Take a look inside one of Calif. wine country’s oldest homes — built 158 ago years for ‘pioneering settlers’

Take a look inside one of Calif. wine country’s oldest homes — built 158 ago years for ‘pioneering settlers’

One of the oldest homes in California’s wine country has been brought to the market for the first time in more than a decade—having changed hands on only a few occasions since it was built for one of Sonoma County’s most prominent “pioneering settlers.” Built in 1868, the four-bedroom, two-bathroom Greek Revival home in Healdsburg is referred to as Hassett’s Ranch in honor…

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Why Learning a Language Still Matters

Why Learning a Language Still Matters

—Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Lutfi_Ure—Getty Images via Canva, Letters: via Canva) Today, AI can impressively help anyone to write and read in almost any language. This allows a surface-level exchange of ideas, but comes at a steep price: the loss of honest engagement with the magic organ that makes us human.…

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11 Record-Breaking Auction Lots That Reshaped the Americana Market

11 Record-Breaking Auction Lots That Reshaped the Americana Market

An Abraham Lincoln-signed copy of the Thirteenth Amendment At Sotheby’s in 2025. Result: $13.7 million. President Abraham Lincoln signed an estimated 12 to 15 souvenir, or “Congressional,” copies of the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery. Because the president’s signature wasn’t technically required for a constitutional amendment, Lincoln signed them only later, on February 1, 1865,…

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Who Is Thylane Blondeau? Inside Her Life 20 Years After Being Dubbed the Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Who Is Thylane Blondeau? Inside Her Life 20 Years After Being Dubbed the Most Beautiful Girl in the World

As the daughter of French soccer player Patrick Blondeau and actress-slash-presenter Véronika Loubry, Thylane Blondeau got into the game at a young age. But instead of taking to the pitch, the native of Aix-en-Provence, France, who has a younger brother named Ayrton-Romeo Blondeau, was showing off her footwork on the runway, walking for Jean Paul…

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America 250 Is Rewriting the Business Case for Made in America

America 250 Is Rewriting the Business Case for Made in America

America 250 arrives as companies rethink decades of offshoring in favor of resilience, transparency and operational stability. Unsplash+ As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, “Made in America” is being recast as something more than a patriotic slogan. Between tariff uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and shifting consumer expectations, domestic manufacturing has become…

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Inside the $18K-a-month LA house ‘DWTS’ alums Peta Murgatroyd, Maks Chmerkovskiy gave up for Florida

Inside the K-a-month LA house ‘DWTS’ alums Peta Murgatroyd, Maks Chmerkovskiy gave up for Florida

Peta Murgatroyd and Maks Chmerkovskiy’s Los Angeles rental home has been listed for $18,000 per month following their move to Florida. According to apartments.com, the 4,300-square-foot home — which the “Dancing With the Stars” alums have been renting for the last two years — features four bedrooms and five bathrooms. The “Napa-inspired” residence was designed…

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