Home Is Where the Couch Is: Photos by Natcha Wongchanglaw

Natcha Wongchanglaw’s Couchsurfing photos explore how travel turns transient encounters into meaningful—and vulnerable—moments.

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As older Americans downsize, over 20 million homes could become available—but they're not where young people want to move

"Empty nesters" downsizing isn't likely to be the solution to the housing shortages facing major U.S. cities, recent Zillow research finds.
CNBC - 8h
CFPB Sues Rocket Homes Over Alleged Kickbacks

The lawsuit alleged that the real-estate company provided incentives to brokers and agents to steer home buyers to its parent company’s mortgage-lending wing, Rocket Mortgage.
The Wall Street Journal - 1d
The photo booth is turning 100 — meet the people keeping it alive

In 1925, Anatol Josepho invented the automated photo booth in New York City, originally calling it a photomaton.
NBC News - 5h
White Christmas forecast: Where snow, ice is expected

Nine states from Virginia to Maine are under snow alerts on Christmas Eve morning as a band of snow moves through the Northeast, bringing treacherous driving conditions.
ABC News - 9h
Christmas Forecast: Where to Expect Snow and Rain

Also, where you’ll find warmer temperatures. Here’s a day-by-day forecast.
The New York Times - 11h
In Pictures: Sporting photos of the week

A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world over the past seven days.
BBC News - 13h
The US town where it's the law to own a gun

Kennesaw, Georgia became the first American town to require people to own a gun in the 1980s.
BBC News - 1d
Photos show well-preserved remains of baby mammoth found in Siberia

Yana is estimated to have been only about one year old when she died. She weighs more than 397 pounds and measures about 4 feet and 200 centimeters long.
CBS News - 1d
Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupts again. See the photos.

Kilauea began erupting around 2:30 a.m. Monday morning local time at the base of the Halemaumau Crater within the summit caldera after elevated seismic activity was detected overnight.
CBS News - 1d