No US president has ever revoked a national monument’s status. Trump might be the first

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will recommend on Aug. 24 whether to eliminate or shrink nearly two dozen national monuments, creating the first major test for a 111-year-old law that gives presidents the power to protect swaths of public land. Zinke is expected to...

Searching for a place to age, retirees look to the backyard and build ‘granny pods’

Like many boomers, Jane Baldwin faced a difficult question: “Where do I go next?”The 67-year-old retiree was living alone in Wyoming, and had grown tired of cold winters. She wanted to be closer to her family in Oakland, California.Not ready to give up her...