This year 1.2 million girls and boys were victims of child trafficking. That means they were taken from their families. Sold into slavery. Forced to work 7 days a week with dangerous equipment. They endured beatings, malnutrition, and other forms of abuse

Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy of Dallas received the Fran James Cultural Preservation Award on Saturday at the Potlatch Fund's seventh annual Gala in Seattle.

Q I liked the article you wrote about the reduction in road deaths attributed to drunken driving. But do you think it is fair for people like me who have a DUI on their record -- that was supposed to remain for seven years, but was later changed...

Young girl became pregnant shortly after her 11th birthday, was set to marry the 19 year old father, had the baby on her wedding day. OK, how can people claim that abstinence is education, when this girl didn't know how she became pregnant?

the centerpiece (both literally and figuratively) is the slaughtered bird offered as sacrifice for the ostensibly grateful. Sadly, eating turkey on the fourth Thursday in November is simply something we do, not knowing, or caring to know, ...

There's a moose in Vermont named Pete who was taken away from his mom eight years ago. Now his life teeters in mid-air. He drinks contaminated water although he lives on national reserved property. Protesters have been trying to save his life but his time

Cassini recently revealed new data that appeared to overturn the decades-old belief that our solar system resembled a comet in shape as it moves through the interstellar medium (the matter between stars in our corner of the Milky Way galaxy).

Alcohol can make blood glucose too high or too low. Moderate amount of alcohol can cause blood sugar to rise but excess alcohol can actually decrease our blood sugar level even to an unsafe level.

Millions of trees should be planted to cover an extra 4% of the UK in woodland in order to tackle climate change, the Forestry Commission has recommended.

This year will be one of the top five warmest years globally since records began 150 years ago, according to figures compiled by the Met Office.