Done with delays, Academy movie museum rolls out red carpet

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LOS ANGELES — The projectors are rolling. The ruby slippers are on. Many an Oscar sits glistening. The shark has been hanging, and waiting,...

Canelo Álvarez, Caleb Plant trade blows at news conference

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Canelo Álvarez and Caleb Plant traded blows at their news conference Tuesday to promote their upcoming super middleweight title unification...

Inflation forces homebuilders to take it slow, raise prices

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LOS ANGELES — Even in the hottest U.S. housing market in more than a decade, new home construction has turned into a frustratingly uncertain...

Dutch king unveils Holocaust name monument in Amsterdam

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AMSTERDAM — King Willem-Alexander officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam's historic Jewish Quarter on Sunday honoring more than 102,000 Dutch...

Aluminum wrap used to protect homes in California wildfires

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RENO, Nev. — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. ...

Boston’s famous Skinny House sells for a nice fat price

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BOSTON — Boston's famous Skinny House has sold for a nice fat price. ...

Blowers, mowers and more: American yards quietly go electric

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For Jared Anderman, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, switching from gasoline-powered tools to electric ones for lawn care was a no-brainer. ...

Fall décor gets personal: `Your house becomes your story’

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As fall nesting season returns, home décor retailers are presenting collections that reflect the idea that home is where our hearts and heads are. ...

Companies step up buying houses, bet on hot housing market

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LOS ANGELES — Soaring home prices and rents are fueling real estate companies’ appetite for houses, adding unwelcome competition for many would-be homebuyers. ...

Ground zero rebuilding still unfinished, 20 years later

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NEW YORK — Two decades after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex remains incomplete. ...