Author: Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY

At least six dead, dozens hurt after dust storm causes pileup on Illinois’ Interstate 55, closing traffic for 30 miles in both directions.

For women, this week’s mandate from Pope Francis that a fall summit in Rome include female participants with speaking and voting rights is monumental.

An exhibit opening this week at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will explore the rise and lingering impact of U.S. imperialism.

Prospective jurors said if they were to convict a man of killing 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue that they would be capable of sentencing him to death.

A Lambda Legal survey of 2,500 people found that being subject to abuse while in criminal detention is a common experience for LGBTQ and HIV+ people.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.S. memorializes the six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany during WWII and celebrates those who survived.

A Columbia University project hopes to transform coverage of inequality by exploring the historic roots of issues like housing, education and health.

Two years after the Atlanta spa shootings spurred widespread support for the nation’s Asian American community, some see gains but fear ongoing bias.

A deadly capsizing off the San Diego coast in a suspected maritime human smuggling operation shows the desperation of immigrants to enter the U.S.