New York City appointed a ‘rat tsar’ and launched ‘rat academies’ — its inaugural National Urban Rat Summit aimed to offer fresh insights to help landlords and renters ...

Trucks packed with donations and hope head to North Carolina as South Carolinians unite to support their northern neighbors ...

BBC Journalist Frank Gardner shared his harrowing experience on social media, questioning the airline on its lack of basic ...

An Indiana man convicted of child neglect for a rat attack that left his 6-month-old son with disfiguring injuries has been ...

Being cooped inside a high-tech chamber may not be everyone’s idea of fun – but it’s the most exact device yet for unlocking ...

We have rats that are as big as cats here. I hardly sleep at night from the sound of rats playing on my roof." ...

Benedict Leapheane, who is in her mid-sixties, is in ill health. She shares a chemical toilet with 15 families, has to fetch water from a standpipe with a bucket, and without electrification, uses a ...

ABC 10News reporter Ava Kershner spoke to Padres fans about what their lucky charms are.

Our politics can be saved from the mud through the rise of mature citizenship with each individual respecting differences and ...

A new approach to helping people living on the streets find permanent housing called decommissioning is giving new hope to ...

There is so much joy to be found in the changing trends that the fashion and beauty industries conjure up each season. Autumn ...

As a part-time cartoonist, I religiously read all the offerings in the Chronicle's comics page. While some of the panels are inane or borderline insane, others are clever, cogent and germane. And in ...