On Christmas Eve 1914, battling German and British soldiers laid down their arms and sang Christmas carols together — a brief ...

President Trump is imposing collective punishment on millions of people around the world in response to deadly shootings, ...

Despite new programs meant to reduce the jail population by 150 people, Sheriff David Davis says the facility now holds more inmates than when reforms launched.

Polensek (with an accent on the second syllable) is Cleveland’s longest-serving council member at nearly 48 years and ...

For the first three years of his life, Khalon faced unimaginable hardship. When Rosy Kim, founder of the Allergic Rescuers KL organisation in Malaysia, saw photos of a cat named Khalon, she knew she ...

Residents document accelerating rat infestations across Treasure Valley. Official rat control efforts are slowed by Idaho statute, jurisdictional hurdles. Experts urge vigilance, preparedness to ward ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

Head lice don’t spread disease and aren’t considered a health hazard, according to the CDC, but they’re still gross, annoying and on the rise as kids head back to school. These tiny parasitic insects ...

A new demographic label has swept through China’s social-media feeds in recent months: “rat people.” The term, which describes young adults who retreat into small rooms, avoid socializing and spend ...

The emergency room is, well, for actual emergencies. If you’re badly hurt or your life is in danger, you must go to the ER. Otherwise, if you’re fine, you shouldn’t tie up doctors’ and nurses’ ...