Plastic trash bags, and the rats they attract, are very visible parts of the New York landscape. A plan to bring in bins may squeeze scarce space.

Municipalities around the country have had to delay or reschedule trash pickup days.

Writer Elizabeth Yuko explains why Americans use toilets in private businesses instead of those maintained by the government.

“The toilet is the cheapest medicine in the world,” says Jack Sim.

Eagleville, a one-stoplight town is seeing its first major development in about a decade.