World news: "Hamas could have released hostages to extend the ceasefire but instead chose refusal and war," National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement.

Significant divisions remain as Falls Church City Council members approach final-decision time to enact rules regulating accessory-dwelling units. "There are so many concerns" still to be worked ...

The neighbors have collected enough signatures to require a supermajority vote of the City Council to rezone the site for housing.

JD Vance's hypocrisy when it comes to DEI s both disappointing and harmful to the working-class communities he claims to represent.

The city of Columbia’s finances are in order, an external audit suggests. Residents heard more about the city’s annual audit for fiscal year 2024 at Monday’s city council meeting. Matthew Lue, ...

The Normal Town Council has done little to address the housing shortage, up against daunting macroeconomic forces. All three candidates for Normal mayor say more action is needed over the next four ...

Crimea, annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014, remains a key flashpoint in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, from childhood vaccination to HIV treatment, and warning that his foundation cannot step in ...

Measure, to be considered on first reading, would ban creation of ghost guns and prohibit their sale or transfer without a federal firearms license.

A city investment in infrastructure to advance a housing development on school property won’t be happening. However, the Minot City Council advanced the 16th Street Southwest reconstruction project ...

Ann Arbor officials are seeking to get a new housing development going on a tree-filled site that's been the subject of ...

Faced with the daunting task of adding more than 3,000 units of affordable housing over the next six years, Palo Alto ...