Florida property tax bills could shrink next year as state lawmakers consider several proposals to cut those taxes and plan ...

The ongoing government shutdown, now in day 20, lays bare the increasingly acute political polarization of the United States.

Incumbent Russ Trimble faces challenger M.J. Hoag in the West Des Moines mayoral race. Where they stand on the issues: ...

A team of Arizona Republic reporters fanned out across metro Phoenix to talk to the unhoused. Here are their stories.

The theft, the first significant robbery at the Louvre since 1998, has captured international attention and reignited debate ...

The fact that experts have identified hotel social blunders as a problem is worrisome, writes Travel Troubleshooter.

A majority of regional executives expect business conditions to improve or stay about the same in the fourth quarter, but a significant percentage — more than 40%  — expect the economy to worsen.

Police have been called to the same address 232 times in a single year, spending more than 260 hours on scene, according to ...

It is not hard to see why people visit animal cafes in Japan. Animals are cute. Owl lovers want a close-up experience. Capybaras look so unbothered that you can imagine they’re enjoying the attention.

A mass grassroots-level multidimensional initiative to root out extreme poverty, the EPEP seeks to ensure that no person remains "extremely poor" and is left behind in the state's ...

A look at the poverty behind the picture-postcard affluence based on the findings of the South Lakes Poverty Truth Commission.

A Barrackville man known to his friends and family as “Wooly Mammoth” passed away Oct. 10 at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Emmel Ray Garton Jr. is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary ...