If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps ...

Some people use baking soda on their face as a scrub, face wash, or mask. Learn the risks and possible benefits.

From cleaning carpets and facial scrubs to laundry and fruit cleaning, here are nine ways to use baking soda around the house ...

New York has come up with a novel approach to its infamous rat problem - targeting the rodents with birth-control pills. Under a plan approved by the city's council, contraceptive pellets will be ...

Less common is “rat(expletive),” a term used by Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President to describe their various sundry activities. While the Watergate break in is taught in high school ...

During the Cold War, the CIA’s Office of Technical Services suggested using dead rats to conceal secret messages for officers to pick up. The dead rat’s carcass would be treated with a ...

Baking soda is typically used as a leveling agent in various recipes, but it's also used in other areas of nutrition. Baking soda water is made by dissolving sodium bicarbonate in water.

Joining the city's "elite squad of anti-rat activists" was even funnier —and creepier — than I expected. Andrew Barrett is hardly a rat sympathizer. He's spent years waging war on the rodents ...

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is hosting an inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, gathering leaders from around the country to discuss strategies for winning the war on rats.

Mayor Eric Adams might be assailed by FBI investigations, but he was the star of the show at New York City’s inaugural Rat Summit on Wednesday. Dozens of the United States' leading rat experts ...