Places left behind are often weirdly magnetic with crumbling walls, creeping vines, and silence where life once thrived.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s asylum ban at the southern border, determining it ran afoul of immigration laws protecting the rights of those seeking refuge in the U.S.

The total asylum accommodation system cost £4.7 billion, £3.1 billion of which went on hotels. While costly to taxpayers, this was highly profitable for those offering accommodation.

Allegheny County spent $45.5 million dollars more than it took in in 2024, according to the annual report of county finances from the County Controller’s office released Monday.

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Democratic Statesman correspondent 'Pidge' makes a report on the Texas States Asylum for the newspaper in 1874.

Some Allegheny County businesses say surrounding road work has kept customers at bay.

The house still stands, and it is widely believed by the locals to be haunted by the ghosts of the children who can be heard laughing, crying, and warning each other to hide.

During the past two weeks, federal immigration officers have arrested at least four asylum seekers outside a Portland courtroom where they’ve shown up for required hearings in their cases.

A year in, 396 people have moved into 276 units of housing, Allegheny County officials said. Families account for about 75 of those who have been housed.

But asylum seekers have traditionally been viewed as international students in Oregon and have been on the hook for tuition rates that can cost two to three times more than in-state tuition.

A breakdown of all the core ghosts, their powers and how they died, along with a list of other spirits who have appeared on CBS's hit comedy Ghosts.