5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (658+ words) People don’t kill cities. Freeways do. September 8, 2026, 5:00 AM PDT Keep Austin Weird. | Nathaniel Bailey Austin, America’s fastest-growing, most dynamic big city, is where these kinds of generational infrastructure projects could have the most transformative effect. This young city is desperate…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (996+ words) Hundreds of people who lost their homes in evictions or fires in Johannesburg’s inner-city are living under tents and shacks in and around Wembley Stadium. They were moved there years ago by the City of Johannesburg for temporary emergency accommodation…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (505+ words) TO understand why Japanese fans and athletes clean up stadiums, one must look at the foundational concepts that structure everyday life in Japan. The execution of post-match clean-ups is organised, efficient, and deeply ingrained in fan culture. Preparation before the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (349+ words) "It has nothing to do with contamination." After a disturbing rumor about human remains in Texas drinking water spread online, the City of Laredo and its Utilities Department said the claim was false and that residents had not been told…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (969+ words) Years after being promised temporary shelter, hundreds of Johannesburg residents remain trapped in squalid conditions at Wembley Stadium with no clear path to permanent housing. Hundreds of people who lost their homes in evictions or fires in Johannesburg’s inner city…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1747+ words) drinking water for decades, and it does not have a sewage system or even trash collection. Historically,...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (225+ words) York City residents can expect to pay an average of nearly $25 more per month on their wastewater bills after the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission recently approved a rate change, according to Pennsylvania American Water. The new rates for water and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (552+ words) The cameras detect possible code violations and assign properties what the system calls a “blight score.” At a Dallas City Council meeting Wednesday and on social media, some residents and viewers questioned how the technology could be used. “This is…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (423+ words) The city recently shelled out $2.5 million for a three-year contract with tech vendor City Detect to outfit 50 brush and bulky-waste trucks with 100 high-definition cameras. As these trucks drive their regular routes, the cameras continuously scan homes for perceived code violations....

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (466+ words) 8/22/2026 – Look at flooding long enough and you will come to think of it as a series of debits and credits where the balance in the public-safety ledger is never quite clear. It feels as if flood-risk increases constantly offset flood-risk…...