Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the ...

Martin Luther King Celebration will return for an 18th year next Monday. The Martin Luther King Celebration hosted by the African American Heritage Center is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20. The event, ...

This law ends a 137-year-old rule that allowed children as young as 14 to marry with parental consent. It now awaits the ...

Angelo Massagli and Caitlin Hale were just 10 years old when they first crossed paths at the audition for “School of Rock,” ...

Colombia has just marked a historic milestone in the global campaign against child marriage, with the Senate passing one of Latin America and the Caribbean’s most comprehensive bans on child marriage ...

Deep-rooted cultural practices cut short the education of many young girls, driving them into early marriage and motherhood.

Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My ...

Lucia Wamakonde made the "devasting" decision to leave her baby and husband behind in an African refugee camp in hopes they ...

Cana Centre in Nginyang’ is currently providing refuge for 59 girls who have fled harmful traditions for a better life.

Jocelyn Wildenstein, the Swiss-born socialite famous for the surgery-enhanced feline features that earned her nicknames in ...

They wanted normal lives - a family, owning a home. Then they chose to take religious vows. Two young nuns, a rarity in ...

Dear Nina the Starry Bride, I am, generally, a very reasonable viewer. I am willing to give adaptations wiggle room to reconfigure a story to fit the medium better, and I know that what works in ...