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Home

These gardening tips can save you $600 a year — here's what you need to know

Home

Homeowner tackles yard flooding problem with creative solution

Tech

Home power expert breaks down the best off-grid alternative to fuel generators

Home

Garden expert demonstrates ancient method to keep plants hydrated: 'Without you having to lift a finger'

Outdoors

Scientists find concerning substance accumulating in bees and their honey

Home

Company invents way to 'print' water for lawns

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Home backup battery system

Home

How homeowners can now install home backup batteries without paying for upfront costs: 'We're removing … barriers'

Solar panels on house.

Business

New impact report reveals how millions of US homeowners are slashing energy bills: 'Helping families ... take control'

Person riding a used e-bike.

Business

The 'Carvana of e-bikes' makes finding a reliable rig fast and affordable: 'As soon as you put them online, they're gone'

LATEST STORIES

Aerial view of a sandy peninsula extending into a turquoise ocean.

Outdoors

Experts capture first-of-its-kind footage of rare whale: 'Far larger than any we had ever seen'

A repairman in blue overalls stands at the door, holding a wrench while a person gestures nearby.

Home

Homeowner shares story after electrician tries to pull 'fast one' on parents: 'I don't get it'

A person in safety gear uses a chainsaw to cut down a tree in a grassy area near a fenced farm.

Home

Homeowner shares message after unleashing chainsaw on Bradford pear tree

Wildfire and smoke burning several streets over.

Outdoors

Colorado residents evacuate as massive, early-season fire spreads across thousands of acres

Single family homes on a sunny day in California. One has solar.

Home

Homebuyer shares plans to purchase house with 24-year lease attached: 'Am I seeing this wrong?'

A pile of discarded furniture, including chairs and a cabinet, next to trash bins in a grassy area.

Home

Local discovers quirky statue abandoned on side of road: 'Finding one of these is my dream'

Offshore wind turbines.

Business

Dominion Energy announces milestone for US' largest offshore wind project

A person pushing a shopping cart through a grocery store aisle filled with colorful products.

Business

Chicago suburb moves closer to total ban on single-use plastic bags

A flock of geese flying in a V formation against a clear blue sky with wispy clouds.

Outdoors

Experts warn that geese getting lost on migration route points to bigger issue

A small bridge near Whiskeytown Lake in northern California.

Outdoors

California's Whiskeytown Lake reaches 100% capacity for the first time this year after heavy rainstorms

A luxury yacht anchored near floating buoys on calm waters, with mountains in the background.

Business

Italian official raises concerns over taxpayers footing bill for billionaire's seized superyacht

A train in a train station.

Tech

Officials announce plan for new high-speed rail project connecting major city to Yosemite National Park

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