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Hundreds Of People Missing After Dam Collapses In Laos

The failure of the hydropower dam flooded several villages and forced thousands of people to flee, state media report.

The flag of North Korea waves inside the compound of the North Korean embassy in Rome. North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service.

North Korean Diplomat In Italy Goes Into Hiding, Says Intelligence Agency

South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday that Ambassador Jo Song Gil escaped the North Korean embassy in Rome with his wife in early November.

Chico Housing Action Team organizers Leslie Johnson, left, Charles Withuhn, center, and Bill Kurnizki, right, in the field in south Chico where they plan to soon break ground on a 33-unit tiny home community for homeless adults called Simplicity Village.

Tiny Homes For Homeless Get The Go-Ahead In The Wake of California's Worst Wildfire

California's deadliest wildfire worsened an already bad housing crisis in rural Butte County. But the fire has jump-started a local effort to build a tiny home community for area homeless.

Left: Ga'verri Jones-Collins, Charleston's grandson, 10, sits for a portrait below an air-brush painting of his great grandfather. Right: A comb Carlton and Juanita purchased at South of The Border in South Carolina, while traveling.

'Strands Of Love' Connects Generations Of An African-American Family

For one year, New York-based photographer Shuran Huang followed the Collins family to church, baseball fields and their family-run barbershop.

Nick Sandmann, a student from Covington Catholic High School, stands in front of Nathan Phillips, a Native American, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The Fight For Native Voices To Be Heard

What happened on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial last Friday has sparked intense national debate. Reporter Jacqueline Keeler shares what she thinks is being lost in the conversation.

James Jackson (right) confers with his lawyer during a hearing in criminal court Wednesday in New York. Jackson pleaded guilty to killing a black man with a sword, which prosecutors described as terrorism and a hate crime.

White Supremacist Pleads Guilty In Fatal Sword Stabbing Of Black Man

James Jackson admitted he was driven by a plan to murder scores of black men to spark a nationwide race war. It's New York state's first conviction of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism.

Federal lawyers contended that a combined AT&T and Time Warner would be too large and powerful.

U.S. Government To Appeal Judge's Approval Of AT&T-Time Warner Deal

A month after Judge Richard Leon backed the $85 billion deal, federal antitrust attorneys say they will seek to overturn it. AT&T has already begun to consolidate control of its new media holdings.

Netflix has increased its prices by 13 to 18 percent. The company's headquarters are pictured here in Los Gatos, Calif., in 2012.

Netflix Increases Subscription Prices As It Churns Out Original Content

The hikes, which will affect all U.S. viewers, come as Netflix faces an increasingly competitive field of video streaming services.

Duke University graduate engineering student Matt Hawkins volunteers for a demonstration of a nasal ventilation tube during a class called "Hacking for Defense" in this undated photo.

Unable To Recruit Enough Techies, The Military Is Partnering With Universities And Start-Ups

To keep up with potential adversaries such as China, the Pentagon is teaming with civilian technological innovators and trying to adopt some of the practices of the private sector.

Toni Hoy, at her home in Rantoul, Ill., holds a childhood photo of her son, Daniel, who is now 24. In a last-ditch effort to get Daniel treatment for his severe mental illness in 2007, the Hoys surrendered parental custody to the state. "When I think of him, that's the picture I see in my mind. Just this adorable, blue-eyed, blond little sweetie," Hoy says.

To Get Mental Health Help For A Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody

Doctors told Toni and Jim Hoy their young son needed intensive, specialized care away from home — institutional services that cost at least $100,000 a year. Insurance wouldn't cover the cost.

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