Good news, New York! Your endless war on rats has achieved its first tiny victory, and all it took was discovering what the ...

Based on individual trends within cities, Washington was by far the leader in rat increases, followed by San Francisco, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rat leaves its burrow at a park in New York City on Sept. 17, 2015. ( AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) A rat ...

The city only tracks rat sightings above ground, and like Transit, relies on self-reported data. Just about 1,000 311 calls were made in January for vermin reports — most of which came out of Brooklyn ...

Urban dwellers in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, New York City, and Amsterdam might have seen rats scurrying across their cities — and they're not imagining an influx. Rat populations ...

On Monday, he thanked the firefighters who rescued him. By Katherine Rosman New York lawmakers may give Gov. Kathy Hochul more time to schedule special elections, a move backed by the House ...

One thing is certain: They’re everywhere. NEW YORK CITY Adaptable and smart, rats of several species have evolved to thrive in major cities—yet the sight of a rat scurrying across West ...

In Washington, D.C., for example, the rat population is growing 1.5 times faster than it is in New York City, because the more northerly city has taken notable steps to keep rodents in check.

NEW YORK-- Tenants of a building in Brooklyn are threatening a rent strike against one of the alleged 100 worst landlords in New York City until their complaints about mold and other hazards are ...

More than 40 women claim they were drugged and sexually assaulted by Miami and New York real estate brokers Oren and Tal Alexander, along with their brother Alon. The defense denies the allegations.

published in the journal Science Advances on Friday, that lays bare the scale of Toronto’s problem. Of the 16 cities analyzed, Toronto had the third-fastest growing rat population.

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