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Among the most visible Americans at the Sochi Olympics are a group of evangelical Christians decked out in black cowboy hats and bristling with pins that help start conversations. For the chaplains, every connection is a chance to make friends and proselytize.

Residents of some suburbs complain their lives are being ruined by the giant garbage dumps that ring the city. With no recycling in the capital, all trash goes into the expanding landfills.

The Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for a complete and independent investigation of the killing in Caldwell County, about 40 miles from Austin.

Michigan is among a number of states giving matching dollars to local governments that turn to online fundraising to pay for projects. But these crowdfunding models can lead to significant inequities.

Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.

There are just 11 students at California's Death Valley Elementary, one full-time teacher and one teaching aide. The small-school environment helped one pupil overcome speech and language delays, and many of her classmates are working above grade level.

Excess speed is blamed for Monday's rail disaster in Valencia, Spain. At least 41 people died when an underground train ran off its tracks and overturned. The accident occurred as thousands of visitors flocked to the city ahead of Pope Benedict's visit on Saturday.

Israeli officials say they expect some Jewish settlers slated for evacuation from the Gaza Strip to resist relocation but there are families that have already begun to move on their own.

Long before Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday, Sidney Cooper had been celebrating the hallowed day for decades. Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper remember their father who died in 2001.

On the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a taxi driver remembers her first day on the job as a New York taxi driver and two memorable passengers.