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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.

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.

Luis Quintanilla, director of the Humane Society of Harlingen, Texas, talks about how the pandemic has changed things in the animal shelter.

Vaccinations against COVID-19 first went to health care workers, and now more doses of the vaccine are reaching those who live in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Families in southern California are having to rebuild their Christmas plans after wildfires burned up their homes and everything they owned — including their children's presents.

Three Austrian nuns leave a retirement home to break into their old convent with local support and an Instagram following.

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."

The at-home test will give users their test results via Bluetooth and an app.

Older residents of Kyiv's many high-rises are learning to live with intermittent heat and electricity, cut off by Russian attacks.

The Gaza war has created a crisis for Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees huddled against its border, facing a looming assault from Israeli forces.