As city after city fell to a lightning rebel offensive in Syria last December, Iranian forces and diplomats supporting Bashar ...

In 2000, former Mayor John Street pledged to remove 40,000 abandoned cars off city streets in two months. The mayor’s goal ...

In an effort to breathe new life into communities struggling under the burden of neglected properties, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) is deploying an infusion of $2 million to Worcester Community ...

A new documentary about the Palisades Fire of January shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass touring the Pacific Palisades as it burns behind them – with a contingent of ...

Looking to buy a car? Seventy-one vehicles that have been abandoned at Logan Airport parking lots in Boston are up for auction. "We do not know why people are leaving vehicles behind," a spokesperson ...

A dog was found abandoned on a rural back road, with his rescuers quickly deducing the heartbreaking reason why. Emily Radecki, the co-founder and director of Shining Light Animal Rescue, a home-based ...

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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. One Sunday morning in March 1949, a group of nearly 300 people, clutching deck chairs and sleeping bags, lined up to buy new homes in what had, until recently, ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry is responding to a surge of bear attacks by sending its military to areas where such incidents are occurring regularly. Troops were deployed to the northern prefecture of ...

HOUSTON (CW39) – Under the baking summer sun, some Houston neighborhoods are heating up much more than others — and vacant lots and abandoned buildings may be a big reason why, according to new ...

The Landbank Authority's "Save Our Structures" program sells vacant and abandoned properties for $1 to eligible buyers who commit to redevelopment. The program is tailored to prioritize buyers whose ...