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Louisiana’s historic Lincoln Theater set to reopen after years of restorationPhoto credit: Google street view Baton Rouge’s historic Lincoln Theater is finally ready to welcome the public again. First opened in 1949, the landmark hosted legendary Black performers during segregation and became an important meeting place during the 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott. After more…

Hilary Duff bought a Georgian-style Beverly Hills farmhouse in 2010 for $3.85 million, seeking privacy and family comfort. For Hilary Duff, property has become more than a collection of impressive addresses. Over two decades, the actor, singer and former Disney star has steadily built a real estate portfolio around privacy, family life and homes that…

Reality television star Eva Marcille is facing a legal dispute with the homeowners association that oversees her Georgia home. The association is seeking more than $22,000 (£16,900) in unpaid fees and fines for alleged property maintenance violations. The lawsuit against the former star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta claims that she failed to meet…

A fallen tree can leave a homeowner facing more than a damaged roof. Repairs may extend to surrounding concrete, a swimming pool and parts of a building that were already showing signs of wear. For Dustin and Amanda Cain of Mississippi, the disagreement over what their insurer should cover became a legal dispute that ended…

A Connecticut tenant who won a $1.6 million (£1.23 million) court award after tripping over construction debris outside his unlit apartment building has still not received any money from his former landlord, according to his lawyer. Michael Criscuolo, 65, suffered a serious foot injury that eventually led to the amputation of one of his toes….

Representative Image (AI-generated) A cancer diagnosis can change a life in an instant, but in Rwanda, access to treatment was once so limited that many patients had little chance of survival. A centre established in 2012 helped change that reality, bringing cancer treatment, medical training and research to a country where specialist care was scarce….

Bill Cosby sold his historic New York City townhouse for $28 million, less than two months after putting the property on the market for $29 million. The sale came as the former Cosby Show star faced a foreclosure battle involving another townhouse in the city. The seven-storey residence on East 71st Street, known as the…

US President Donald Trump A 24-year-old Kansas man has been arrested on federal charges after allegedly posting threats to shoot US President Donald Trump ahead of his rally near Wichita, US Department of Justice said.Jaden J Read, of Clearwater, Kansas, was taken into custody on Saturday and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing….

A housing cooperative established to help Black and immigrant families remain in San Francisco after urban renewal displaced residents from the historic Fillmore neighbourhood is moving closer to a major redevelopment. Freedom West Homes has secured a $23 million city subsidy, alongside private financing, for its long-planned transformation into a residential district with nearly 2,400…

A jury in Sacramento, California, has ordered city authorities to pay $33.3 million (£25.6 million) to a former physics student who suffered a serious brain injury when a 30-foot dead tree branch fell on him while he was jogging through a city park. Michael Flynn, then 28, was jogging along a public walking path around…