Three federal grants to the universities of Minnesota and St. Thomas that were meant to support the training of new teachers ...

Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the Vatican hasn't ordered a set of ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Thursday is set to evict dozens of homeless people living in an encampment in a federal forest in central Oregon.

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a Black man mattered.

From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe will kick off May Day demonstrations on Thursday.

As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar backgrounds who helped each other find their way at the University of ...

The roster of local police departments and state agencies that have joined President Donald Trump's drive for mass deportations has soared to more than 500, with nearly half from Florida.

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Florida for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her three young ...

After a Broadway season that delivered 14 new musicals and the same number of new plays, there's lots of uncertainty when it comes to the Tony Award nominations. But one thing that's practically a ...

A tax on sugary drinks takes effect Thursday in the beachside community of Santa Cruz, seven years after California banned its cities and counties from implementing local grocery taxes as part of a ...

The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in grants.

Inspiring the next generation of advocates and identifying unlikely funding partners has grown more important for humanitarians amid USAID's dismantling and wealthy nations' declining support.