The development is too tall. The property’s much too valuable. Ninety new units of housing on one corner will choke traffic. Building something else — a welcome center, perhaps a public restroom — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), an aerial shot taken using a drone shows an ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A predawn landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed at least eight people on Saturday and left 82 missing as rescuers struggled ...

They want to help those in a ruff patch. Long Island’s largest soup kitchen is offering canned pet food and aiming to eventually serve meals to cats and dogs along with his hot food service, officials ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Rock Island City Hall is reopen Monday after problems with the boiler left the building without heat. Crews restored heat to city hall and the building reopened, a city ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia’s first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing signs of being in good health. The mother, 15-year-old Hu ...

A deep-pocketed buyer can snap up a private 27-acre South Pacific island just in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Previously listed for $20 million, it will be auctioned off to the highest ...

British and American marathon swimmers Simon Holliday and Edie Hu have become the first people to swim around Hong Kong's largest island of Lantau. Their 65 kilometre (40 miles) swim took 20 hours 56 ...

Long Island’s largest and most controversial zoo is closing after local officials unanimously agreed to strip its funding and send its allegedly horrifically abused animals to rescue facilities.