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Hundreds of Islamic students are in a deadly standoff with security forces in Pakistan. The students are holed up in the Red Mosque in the capital city of Islamabad.

Residents of Eau Claire, the largest city in northwestern Wisconsin, are keeping all candidates under consideration and treating the upcoming primary on Tuesday like a general election.

Homelessness is a major problem in cities and towns nationwide, including in Massachusetts. An investigation by WBUR and ProPublica finds that many state-subsidized apartments in Massachusetts are sitting empty.

Cities hoping to avoid legal threats over outright bans on natural gas are thinking outside the box to lower emissions in buildings.

Recent winter storms failed to produce the snow that farmers, cities and skiers rely on in much of the West.

The south Gaza city is sheltering more than a million displaced Palestinians.

In April, the Environmental Protection Agency set aside $9 billion to help local governments with PFAS cleanup. Tucson is among the first cities to get the funding help.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank attacked Palestinian villages near the city of Ramallah over the weekend.

The new book Fulfillment, by Alec MacGillis, looks at America's economic history — as well as its future — through the lens of Amazon.

Compared to last spring, there's more clinical knowledge about how to treat COVID-19, and bigger stockpiles of protective equipment. But nurses worry about staffing shortages as patient numbers grow.