Rising rents, due in part to a hot real estate market, are driving up the average amount full-time workers must earn to rent modest apartments to about $25 per hour nationally, according to a new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels breach second major city in Congo’s mineral-rich east
Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo’s government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the governor’s office