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Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the remains of 40 percent of the World Trade Center victims have not been identified. Their families have been waiting for advances in DNA technology.

More than a half century after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, there remains little tradition of protest in East Texas, and scant experience with organizing.

A volunteer curator in Philadelphia puts on art exhibits to raise awareness of lives lost to gun violence.

Rosetta Tharpe was a huge star in her era and set the template for rock and roll. So why was she absent from popular consciousness after her death — and why did it take decades to revive her legacy?

The Town of Normal recently brought in a government strategist to meet privately with the town council and administration.The goal was to help the…

You don’t need to tell Glenda Jackson that people drive too fast on Hershey Road. She already knows.She’s a crossing guard for Stevenson Elementary School…

Former lead vocalist of the Mississippi Mass Choir, Mosie Burks, passed away recently. We have a remembrance of the gospel singer.

The dead included one police officer from a local university. At least nine other people were hurt, including four police officers.

For much of her life, Maria Toorpakai has been threatened by extremist groups like the Taliban. Now the subject of a PBS documentary, she tells how she found the courage to keep playing sports.

The song "Afilando Los Cuchillos" was a major feature during the protests in Puerto Rico that led to the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rossello last week.