SEOUL, South Korea - Torrential rains in North Korea have forced thousands of families from their homes and left at least 200 people dead or missing, an aid official said Tuesday, adding that the worst floods there in a decade will worsen Pyongyang's already precarious ability to feed its people.

Programs that provide free summer meals to low-income children in Arizona are becoming rarer, leaving families that depend on school lunch programs in a bind during summer vacation.

Programs that provide free summer meals to low-income children in Arizona are becoming rarer, leaving families that depend on school lunch programs in a bind during summer vacation.

The holidays have started off slowly for a prominent Valley food bank, reigniting concerns that people might be wearing thin from giving to charities during a year filled with disaster worldwide.

Gilbert is having its 11th annual Pet Food and Supply Drive to help homeless pets as they await adoption into permanent homes.

The Arizona Humane Society’s annual Howl-i-Day Pet Food and Supply Drive runs from today through Dec. 31.

Single mother Katherin Fierro, 29, always worries about providing her five children with necessities such as food, but without money the holidays are tough on her soul.

MILES CITY, Mont. - John Munsell wants out — out of the small meat processing plant his father started decades ago and out from the control of a federal agency he claims has made his life ‘‘pure hell’’ for saying its food protection efforts are lax.

NEW YORK - Floods that have inundated the Midwest could reduce world corn supplies and drive food prices higher at a time when Americans are already stretching their grocery budgets and people in poor countries have rioted over rising food costs.

For the Exceptional Services classes at the middle- and high-school levels, it has been like trying to teach swimming lessons in a bathtub. And while the resources are coming together, they still need a number of supplies for classes to help prepare students for success after school is done.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel and Hezbollah fought bloody ground battles and exchanged fierce air and missile strikes Friday - including bombing raids that severed Lebanon's last major supply link with Syria and the outside world, and the guerrillas' deepest rocket attack inside Israel to date.

Two schools in the Chandler Unified School District and two schools in the Mesa Unified School District will receive school supplies through the Salvation Army's 2009 Pack to School drive.

BAGHDAD - It's been a year of drought and sand storms across Iraq - a dry spell that has devastated the country's crucial wheat crop and created new worries about the safety of drinking water.

KABUL - U.S. troops in Afghanistan saw their supply lines squeezed from the north and east Tuesday after militants blew up a bridge in Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan's government said it would end American use of a key air base following Russia's announcement of new aid.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Russia and neighboring Central Asian nations have agreed to let supplies pass through their territory to American soldiers in Afghanistan, lessening Washington's dependence on dangerous routes through Pakistan, a top U.S. commander said Tuesday.

Pet Superbarket, a small Ahwatukee Foothills-based pet care and supply company will be fulfilling one mission of their business much sooner than they expected.

Pet Superbarket, a small Ahwatukee Foothills-based pet care and supply company will be fulfilling one mission of their business much sooner than they expected.

Superstition Farm and their "kitchen" Udder Delights had a huge animal food/supply drive over the past 2 weeks.  A week ago the farm team delivered a truck load of supplies to St. Johns for farm/domestic/wild animals displaced by the Wallow Fire.  They exercised horses and cleaned corrals while they were there.

Southwest Behavioral Health Service's Homeless Outreach (SBH), a non-profit program to help homeless individuals with mental illness, is requesting donations of hot weather supplies. SBH's Homeless Outreach program is not a traditional shelter or food bank but is a mobile program that delivers supplies to the homeless. The Homeless Outreach program covers all of Maricopa County. Items that SBH's Homeless Outreach is requesting include: Water, sunscreen, hats or caps, lip balm, hygiene kits (including toothpaste, toothbrushes), lightweight T-shirts, shoes, socks and underwear

Southwest Behavioral Health Service's Homeless Outreach (SBH), a non-profit program to help homeless individuals with mental illness, is requesting donations of hot weather supplies. SBH's Homeless Outreach program is not a traditional shelter or food bank but is a mobile program that delivers supplies to the homeless. The Homeless Outreach program covers all of Maricopa County. Items that SBH's Homeless Outreach is requesting include: Water, sunscreen, hats or caps, lip balm, hygiene kits (including toothpaste, toothbrushes), lightweight T-shirts, shoes, socks and underwear

OKLAHOMA CITY - The country's calf crop has been depleted to its lowest level in 60 years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it could take several years to replenish supply.

Cactus Valley Pool Supply is planning a rapid expansion throughout the East Valley. The Gilbert-based chain of retail pool supply stores, will open five new stores by the end of June.