Flash flooding in Texas Hill Country, triggered by intense thunderstorms, has resulted in at least 81 deaths, including at ...

From Tehran's prisons to Haifa's shelters, Payam Feili, who fled his native country as a gay writer, expresses his concern ...

Two books that explore the deep flaws in our health care system are top of the pile today, along with fiction set from St. Paul’s Seventh Street to Vietnam.

XI, the SHE teams rescued 74 children, reunited 69 children with parents and admitted 5 children in shelter homes.

At a pop-up clinic, Oakland Animal Services offered care to dogs and cats in need. But the organization is on a tight budget.

The Supreme Court decided last year in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson that clearing camps without providing alternative ...

I met the great Iranian novelist Mahmoud Dowlatabadi in 2006. We had the same publisher, and through them he sent me ...

Need something to do for the holiday weekend? Check out parades in Minburn, Perry and Waukee, listen to live music, watch ...

An estimated 7 million Ukrainian refugees live in Europe where they also create "book corners" to gather, unite and make sure children maintain their language and literacy in Ukrainian.

T he enormous roundabout at Azadi Square was full of cars, yet still felt somehow deserted. Then it dawned on me: Humans—they ...

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Instagram users can't stop raving about the performance, in the comments, and are even speculating the bride's sister and the ...