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A Nine-Bedroom Villa in Southwest France $5.6 MILLION (4.95 MILLION EUROS) This nine-bedroom, Neo-Basque-style villa sits on a grassy 1.85-acre lot in Winter Park, a quiet residential district outside of downtown Biarritz, the resort town on France’s Basque coast, near the border with Spain. Built in 1920, the 6,458-square-foot house was last renovated in the late 1990s, and has been unoccupied for five years. “You have to do some renovation work,” said Philippe Thomine-Desmazures, associate director of Barnes International Realty, Côte Basque, which has the listing. A gravel driveway leads to the covered front portico. The entry hall has a checkerboard tile floor and a powder room. Double wood doors open to a parlor with high ceilings, a terra-cotta tile floor and a broad fireplace. French doors with transoms lead to the garden. Beyond a trio of arches is a library with a fireplace, a double living room with a bay window, and a banquet-style dining room with … [Read more...] about House Hunting in France: A Diamond in the Rough Near the Basque Coast

The White House announced on Wednesday new measures to boost cybersecurity within federal agencies following increased cyberattacks on private and public U.S. infrastructure. According to a memo released by Shalanda Young Shalanda Young One year on, a critical role needs to be filled by the administration Biden taps Shalanda Young to lead White House budget office Senate panels advance Shalanda Young nomination for deputy OMB director MORE , the acting director for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), agencies will be transitioning to a "zero trust" approach that assumes no actor, system or network operating outside the security perimeter is to be trusted. "Instead, we must verify anything and everything attempting to establish access," the memo reads, calling it a "dramatic paradigm shift in philosophy of how we secure our infrastructure, networks, and data." ADVERTISEMENT “This zero trust strategy is about ensuring the federal government … [Read more...] about White House moves to boost cybersecurity at federal agencies

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new pot of funding has been made available to minority female developers in Baltimore so that they can more easily access properties in West Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods. Mayor Brandon Scott announced on Wednesday that JPMorgan Chase had made a $20 million commitment to Black and Hispanic developers. READ MORE: MD-Bred Knicks Go Draws Rail In Bid To Repeat At Pegasus World Cup The bank awarded the money to Prioritizing Our Women’s Economic Rise, a collaborative led by the Latino Economic Development Center in partnership with the City of Baltimore and University of Maryland, among other organizations, in the hopes of removing some of the barriers that keep female developers from accessing properties in underdeveloped communities in West Baltimore. The funding is part of a broader $75 million, five-year commitment from JPMorgan Chase to the Greater Washington region. It aims to provide Black and Hispanic female developers with access to flexible … [Read more...] about New Funding Empowers Female Developers, Targets Vacant Houses In West Baltimore

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – A proposal aimed at limiting how various race-related concepts are discussed in classrooms and workplace training sessions received initial backing Wednesday in the House, inching forward Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push against critical race theory. The Republican-dominated House Judiciary Committee approved the bill (HB 7) in a 14-7 vote. In part, the proposal seeks to prevent workers or students from being subject to training or instruction that “compels” them to believe a slew of ideas spelled out in the bill. READ MORE: Police Chase Led To Crash In Lauderhill, Two BSO Deputies Hurt, Driver Charged For instance, part of the bill dealing with workplace training would deem sessions discriminatory if they lead an employee to believe that they “(bear) responsibility for, or should be discriminated against” because of “actions committed in the past” by people of the same race or sex. Similarly, the measure would attempt to shield public-school students and … [Read more...] about Florida Bill On Race Instruction Gets House Support

SANTA ROSA (BCN) — A man suffered second-degree burns in a fire reported at a home in Santa Rosa on Tuesday night, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 9:44 p.m. at 4692 state Highway 12, also known as Sonoma Highway. Crews arrived and found a single-family home with flames burning from the front of the residence. READ MORE: 4 San Jose Double Homicide Suspects Arrested; Drugs, Weapons Seized According to the city’s Fire Department, the lone occupant in the home at the time was able to make it outside but had burns to his upper body. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital with plans to move him to a burn center for treatment of his injuries. READ MORE: Police Arrest Suspect in Tenderloin Stabbing Incident Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within about 20 minutes and determined its cause appears to be electrical in nature. Investigators have estimated that the blaze caused $300,000 in damage to the home and its contents. MORE NEWS: … [Read more...] about Santa Rosa Man Suffers Second-Degree Burns in Tuesday Night House Fire

Photo: Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that she would run for a 19th consecutive congressional term in California’s June 7 top-two primary. There is certainly no one in her San Francisco district who can deny her that opportunity, though some ambitious Democrats might have fantasized about it. Some observers who recall her 2018 pledge to step down as Speaker after the 2021-2022 117th Congress may have been surprised by the announcement. But Pelosi never said she’d leave the House just because she’s handing over the gavel and the role of Democratic leader. Yes, it’s become common for big-time Washington powerhouses to go home altogether when they lose their lofty perches (two of her recent predecessors, John Boehner and Newt Gingrich , both resigned their seats in the middle of terms upon giving up the Speakership under intra-party pressure). But it’s not necessary, and Pelosi’s explanation that she wanted to stay in office to deal with the … [Read more...] about Pelosi to Run for House Again … But Not for Speaker?