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In Belmont, officials closed a popular children's park twice in a recent five-month period because of rat infestations. In Peabody, rat problems are now a standing issue on the board of health's monthly agenda.

Four of five people killed in a rafting accident in Costa Rica over the weekend were from Miami, according to local news reports. The U.S. Department of State confirmed the …

Trump's rationale for going easy on Saudi Arabia is a shameful lie.

The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot last week

Rescuers searched through wreckage Monday after one of Taiwan's fastest passenger trains derailed on a curve along a popular weekend route, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than …

The Reverend Darren Howie got clean from drug addiction and now helps others as a priest in Derby.

Trump and the far right want to keep the free movement of goods and money, but not of people.

Military officers from the two Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command met again at the Koreas' border village Monday to examine an ongoing effort to disarm the area. Demetallizing the …

The Department of Health and Human Services is considering establishing under Title IX a legal definition of gender as a biological condition determined by a person's genitalia at birth, The New York Times reports. Title...

The Israeli military says it has uncovered a militant outpost on the Lebanese border that Hezbollah guerrillas have set up under the guise of an environmental advocacy group. A senior …

Poland's populist ruling party has seen its fortunes turn after nearly three years of aggressive governing and vast popularity. First, the European Union's top court checked a key element of …

A study suggests cardiorespiratory fitness is linked to a longer life, suggesting no exercise is worse for health than smoking or diabetes.        

Victory comes amid claims from opposition candidates that election was fraudulent The Cameroonian president, Paul Biya, has won an emphatic election victory with 71% of the vote, the constitutional council announced on M...

U.S. stocks edged down on Monday as early support from a rally in China faded, with lower oil prices and disappointing earnings signals from firms including Halliburton and Hasbro helping pull the market lower.

The race for Congress in the Hudson Valley is a dead heat — with freshman GOP incumbent John Faso at 44 percent and Democratic rival Antonio Delgado with 43 percent, according to a poll released Monday. "Barnburner. Na...

Bulgarian authorities say they have successfully taken down an illegal counterfeit operation that was printing high quality bogus euro and U.S. dollar banknotes. Deputy chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev said Monday …

An alleged serial killer who faces trial in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto's gay community has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. A judge has …

The world is heating up dangerously and the oceans may be dying. In this context, the UK's proposed plan to ban plastic straws feels a little like spitting in the wind.

Julian Cole was left brain damaged and paralysed by the incident in Bedford five years ago.

Pakistani officials say a rickshaw driver who set himself on fire to protest police demands for bribes, has died of severe burns in Karachi. Mohammad Khalid died on Monday morning, …

Palestinian shot dead adjacent to Ibrahimi Mosque in the centre of Hebron, allegedly after stabbing Israeli soldier.

Residents near Spondon Post Office were woken by a "terrifying", "loud, subsonic bang".