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Portraits Of Haitians In Miami

Photographer Bruce Weber is best-known for his shots of models and celebrities. But his recent work is more personal: An exhibition showcases photographs of Haitians in Miami.

Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton watch an England versus Italy rugby match at Twickenham stadium in London in 2007.

Prince William Is Engaged; Do Royal Weddings Still Matter?

With Prince William's engagement finally official, are we likely to jump on the royal-wedding train again, even knowing how the last one turned out? Probably so, precisely because of the way the last one turned out.

Express Yourself: A Major New Showcase Of Gay Portraiture

For the first time a major museum exhibition focuses on gay and lesbian portraiture. The National Portrait Gallery's expensive, expansive new show examines how modern art was influenced by GLBT painters, photographers and printmakers.

In the early 1900s, Machu Picchu -- an Inca site perched high in the Andes mountains -- was well known to locals, but largely forgotten internationally. In 1911, explorer Hiram Bingham wrote about the site in <em>National Geographic </em>magazine and refocused international attention on the ruins.

Yale Returns Machu Picchu Artifacts To Peru

After nearly 100 years, a collection of antiquities from the Inca site of Machu Picchu is going home. The artifacts have been at the center of a long and bitter custody battle between the government of Peru and Yale University.

Born Rose Louise Hovick (and shown here at age 10), she reinvented herself as Gypsy Rose Lee.

Gypsy: For An 'American Rose,' A Thorny Story

In a new biography, the author of Sin in the Second City peels back the veil of glamor surrounding the most famous stripper since Salome — Gypsy Rose Lee.

Trailblazing Romance Writer Remembered

Elsie Washington, who died last month, is hailed as the Barack Obama of romance writers. Colleagues say she showed that publishing novels with worldly black characters was possible. She established a precedent that influenced the genre over the past 20 years.

Paul has lived with Parkinson's disease for more than a decade. Although he has difficulty rising out of a chair, he was able to leap up to keep his young grandson from falling down a flight of stairs. Scientists are trying to understand how this phenomenon works in the brain.

A brain circuit tied to emotion may lead to better treatments for Parkinson's disease

The symptoms of Parkinson's disease can vanish briefly in the face of stress or a strong emotion. Now scientists are searching for a treatment based on this phenomenon, a form of the placebo effect.

A new law in California requires food waste to be composted

The goal is to reduce food waste in landfills by 75%. But the measure is proving to be a challenge for both households and businesses.

Students and a teacher from the PS229 school in Woodside, N.Y., attend a Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF 60th anniversary celebration in New York City.

All Treat, No Tricks As UNICEF Fundraiser Turns 60

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The little orange boxes carried by kids over the decades have helped raise more than $160 million for the global children's charity.

'Nueva York' Exhibit Tells A South-North Story

The first known Hispanic immigrant came to New York City from the island of Hispaniola in 1613, and that was only the beginning. An exhibit at New York's El Museo del Barrio looks at the city's Hispanic influences from the 1600s to 1945.

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