THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave…

Across the world, more than 60 million women and girls who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high risks of gender-based violence.  While gender-based violence remains one of the most…

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting concludes Sunday or early Monday in Busan, South…

Claire Bugos In Thanksgiving pageants held at schools across the United States, children don headdresses colored with craft-store feathers and share tables with classmates wearing black construction paper hats. It’s…

Falls can happen to anyone, but older adults are particularly vulnerable. Emergency room  physicians emphasize the importance of taking falls seriously, regardless of age. Dr. Joe Whittington and other ER  doctors stress the need…

The remains of a World War II airman were identified 80 years after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission in Germany, military officials said this week. In…