Troy Warren

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Housing Market Update: Pending Sales Slide as New Listings Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels

Housing Market Update: Pending Sales Slide as New Listings Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels

In The News, Real Estate,
by Tim Ellis and Taylor Marr | Redfin.Com Troy Warren for CNT Some buyers have hit their limit on record-high prices, but others may return to the market with more homes to choose from and less competition. The U.S. housing market lost more steam as summer began, with pending sales continuing their slide and the number of homes for sale slowly growing. Google trends also revealed a continued decline in online house hunting, with searches for “Real Estate” dipping below 2019 levels (-4.5%) for the first time this year. Mortgage purchase applications fell dramatically week over week (-5%) to their lowest level since…
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TikTok Extends Maximum Video Length to 3 Minutes

TikTok Extends Maximum Video Length to 3 Minutes

Digital, Technology
BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Creators were previously limited to 60-second uploads. TikTok creators will soon get to upload videos up to three minutes — a marked increase from the current one-minute limit that forces creators to speed through recipes or split up storytimes into multiple parts. “Creators are already well-versed in weaving multi-part stories together on TikTok (we all know the phrase, ‘like and follow for part 3’) but we often hear from creators that they’d love just a little more time to bring their cooking demos, elaborate beauty tutorials, educational lesson plans, and comedic sketches…
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Weed Killers: 5 Things to Know Before You Spray

Weed Killers: 5 Things to Know Before You Spray

Home & Garden
By Megan Hughes | BHG.Com Troy Warren for CNT Get the upper hand on weeds in your landscape with these tips. Weeds are the bane of a gardener's existence. They grow, seemingly overnight, choking out healthy flowers and vegetables and starving them of water, sunlight, and nutrients. There are several weed killer methods to deal with unwanted plants. Garden centers stock entire aisles of products promised to curb leafy invaders and put a fast stop to a garden insurgence. Often, when the weeds appear to be winning the battle, it feels easiest to grab a product and attack. But take a few minutes and consider…
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Box Office: ‘F9,’ ‘Boss Baby 2’ and ‘Forever Purge’ Dominate July 4th

Box Office: ‘F9,’ ‘Boss Baby 2’ and ‘Forever Purge’ Dominate July 4th

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Universal movies will claim the top three spots at the domestic box office in a rare feat for a Hollywood studio. here’s something for everyone at the July Fourth box office. Universal’s F9: The Fast Saga will keep the pedal to the metal in its second weekend with a projected $24 million three-day weekend and $33 million for the four-day holiday, according to early Friday estimates. To boot, the action pic will cross $100 million domestically in record time for the pandemic era and $500 million globally. Universal is dominating the marquee all the way…
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Air Passenger Traffic Surpasses 2019 Levels; Airlines, Airports Face Staffing Shortages

Air Passenger Traffic Surpasses 2019 Levels; Airlines, Airports Face Staffing Shortages

Travel, ,
LAURIE BARATTI | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT   The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported that airport passenger screening numbers have surpassed 2019 levels for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Predictions showed passenger counts would be high heading into the July 4th holiday weekend, but no one necessarily foresaw that air traveler volumes would eclipse pre-pandemic levels. News like this offers further evidence of the strong resurgence in travel demand the U.S. is seeing this summer. The TSA said that nearly 2.15 million people passed through airport security checkpoints on Thursday—approaching three percent more than the 2.01 passengers…
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These Are 2021’s Most Popular Food Orders, According to GrubHub

These Are 2021’s Most Popular Food Orders, According to GrubHub

Foodie,
By Alison Fox | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT You’ll never guess what made the top spot. Vegan food is having a moment, and no one knows that better than Grubhub where the plant-based sausage wrap is the No. 1 most-ordered food of 2021, the delivery company shared with Travel Leisure. Overall, orders for plant-based food like barbecue cauliflower wings and mushroom and tofu broth ramen have increased by 17% so far this year and interest in vegan burgers increased by 28%, according to the company's State of the Plate report. Orders for vegetarian food in general increased by 55%. The top cities for…
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NATIONAL CHOCOLATE WAFER DAY – July 3

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE WAFER DAY – July 3

Celebrations,
Troy Warren for CNT   NATIONAL CHOCOLATE WAFER DAY If you love chocolate, National Chocolate Wafer Day on July 3rd allows you to indulge in a delicately sweet cookie with a history. Have one for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Also called sugar wafers, these delicate snacks melt in your mouth. Made since the mid-1800s in the United States, makers called the cookies many names; wafer cookies, sugar wafers, sugar biscuits, fairy wafers. While many enjoyed them as snacks, they also became favorite after-dinner treats or served during teas. Lightly flavored and layered with a creamy filling, the thin cookies delight…
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Courtroom erupts in chaos after ex-officer gets plea deal in 2018 death

Courtroom erupts in chaos after ex-officer gets plea deal in 2018 death

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By Jonathan Mattise and Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT Andrew Delke will likely serve half of a three-year sentence for killing Daniel Hambrick The mother of a Black man fatally shot by a white former Nashville officer sobbed, screamed and knocked over a courtroom lectern Friday as she begged a judge not to accept a plea deal she says was struck in secret without her knowledge, a chaotic scene that briefly delayed the hearing before the judge accepted the agreement. Former officer Andrew Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick in 2018…
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