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Brooke Borel's new book describes their history and how they hide, bite and reproduce. Borel, who has combated them herself, says an infestation "does mess with your mind a little bit."

Arthur George Gaston overcame his humble beginnings to become a multimillionaire in the funeral home business and a huge financial backer of the civil rights movement. Biographer Suzanne Smith explains Gaston's lasting legacy on black entrepreneurship in America.

After Nevada gave home health care workers a huge raise, from about $11 to $16 an hour, turnover in the industry fell sharply. Now, caregivers are preparing to lobby for another wage hike.

Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.

In 2018, a man working from home in Germany fell down the stairs on his way from his bed to his home office. A lower court has ruled that his company's insurance should cover the fall.

The trail links more than a dozen Frank Lloyd Wright-designed properties. It takes visitors from the hustle and bustle of downtown Chicago to quiet spaces in the more rural reaches of the state.

Relentless rains have pounded north-central Texas and southwest Oklahoma over the past two weeks. At least 11 people have died. Thousands have scrambled to safety. Fire ants and snakes are the next worry.

Thousands of Chinese and Irish laborers risked their lives without recognition on a project that would revolutionize the United States after its completion in 1869.

Union workers in Paris's Effiel tower have gone on strike, closing the monument's doors on what was meant to be a day of commemoration of its creator.

Facing rampant fires in the western province, Canadian officials have called for help from the military and even Australian firefighters. And authorities only expect the situation to worsen.