How to get help paying your heating bill this winterOnly about 1 in 5 eligible households gets LIHEAP help, and the money can run out. Here's how to apply early.October 16, 2026
How to fight a parking ticket, and your odds of winning in four big citiesAbout 1 in 4 New York City hearings ends in a dismissal. In Atlanta, it's fewer than 1 in 25.October 15, 2026
Florida's new driver's license adds a manatee, an alligator, and the space shuttle DiscoveryYou don't have to replace your current card. Here's what the new one looks like, front and back.October 14, 2026
What to do after a dog bite: wound care, rabies, and reporting itWash it, get the owner's information, and report it. Here's why each step matters.October 14, 2026
Los Angeles votes to pull Galaxy Gas and other laughing gas from smoke shopsFlavored canisters sold as whipped cream propellant have become a party drug. LA wants them off smoke shop shelves.October 13, 2026
Why Hurricane Isaias victims can't apply for FEMA aid yetThe federal declarations so far pay for governments' storm response, not households' repairs.October 12, 2026
U.S. water bills jump 62% in a decade, outpacing inflationThe average bill hit $531 a year. In Hempstead, New York, it was $133. In San Jose, it was $1,416.October 12, 2026
That text about an unpaid toll is probably a scamA small balance, a late fee, and a link. The FBI got nearly 60,000 complaints about this text in one year.October 10, 2026
What North Carolina drivers need to know now that plate stickers are goneNo sticker, no card in the glove box. Police already check your registration electronically.October 8, 2026
Pedestrian deaths jump 43% on Halloween night, and young kids face the most riskThe risk peaks around 6 p.m. Here's what 42 years of crash data show about Halloween night.October 8, 2026
You can now return a used car in California within 3 daysA restocking fee, a 400-mile limit, and 48 hours for the dealer to pay you back. Here's how California's new return rule works.October 6, 2026
You don't have to wait 24 hours to report someone missingThe 24-hour rule is a TV myth. For missing children, federal law actually forbids police from making you wait.October 5, 2026
Miami-Dade school bus cameras have caught 27,000 drivers since May 2026Nine cameras on every bus, a human review of every video, and a $225 ticket in the mail. Here's how it works.October 1, 2026
Daylight saving time ends November 1Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1. You get an extra hour, and a few places skip the whole thing.October 1, 2026
How to find your hurricane evacuation zone before you need itEvacuation orders go out by zone letter. If you don't know yours, you won't know if the order is for you.September 30, 2026
Shelter in place, evacuate, or stay at home: what each order meansThree orders that sound similar and ask for very different things. Here is what each one means.September 28, 2026
How to handle a noise complaint without making an enemyThe neighbor conversation works more often than the complaint does, and you only get to have it once.September 27, 2026
Brightline's parent companies filed for bankruptcy. The trains are still running.The company that actually runs the Miami-to-Orlando trains isn't part of the filing. Here's what that means for riders.September 25, 2026
AMBER, Silver, and Blue Alerts: what each one meansThree colors, three very different emergencies. Here's what each alert means and what it's asking you to do.September 25, 2026
Healey wants to pause the Massachusetts gas tax for two months. Lawmakers still have to agree.It would save about $3.60 on a 15-gallon fill-up. First it has to get through the Legislature.September 24, 2026
What 211 is, and how it's different from 311 and 911911 is for emergencies and 311 is for city services. 211 is the number for when you need help and don't know who to ask.September 24, 2026
Tampa Bay's one-day-a-week watering limit now runs through March 31, 2027Lawns get one day a week, set by the last digit of your address. Here's your day and your hours.September 23, 2026
Florida's minimum wage hits $15 on September 30The last $1 step of a 2020 ballot measure. After this one, the yearly raises stop and inflation takes over.September 22, 2026
Georgia gas is back over $4, and an average fill-up costs $17.70 more than last yearThe state average is $4.09. Even the cheapest metro in Georgia is over $4.September 21, 2026
Your car got towed. Here is how to find it and get it backCall the police non-emergency line before you panic. Storage fees start the day it arrives.September 21, 2026
What's the deal with Flock cameras, and why are people trying to get rid of them?A small camera on a pole, pointed at traffic. Here is what it records, who gets to search it, and why so many towns are voting it out.September 19, 2026
How to check the air quality near you, and what the numbers meanOrange is the number that matters for most households. Here is what the AQI colors actually mean.September 18, 2026
Jongno 3-ga in Seoul is #1. Los Angeles, Chicago and New York neighborhoods rank among the world's coolestLA's Chinatown landed at No. 4 worldwide. Two more American neighborhoods made the 40.September 17, 2026
Alpharetta students join a national backlash against Flock camerasTwo Alpharetta seniors want the license plate cameras at their school's entrances taken down. They have plenty of company.September 15, 2026
How to check road closures and traffic near youYour navigation app knows about the crash. It usually does not know about the parade.September 14, 2026
Downed power line, gas smell, or debris in the road: who to callA wire on the ground, a smell of gas, a ladder in the fast lane. Each one has a different right number.September 12, 2026
Lost dog? What to do in the first 24 hoursMost lost dogs are found close to home and fast. The first day is when it happens, if it happens.September 11, 2026
What Atlanta is asking its neighborsAirport parking, meatball subs, and where to skate in Dunwoody. Questions Atlanta asked, and the answers.September 9, 2026
New in town? How to learn a neighborhood in your first monthThe first month somewhere new is mostly not knowing things. Here is how to shorten it.September 8, 2026
What's opening in Atlanta right nowFree burgers in Decatur on the 11th, a new wine bar in East Atlanta Village, and 80 murals going up in Cabbagetown.September 7, 2026
