The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year and more than 20 percent in the past decade.

After months in the media spotlight, Natalie Randolph made her debut Friday night leading the Colts of Coolidge Senior High School.

Clyburn plans to vote for write-in candidate Mazie Ferguson, a longtime Democratic Party activist from Sumter.

The longshot Democratic Senate candidate was kicked out of a South Carolina restaurant after his companion got into a fight there.

Jamaica's government wants to restore Garvey's childhood home and convert it into a memorial or museum, officials said Tuesday.

The search for translators covers a wide swath of the Southeast, including offices in Atlanta, Washington, New Orleans, Miami and the Caribbean.

"In 1963, they had a dream, and they did something about it," said the Rev. Al Sharpton.

The level of political discourse in the Senate primary boils down to: Your celebrity friends are low lifes. Response: So's your mom.

Rep. Kendrick Meek got a much-appreciated boost before Florida’s Democratic primary.

President Obama has settled on his message for the pivotal midterm elections.

Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria, the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person.

Police now believe Elias Abuelazam, a man they arrested last week, is responsible for at least 18 attacks, including five deaths.

Talk radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has issued an apology for saying the N-word several times in an on-air conversation.