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Stefan Lynch Strassfeld's gay parents and "aunties" gave him a large extended family and showed him how love can help people survive an epidemic.

An Air Force investigation into the F-16 crash that killed California native Maj. Lucas "Gaza" Gruenther found the pilot's spatial disorientation caused him to eject in unsafe conditions, leading to his death.

The Syrian military has been using tanks and heavy weaponry as it battles opponents of President Bashar Assad's rule. Assessing whether this strategy is working depends on whom you ask.

Two wily veterans of Congress' fiscal wars will lead the budget talks scheduled to start Wednesday: Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the heads of the House and Senate budget committees.

Just a few months ago, most Greeks had never heard of a teenager named Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Colum McCann's novel TransAtlantic weaves together disparate historical figures and times. Reviewer Rosecrans Baldwin says that while some sections are uneven, the book rolls over you like a wave, crashing and building upon itself.

One of the latest details revealed about Saturday's crash of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco likely raises a question in many minds: After tumbling down the runway and coming to rest, why did the flight crew initially ask passengers to remain in their seats rather than immediately start to evacuate the plane? Instead, an announcement was made for everyone to stay put. It was another 90 seconds or so before the evacuation order was given.

Emergency workers based in Phoenix routinely hear from border crossers who need to be rescued from the desert on the edge of Maricopa County.

After years of contentious litigation, Albert Barnes' art collection, which includes hundreds of paintings by Matisse, Picasso and others, is moving from its longtime home in Merion, Pa., to downtown Philadelphia. Whether separating the art from the building is a good idea depends on whom you ask.

When Staci Freeman and her sister Jami Valentine first took in a child ravaged by war in Afghanistan last year, Arefa was a 6-year-old in Hello Kitty shoes, who quickly turned the daily routine of changing her head bandages into a counting game.