Samantha Raphelson

Officials in the South African city of 3.7 million are restricting water usage amid fears it will run out of water by April 21. Experts say the crisis has been exacerbated by rapid population growth.

President Trump is facing a Jan. 26 deadline to decide whether to impose tariffs on solar imports. While tariffs could help level the playing field for U.S. manfacturers, they could also raise prices.

The British Parliament is considering a 34-cent tax on to-go cups to encourage diners to bring their own reusable containers. The goal is to replicate the success of Britain's tax on plastic bags.

Half of the 14,000 people who crossed into Canada without authorization in the first nine months of 2017 were from Haiti. The end of protected status in the U.S. for Haitians is driving a new surge.

Deadly mudslides occured in Santa Barbara County, Calif., after heavy rain pushed debris down fire-scarred hillsides. If it rains again, more debris could be swept down the mountains.

Sometimes you realize you're about to slip and fall, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. But there is a right way to fall if you want to avoid really serious injury.

After more than three years, the war in eastern Ukraine between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebel forces continues to simmer amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.

The population of people who are homeless increased for the first time since 2010, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and many shelters are having to turn people away.

More than 70 percent of goods consumed in the U.S. are moved by truck. The American Trucking Associations says the industry needs to hire almost 900,000 more drivers to meet rising demand.

Hundreds blocked Patriarch Theophilos III's convoy as he drove to a Christmas Mass in Bethlehem on Saturday. The group of Palestinians was protesting the church's controversial sales of holy land.