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By way of Brazil, where they migrated in recent years, many Haitians are now hoping to resettle in the U.S. But a shift in policy has left some 5,000 stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Moonglow is a playful, fictional take on the family memoir. Set in 1990, it stars young author "Mike" Chabon, who's visiting his dying grandfather. Grandpa, it turns out, has led a remarkable life.

Immigration authorities are once more allowing Haitians to enter the U.S. under a humanitarian parole provision due to limited space in detention centers and a surge in crossings.

In his belligerently funny novel The Sellout, Paul Beatty eviscerates racial politics in the U.S. by aiming some of his sharpest stabs at that old and vicious shaming device: the food slur.

A decade before his teenage son was lynched in Mississippi, Louis Till was serving overseas in World War II. Writing to Save a Life explores how Till was convicted of rape and murder and put to death.

Who could have predicted a President Donald J. Trump? Turns out some people did. Measures C and D lost, predictably, but the size of the win by opponents to Lilac Hills, not so much.

California voters rejected a ballot measure that would have abolished capital punishment, and narrowly approved a competing measure designed to speed up the execution process.

The death penalty will remain on the books in California, with voters rejecting a bid to abolish the punishment, but a competing measure designed to speed up executions was too close to call.

An unemployed motorcycle mechanic admitted that he went to the LA airport in November 2013 with the intent to kill TSA agents. He killed one security screener and seriously wounded three other people.

Reno's tenure was marked by tragedy and controversy. But she left office widely respected for her independence and accomplishments.