This PSA had social media clogged with one-liners. A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media ...

Heavy rains have prompted public health officials in Washington to warn residents about toilet rats, a rare plumbing nightmare that drives frantic calls to pest control experts. By Amanda Holpuch ...

What do you call the bad version of a cherry on top, or icing on the cake? For those in King County reeling from back-to-back atmospheric rivers and the ensuing flooding chaos, it might just be toilet ...

Washington health officials warned residents that heavy rain and floodwater could sweep rats into the sewer systems and up into their ... well ... toilets! The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, to be the next archbishop of New York — the most consequential U.S. episcopal appointment of Leo’s pontificate thus far.

Pope Leo replaces Cardinal Dolan as Archbishop of New York Leo, first US pope, chooses fellow Chicagoan for New York role Bishop Ronald Hicks was serving in Joliet, Illinois Dolan, seen as ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks with the College of Cardinals at the Vatican during an audience May 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – One could perhaps summarize Pope Leo XIV’s high profile meeting ...

Pope Leo's US bishop appointees criticize Trump on immigration 10 of Leo's 13 appointments call for better care of migrants Cardinal tells Reuters immigrant care now a pro-life teaching New bishops ...

Pope Leo XIV reads his speech to officials of the Roman Curia and the College of Cardinals during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with them in the Hall of Blessing above the atrium of St. Peter's ...