Author name: Tracy Hill

Tracy Hill is the arts, automotive, travel, and fashion writer at Free Press Georgia. She's also a big fan of good food and fun times with friends. She grew up in Atlanta and attended college at Georgia State University. She started her career as an editorial assistant for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before moving on to become an editor for a local news site. Since then she has worked for other publications as well as freelanced her own articles on topics she is passionate about.

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UK homeowners hope Bank of England avoids another rate hike after inflation falls

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LONDON — Homeowners across the U.K. are hoping that the Bank of England will decide to avoid raising interest rates Thursday for the first time in nearly two years, a decision that would come on the heels of similar action by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Following Wednesday’s news that U.K. inflation fell unexpectedly in August …

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California Officials Seek ‘CARE’ Without Coercion as New Mental Health Courts Launch This Fall

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The first time Heidi Sweeney began hallucinating, the voices in her head told her Orange County’s Huntington Beach was where she would be safe. There, behind the bikini-clad crowds playing volleyball and riding beach cruisers, she slept in homeless encampments, then beside a bush outside a liquor store, drinking vodka to drown out the din …

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My Top 36 Coffee Table Books: The Most Versatile Home Decor

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I’m not exactly sure when or how it happened, but somehow, seemingly on accident, I’ve accumulated a burgeoning collection of one of my favorite home decor elements—coffee table books. My love for beautiful visuals and inspiring reads had unintentionally blossomed into a full-fledged collection. And lately, they’ve evolved into one of the most versatile home …

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First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed

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MIAMI — The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida’s Brightline begins running trains between Miami and Orlando, reaching speeds of 125 mph (200 kph). It’s a $5 billion bet Brightline’s owner, Fortress Investment Group, is making, believing that eventually …

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Japan's troubled Toshiba to delist after takeover by Japanese consortium succeeds

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TOKYO — A 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer for troubled electronics and energy giant Toshiba by a Japanese consortium has been completed, clearing the way for it to be delisted, the company said Thursday. In the tender offer, announced last month and ended Wednesday, the number of shares purchased exceeded the minimum needed, …

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Biden's Democratic allies intensify pressure for asylum-seekers to get work permits

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ALBANY, N.Y. — As more than 115,000 migrants arrived in New York City over the past year after crossing the border from Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul begged President Joe Biden for one thing, above all others, to ease the crisis: “Let them work,” both Democrats have said repeatedly in speeches and …

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UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift

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LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that he’s delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take effect in 2030, watering down climate goals that he said imposed “unacceptable costs” on ordinary people. The move angered green groups, opposition politicians and large chunks of …

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