Exploration Green in Clear Lake City, Texas, transformed a former golf course into a 200-acre green space with stormwater detention lakes, wetlands and recreation areas. The project was created to help reduce flooding in the community, with its five planned detention lakes capable of storing 500 million gallons of water.

In a Reuters interview in Damascus on Saturday, days after Israel bombed a Syrian airbase, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani also stressed that Damascus' priority is to halt Israeli attacks.

In a week, up to 40,000 runners will take part in Sydney's Marathon, but a mix-up means they will be handed medals decorated with a German stadium.

Wild Geese: Ryan McKiernan is managing director of a social enterprise in the UK capital that tackles homelessness through hospitality

Redcar MP says Teesside community is ‘reeling’ as PM offers condolences and asks public to avoid speculation Tributes are being paid to two police officers who died on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way along the A66 crashed head on into their vehicle, also killing five young men. PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed when the marked armed response vehicle they were …

Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of Mexico's Sinaloa state announced Saturday he is once again taking leave — a day after returning to office following a months-long absence after being indicted in the United States on drug-trafficking and other charges.