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It's a price tag that would make even New Yorkers and Londoners gasp — an outsized luxury apartment sold for nearly $57 million in Hong Kong Wednesday amid growing fears of a real estate bubble.
Two Camp Lejeune Marines have been indicted in the killing of an Army nurse whose burned and dismembered remains were found in a shallow North Carolina grave last summer.
Cable companies cannot have exclusive rights to provide service in apartment buildings that they wire, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
An electrical contractor who was having financial problems shot to death his live-in girlfriend and 3 1/2-year-old son before killing himself, police said Wednesday.
It's no Mount Vernon, but the Honolulu apartment building where President Barack Obama grew up might become a national landmark.
Authorities say a woman and two men were shot and killed at a Compton apartment.
A volunteer firefighter was charged Saturday with setting a fire that ripped through a crowded apartment house, killing a woman and three of her children.
A man left his apartment for five hours and came home to find everything gone. An efficient burglar? No, police say, just a landlord's error. Police said the landlord manages different properties, and meant to have an apartment cleaned out that had the same number in a different building.
Romania's prime minister is living in a rented apartment two months after starting work because the state can't find permanent housing for him.
More than 100 chickens, rabbits, rodents, iguanas and tarantulas have been removed from a two-bedroom Buffalo apartment by authorities who needed three vans to cart off the menagerie.
Even the palatial New York City apartment of late society doyenne Brooke Astor isn't immune from the housing crunch.
When 72-year-old Gladys Dressner first saw two snakes last in her new apartment last month, she froze. Days later, when an eight-inch snake crawled across her bed, she screamed. Finally, after stepping on a baby black rat snake, she moved.
A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday.
A suburban Philadelphia landlord placed hidden cameras throughout his apartments and secretly videotaped female tenants for years, investigators said Monday.
Firefighters doused hot spots Thursday after a towering fire ripped through a luxury apartment complex built on the once blighted riverfront and left 375 people without homes.
Nearly 20 New York City firefighters are recovering from injuries suffered in a blaze that consumed the top floor of an apartment building.
An explosion blew apart walls and hurt 17 people in an apartment building still recovering from a fire six weeks earlier, authorities said.
It's a scene that's become all too familiar in North Carolina's military communities.
A fast-moving fire gutted an apartment complex in suburban Seattle early Sunday, killing three people, injuring six others and displacing about 50 residents.
A massive fire destroyed the roof of the four-story apartment building Thursday and the thick black smoke that poured from the fire could be seen from Boston, about 12 miles south.
A fire in a small apartment complex in rural upstate New York early Monday killed a mother, her teenage son, and two daughters recently returned from college for the summer break.
Fire tore through multiple apartments early Saturday, killing one person and seriously injuring three firefighters who were in the building as it partially collapsed, a fire official said.
Police say all residents of a Connecticut apartment complex destroyed by fire have been accounted for.
A curious thing happened during 2007 while the mortgage market was imploding: Median apartment rental prices in major cities shifted dramatically, dropping by up to nine percent in some markets — Phoenix — and rising as much as 14.6 percent in others — San Francisco — according to data released from Newton, Mass.-based Investment Instruments Corporation.
Firefighters carried senior citizens out of a fire at a three-story independent-living complex Wednesday, and officials said all 200 residents made it to safety.
NYC model who married doorman sues co-opA foot model in New York City is suing her upscale apartment building, claiming the co-op board is trying to force her out because she married its former doorman.
Down-and-out Fighter's Big Payday in Beats Off Eviction, HungerIf anyone needed a huge postfight bonus at UFC 104, it was Pat Barry. The heavyweight out of New Orleans, scored Knockout of the Night and Fight of the Night for his victory over Antoni Hardonk. That was good enough for $120,000.
Cops: Man hanged kitten, made videoPolice are accusing a 22-year-old upstate New York man of hanging his girlfriend's four-month-old kitten with a belt and making a video of the animal struggling.
Caught on tape: Deer swims in Gastonia poolNeighbors thought it was a Halloween prank. But yes, it really was a deer swimming laps in a pool.
Filthy flat filled with 300 abandoned guinea pigsAround 300 abandoned guinea pigs were rescued from a filthy flat in Aachen over the weekend, according to the police.
Man turns his Hampshire council flat into 'a replica Palace of Versailles'A man, Adrian Reeman, has recreated the Palace of Versailles inside his Hampshire council flat after spending two decades handcrafting elaborate wooden designs.
Why Todd English canceled his weddingCelebrity chef Todd English called it quits with his fiance Erica Wang just one week before their planned $150,000 wedding at New York's lavish St. Regis Hotel. English described their relationship as "volatile and vicious" and said he just "couldn't go through with it."
Apartment Glut Expands"The U.S. vacancy rate reached 7.8%, a 23-year high, according to Reis Inc."
Remains of four dead babies found in Berlin Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of the remains of four babies in a Berlin apartment following the suicide of their mother in July.
Mom finds slain bodies of 2 kids, ex-husbandA mother found her two children and ex-husband dead in an apparent homicide at an apartment in Southern California, police said Thursday.
Beating government red tape and finding new homes | KY3 | Local NewsCouples making minimum wage earn too much to live in these apartments. So, how did the owners beat the red tape and create a living community?
Man with severed tongue to stand trial in rapesA Southern California man will stand trial in the rapes of four women, including one alleged victim who authorities say bit off the tongue of her attacker.
Top 10 best new restaurants in AmericaLooking for a new place to dine? Take your pick with Bon Appetit's top 10 best new restaurants in America! Not only do they serve simple, satisfying local food but they all support local farmers, sustainable agriculture and regional cuisine.
Update: Detectives arrest man accused of murdering mother, sister The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says they have arrested the man accused of killing his mother and sister in their Riverview apartment on Monday.
Update: Man arrested in Community College sexual assault Tampa Police say they have arrested 17-year-old Alexander Wingo, after a Hillsborough Community College student was sexually assaulted inside her campus apartment
The moment a 10 storey hotel collapses into the seaAlmost one million people have been forced to evacuate their homes in China as a deadly typhoon smashed into the country's south-east coast.
Police say two men kidnapped, sexually battered girl, 15 Greenacres police arrested two men Friday night, saying they say abducted a 15-year-old girl, took her to an apartment and then sexually battered her.
Monkees singer's wife guilty in $137,000 fraudThe wife of Monkees vocalist Micky Dolenz pleaded guilty Friday to charges that she defrauded a public housing program in New York City.
Sued Over Twitter Message? Can You Defame Someone In 140 Characters Or Less?Tom writes in to alert us that a woman in Chicago has been sued for defamation by the company that manages her apartment over a Twitter message.
German blows up apartment while trying to fix airbed A German who tried to fix his leaky air mattress blew up his apartment instead, the fire brigade in the western city of Düsseldorf said on Wednesday.
The Funniest Apartments StoriesPeople sometimes do leave funny stories behind hotels and apartments they have stayed during their stay and it gives them funny memories to bring with them home.
Vt. man charged with confining stepson for sexFor years, a man regularly confined his adolescent stepson to a bedroom rigged with an alarm, molested him several times a week and often denied him food and water, police said.
U.S. Apartment Vacancies Near Historic High: Report"The vacancy rate for U.S. apartments" has "reached its highest level in more than 20 years" according to "real estate research firm Reis Inc."
Teen feeling fuelish after lift fireA teenager was left badly burnt after he played with a lighter while carrying a leaky can of petrol in a lift.
Entire New 13-Story Building Tips Over in ShanghaiAt around 5:30am on June 27, an unoccupied building still under construction at Lianhuanan Road in the Minhang district of Shanghai city toppled over. One worker was killed.
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