Senate confirms Oregon’s Chuck Sams as first Native American to lead ...

Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon. There, he ga...

Black Santas are appearing in US Disney parks this season for the fir...

Without an official announcement or fanfare, US Disney parks are including a Black Santa Claus in Christmas celebrati...

India's Modi backs down on farm reforms in surprise victory for prote...

In a surprise announcement on Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that ...

New Tiny Home Village in Oakland Opens Doors to Unhoused Residents Am...

Lakeview Village near Lake Merritt, which can accommodate some 65 people, began temporarily housing residents in tiny...

Love wins! Florist who wouldn’t serve gay couple drops Supreme Court ...

Barronelle Stutzman says she's "at peace" with the decision that she discriminated against the couple...

Oklahoma governor commutes Julius Jones’ death sentence

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of condemned inmate Julius Jones on Thursday, the day of his sc...

Afghan girl footballers reach UK on Kim Kardashian West-funded flight

The young female footballers came to the UK on an evacuation flight funded by Kim Kardashian West.

Volunteers keep Christmas light tradition going for man who survived ...

Dale and Julie Marks and their neighbors go all out with their Christmas decorations every year and people come from ...

'Sesame Street' debuts Ji-Young, first Asian American muppet

What's in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant...

Grandmother and teen she mistakenly texted to reunite for 6th Thanksg...

Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench will once again have Thanksgiving together, six years after she accidentally invited him...

This library lets you borrow people instead of books. It just may hel...

A nonprofit called the Human Library allows readers to sign out "human books" -- people from stigmatized groups -- fo...

Stoughton woman surprised with Dalmatians parade on 101st Birthday

Ruth Marsh grew up on a dairy farm in Black Earth and then moved to Stoughton, where she raised four children on the ...