Mayor Michelle Wu is urging visitors to the North End to toss their takeout leftovers in new “rat-resistant” trash cans dotting the neighborhood as part of the city’s drive to reduce rodents. Wu made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three months after D.C. officials announced they would be using edible birth control to curb the rat population, the DC Council ...

The sight of big black trash bags on the sidewalk will soon be a thing of the past. "I feel like on every street, you'll see some kind of trash on the ground," said Belmont resident Karen Castillo.

New York City’s war on rats isn’t over – thanks in part to delayed trash bins. A major part of former Mayor Adams’ “Trash Revolution” – an effort to reduce rat sightings and improve cleanliness – was ...

The Tampa Police Department honored two young men for creating a positive alternative to "teen takeovers." ...

WASHINGTON — Overflowing trash cans, messy walkways, and rats are once again at the center of a debate in the District, after D.C. Councilmember Christina Henderson highlighted persistent complaints ...