demographics

A lot has changed at University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in the past decade, including the demographics of the students who matriculate there. At The...

NEW YORK (AP) — While big-city jails get most of the attention, lockups in small and medium-sized counties have actually driven the overall explosion ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The growing political influence of Latinos could be slowed by a Supreme Court case over the constitutional requirement to make elect...

BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday it would allow all married couples to have two children, signaling the end after 35 years to its drastic and unpopu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nonviolent drug offenders could be eligible for shorter prison sentences under legislation a Senate committee is considering. The Se...

DESERET RANCH, Fla. (AP) — Under one of the biggest land development plans ever proposed in Florida, a tract more than six times the size of Manhattan...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday that would overhaul the nation's criminal justice system, allowing s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major shift in immigration patterns over the next 50 years, Asians will have surged past Hispanics to become the largest group ...

COVILHA, Portugal (AP) — Some are hard of hearing or don't see well, others complain about stiff joints, one is 101 years old. All have become graffit...

ROME (AP) — Desperate choices faced a Palestinian family who were tossed off a capsizing boat full of migrants into the Mediterranean Sea, with just o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 11 million people who receive Social Security disability face steep benefit cuts next year — unless Congress acts, the governmen...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a sweeping environmental manifesto aimed at spurring action, Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to cor...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Anxiety has gripped American conservatives over Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on the environment. So much so that you might th...

BOSTON (AP) — As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the future of same-sex marriage, the nine justices could consider the experience in Massachusetts, the...