As NYC's first-ever rat czar gets to work, cities like Boston and Chicago are looking for inspiration to fix their own rodent problems

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America's major cities are considering taking a cue from New York City in the fight against rat infestations.

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I ditched a big city for a $5,000 fixer-upper with 8 bedrooms in a small town. It's nice to live in a place where people don't treat each other like strangers.

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John Nichols and wife inset with their old West Virginia house
John Nichols and his wife Katie bought this Huntington, West Virginia, house built in 1881.

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Walmart's sudden move to close 4 Chicago stores sparks outrage, with critics saying it will drive up grocery costs for the neediest families

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Walmart says the four locations that it's closing in Chicago were never profitable.

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Democrats choose Chicago, a target of years of GOP attacks about crime, for 2024 convention

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Chicago police investigate the scene where an officer was shot in Chicago's Southwest Side on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

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An ominous-looking shelf cloud descended over Chicago, EarthCam footage shows, bringing severe winds up to 60 mph

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A picture of a shelf cloud moving through downtown Chicago courtesy of EarthCam.

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Live results: Brandon Johnson defeats Paul Vallas in the Chicago mayoral runoff election

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Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, left, and former Chicago Public Schools chief executive Paul Vallas shake hands before the start of a debate at ABC7 studios in downtown Chicago on March 16, 2023.

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Influencers make being a landlord with lots of rental properties seem easy. But a real-estate investor with 482 units warns newbies to not scale up too quickly.

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Vintage apartment buildings in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood
Mark Ainley, whose company owns and manages nearly 500 apartments in buildings like these in the Chicago area, has words of warning for aspiring landlords.

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United plans to fly people from the city centers of New York and Chicago to major airports using a 4-seat electric air taxi

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Archer's Midnight eVTOL in flight with United Airlines livery.

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Criminals are stealing hundreds of thousands of Kias and Hyundais — and TikTok is to blame

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Car thefts are booming thanks to a viral TikTok that exposed a vulnerability in certain Kia and Hyundai models.

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How a viral video sparked the theft of hundreds of thousands of cars

Flight from El Paso delayed for hours after high school student sends disturbing message to passengers using AirDrop, officials say

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The West Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force led the investigation of the aircraft, its passengers, and their luggage last Friday.

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