A year ago, the city of Boston met with other rat plagued cities to try to learn from each other on how best to tackle the problem. Now a year later, it's still commonplace to see bags of trash piled ...

Mayor Michelle Wu is urging visitors to the North End to toss their takeout leftovers in new “rat-resistant” trash cans dotting the neighborhood as part of the city’s drive to reduce rodents. Wu made ...

It was two years ago. Morningside Heights resident Carl Mahaney was walking with his kid to the first day of school, when they came across heaps of trash bags lying on a sidewalk. “The rats would come ...

New York City residents take out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk. That is until now. When the bags inevitably leak or break open, they ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk. When the bags inevitably leak ...