Just how many languages are there in the world? The figures vary: According to the German Economic Institute, there are currently 7,186 native languages worldwide. The world cultural organization ...

The Notorious B.I.G., one of rap's greatest performers, was shot to death at age 24 in Los Angeles in 1997. The case remains ...

I am struggling to maintain my trust and confidence in the university,” the mother of the scholarship’s honoree wrote to Sacramento State President Luke Wood.

Residents are keeping their eyes out for two war memorial plaques stolen from Bethesda Lutheran Church's memorial park in ...

A mother’s grieving period has stretched over the course of roughly five years. In late 2016, Asiah Hughes lost her 21-year-old son. Leo Montgomery was killed ...

Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was shot and paralyzed in the Columbine High School mass shooting in 1999, died on Sunday of ...

A Press Democrat reader notes a Day of Remembrance, and more.

"We are angry that this current administration is actually using the template of Japanese Americans' forced removal and mass incarceration as a blueprint to target immigrants. This is a campaign of ...

Hundreds of people wearing red or black shirts and holding large posterboard signs reflecting messages of the Missing and ...

The community came together at events Friday to warmly remember the 17 people who died in the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at ...

After the novelist Geraldine Brooks lost her husband, she postponed confronting the enormous loss—until it became impossible ...

How many holidays do we have? MLK Day in January, Valentine’s Day in February, Easter in March or April, Earth Day in April, ...