HUD mandates ‘affordable housing’ in affluent suburbs

HUD mandates ‘affordable housing’ in affluent suburbs

(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration has started its push to expand low-income housing into "higher opportunity areas."

The Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced a "landmark" settlement agreement with Baltimore County that will serve as a catalyst to "promote housing mobility" and "address residential segregation."

Syria: 150 mines removed so far in Palmyra’s ancient site
Syria

Syria: 150 mines removed so far in Palmyra’s ancient site

Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian antiquities official says demining experts have so far removed 150 bombs planted by the Islamic State group inside the archaeological site in the historic town of Palmyra.

Syria's head of antiquities and museums, Maamoun Abdul-Karim, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a technical team has returned to Damascus after a two-day work in Palmyra.

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