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Centennial Baptist Church in Helena, Ark., has deep roots in the African-American community. But poverty and other concerns in this Delta town have made raising restoration funds difficult.

President Lula's invitation is part of a wider effort to maintain a neutral foreign policy stance, having last week visited China, as well as the U.S. earlier this year.

The Pennsylvania freshman senator is back to work on Capitol Hill after admitting himself to a hospital to seek treatment for clinical depression in February.

Some people in public education work hidden in plain sight. Here's the story of one man who takes on the role of surrogate parent, teacher and counselor.

The U.S. Coast Guard said three sailors identified as Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien and William Gross were last heard from on April 4. They were aboard a 44-foot boat due to stop in Cabo San Lucas.

As computers and automated systems increasingly take the jobs humans once held, entire professions are now extinct. Click through the gallery above to see examples of endangered professions, from milkman to telegrapher, and hear from people who once filled those oft-forgotten jobs.

For 50 years, Ebony magazine's Fashion Fair toured the country. The models knew how to captivate from the catwalk, helping fashion the dreams of the black women who flocked to their shows.

The vast patchwork of islands on a delta where three rivers meet is home to hundreds of tigers and 4 million people. As climate change squeezes the land they share, is increased conflict inevitable?

The Chelsea Milling Co. is known as the manufacturer of Jiffy baking mixes: for muffins, cakes, biscuits and more. Here's how the family-owned manufacturer has managed to thrive for generations.

The nutritious indigenous plant is part of a movement to revive native crops and cuisines — and a means of restoring the health and economy of Oaxaca, one of Mexico's poorest states.