Yanira Lopez thought she and her three children had finally left the worst behind: the fear and uncertainty of a perilous journey from their native Guatemala to the United States border; the harrowing day she lost her children for five hours somewhere in an unknown land.
Tina Morris was worried. She hadn't heard from her husband for hours, and he should have returned from a personal watercraft outing with their 3-year-old son.
Unless you are saving a baby from a burning building or actively synthesizing the cure for cancer, there is no reason you shouldn't be watching Game 7 of the World Series tonight. This is history, pure and simple, and you don't need to be a baseball fan to appreciate the drama of what's at stake.
With Election Day on the horizon, the candidates and their top surrogates are logging thousands of sky miles as they barnstorm across the country, making closing arguments and cajoling supporters to hit the polls.
A lollipop after a morning doctor visit. A cupcake for a classmate's birthday with lunch. A bag of cookies, gummies or a few little doughuts before after-school activities begin.
In the midst of America's alarming heroin epidemic, the drug's damage can best be seen in the faces of children pictured -- like the Ohio boy buckled up in a car behind his two overdosed caretakers -- and those just outside the frame.
The sound of Christian Latin pop music fills the air inside Ministerio Apostolico Avance Misionero, a Christian church on a recent evening in South Daytona Beach, Florida.
Three people have been arrested for allegedly helping Michael Vance, the Oklahoma man accused of carrying out a deadly rampage last week before law officers chased him down and shot him dead Sunday, authorities said.
