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The U.N. Security Council is grappling with a troubling question in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: How could U.N. peacekeepers not know about mass rapes taking place over a four-day period this summer? More than 150 women were raped by rebel fighters. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says communication procedures clearly didn't work.

Ex-President George W. Bush wanted more Latinos in the GOP. A new Pew poll shows that dream has not only been dashed but is moving in the wrong direction. A smaller percentage of Latinos than before say the Republican Party is concerned about them.

Height can be a clue to the health of a person and a population. The U.S. once had the tallest population in the world, but recent studies show northern Europeans are now on top.

The stamps honor the Snake Island soldiers who answered a Russian calls to surrender with "Russian warship, go f*** yourself!" Ukraine's postal service had to limit purchases to six stamps apiece.

Retail sales jumped a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent in August, spurred by widespread gains beyond the increases of autos and gasoline that economists expected. Excluding autos, sales rose 1.1 percent. Wholesale inflation rose by 1.7 percent last month, boosted by energy prices.

Voters will decide whether to repeal the state's gay marriage law next month. While the latest poll gives an edge to same-sex marriage supporters, opponents aren't backing down. They say the law will result in gay marriage being taught in public schools. Campaign organizers from both camps expect a close race.

Perhaps you've heard the stories of how a loan as small as $100 helped a woman in the Third World start a successful business. Now MicroPlace.com wants to make it easy for ordinary American investors to make money off such loans.

When more than 1,000 members of the clergy and lay people meet in Minneapolis on Monday, they will decide whether to change their policy and allow pastors in gay relationships to serve in the ministry. Even conservatives believe that the change is inevitable.

The man President Obama has named to help places hit hard by massive job losses in the U.S. auto industry visits a place that has long been symbolic of such decline — Flint, Mich. The city provides a vivid real-world example of just how big a job it will be to stage a recovery.

The Atlantic hurricane season begins Monday, and people in some coastal areas are still rebuilding homes damaged last year. It's become routine to rebuild at almost any cost, in even the most vulnerable areas. But that hasn't always been the case.