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Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement.

The program awards lending capital and grants to community development financial institutions, which then offer financial products to diverse small business owners.

In 2003-2004, he was named AP coach of the year after leading the Hawks to an undefeated season.

A #NunsToo movement has emerged from #MeToo, as Roman Catholic nuns start speaking out about sexual abuse by priests. Cases of rape and forced abortion have come to light.

300 homeless Philadelphians might be back on the street this month.

More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the water.

With all that’s going on in the world—from climate change to wanton violence and political turmoil—I simply don’t have the energy to watch Saturday Night Live. 

Dutch police are searching for the man who opened fire inside a tram in the city of Utrecht, killing three people and wounding nine others late Monday morning.

Some activists say their concerns about a possible connection arise out of a culture of fear that persists in Ferguson 4 ½ years after Michael Brown's death.

Critics say giving the assailants notoriety offers little to help understand the attacks and instead fuels celebrity-style coverage that encourages future attacks.

For people of color, "civility" is often a means of containing them, preventing social mobility and preserving the status quo.

History shows sanctuaries are not immune from violence, as illustrated by bombings at African-American churches during the Civil Rights era.

Washingtonians and a global community of eagle-watchers have been transfixed by Liberty and Justice, bald eagles who've nested and raised eaglets together for 14 years.

Three women were honored with a prestigious award this week and it's likely they have no idea.

In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque shootings, experts who monitor hate groups say violent white extremism is on the rise and is the most prominent threat.