny home, but now I can’t imagine my life without it.In 2018, my marriage of 18 years ended. I had been living in a four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,000-square-foot house near Boulder, Colorado with my now ex-husband, our two kids and dogs.I was ready for a change of scenery. But the houses for sale in my area were out of my budget, so I had to get creative. When I saw a trend of tiny houses on social media, I was immediately intrigued and decided to go for it.Today, I live in a 520-square-foot house…

Airbus announced plans Thursday for a second final-assembly line in China, the latest sign that it has a lock on the key aviation market over rival Boeing. The announcement came as part of a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to China. The signing of the agreement by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury was witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and by Macron. It will add another line to the final-assembly facility that Airbus opened in Tianjin, China, in 2008, which has put the final touches on 600 A320 aircraft to date. Airbus (EADSF) operates four assembly sites around the…

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XRP, the token powering Ripple’s cross-border money transfer ecosystem, exhibited exemplary performance in March alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, as investors kept the imminent summary judgment on the lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the sight glass.From the lowest price level in March at $0.3372, XRP price exploded 65% to trade new 2023 highs of $0.5847 before correcting to test support at $0.5. Support at $0.5 has been pivotal this week, as XRP tested $0.484 at some point before reclaiming its current position.XRP Topples Cardano, Becomes the 6th Largest CoinXRP’s market cap is up by 0.58% in…

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A man who had $40,000 cash seized by police had to wait almost three years to get it back. Jerry Johnson arrived at Phoenix Airport in August 2020 when detectives took his savings. The owner of a small trucking company had flown to Arizona to buy a new truck at an auction. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Jerry Johnson was on his way to buy a truck in Phoenix, Arizona, when authorities apprehended him at Phoenix airport and seized the almost…

I wanted to see how ChatGPT would overhaul a dating profile, so I used my it own on Hinge and Bumble. To compare, I also enlisted the help of a human — a professional dating app writer named Lydia Kociuba. Both the app and the human writer showed me that being direct is key. Here’s what else I learned. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Dating apps are supposed to lower the social pressures of attracting a partner — in theory. Just download…

Bank shares rose in Japan and Europe for the second consecutive week, but the KBW US bank index fell nearly 2% after increasing 4.6% in the last week of March. Emergency borrowing from the Fed remains elevated ($149 bln vs. $153 bln). Bank lending has fallen sharply (~$105 bln) in the two weeks through March 29. This appears to be a record two-week decline. Commercial and industrial loans had fallen a little in the first two months of the year (before the bank stress become apparent). At the same time, the Fed’s balance sheet continues to shrink. Over the past…

A shooting in the occupied West Bank and a car-ramming in Tel Aviv killed two Israelis and a tourist on Friday, amid soaring Israeli-Palestinian tensions touched off by a raid on Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque.The three deaths capped a day of violence during which Israeli jets struck sites linked to the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, after militants in the two territories fired salvos of rockets at Israel on Thursday.Although the exchange of fire between Israel and militants in Lebanon and Gaza ended without fatalities or escalating into a broader conflict, the later killings on Friday…

Watch Kamala Harris’ fiery speech after Tennessee lawmakers ousted During a speech at Fisk University in Nashville, Vice President Kamala Harris shared her support for the state representatives expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives after they protested with a bullhorn on the general assembly floor. Read the full article here