In late October, Marion “Rollen” Chalmers stood next to a rice field ringed by pines and palm trees. He pointed out roseate ...

The well-loved architectural feature is a staple of the American South, but its roots can be traced to Africa.

It’s summer in Arkansas and members of the Lafayette family arrive after the brood’s patriarch has died. They are ready to sift through what’s left in the Southern plantation home, perhaps sell the ...

Parts of the Gulf Coast measured a foot of snow on Tuesday. For many cities the totals obliterate long-standing snowfall records. Milton, Florida recorded 9 inches of snow which more than doubles ...

Snow and ice had been forecast to fall across the I-10 corridor into Lake City and Jacksonville, with perhaps a few ice pellets as far south as Ocala. All precipitation was set to end by daybreak.

On Monday, the polar vortex will reach the Deep South, with temperatures down to the freezing point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Atlanta. Wind chills will be in the 20s. Across the Rockies ...

Women from the Jewish Federation of San Diego visited with civil rights icons remembering the road to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

an impoverished island in the South Pacific. Other countries, including the U.K., Canada, and France, have called for a ban on the practice. Given the deep-sea mining’s international focus ...

as a local volunteer described the horror of extracting their bodies from deep underground. South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege Africacategory· January 16 ...

This saga has exposed a deep division in South Korean society, and put the spotlight on what many consider one of Asia's most successful democracies. For weeks now, hundreds of thousands have been ...