20 years after being killed in an anti-gay hate crime in Wyoming, Matthew Shepard will be laid to rest at the Washington National Cathedral. Shepard's October 1998 death became an important symbol spotlighting the discrimination experienced by the LGBTQ community.

From the very heights of government and diplomacy, to fierce advocacy for democracy and refugees, Madeleine Albright set a new and trailblazing standard. The first woman to become secretary of state died Wednesday afternoon in Washington, but leaves an impressive legacy.

Researchers at Scripps Oceanography and the Western Australian Museum capture on video the first-ever field sighting of the newly discovered third species of seadragon. As they observed two Ruby Seadragons on video for nearly 30 minutes, the scientists uncovered new details about their anatomy, habi...

Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential couturiers of the second half of the 20th century, kept nearly all of his original work. View his private collection and tour his fashion house in Paris, which will become a museum the fal of 2017.

After a year since the horrible attack on the U.S. Capitol, which resulted in five deaths, countless injuries, hundreds of people charged or arrested, and millions of dollars in damages, one would think both parties would have united to decry the assault and bring the instigators to justice, but, i...

Update on the contest: March of 2012, both the regional and global winners will be announced. Regional winners will include six contestants from each region from both the 14-16 age bracket and the 17-18 age bracket. That’s 36 regional winners, if my math’s up to snuff. Prizes for regional winners w

In this edition of "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS," we presents Oncology Pharmacist David King. In his up close and personal interview, David King describes how he found out his HIV status four years ago, even though he believes he was infected in the early stages of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980's. H...

This edition of the series "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS", profiles Jen and Paul Robertson, who are honoring their dear friend interior designer Carl Freiwald. Carl was a native of Michigan who died of AIDS at the age of 49. He was a talented interior designer who worked for the Robertson Brothers in...

Matisse was one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century who, even in his own lifetime, enjoyed a level of popularity envied by other artists. But in 1941, after a near-fatal operation for cancer, he decided to give up painting and sought a new way of drawing in colour. Scissors replaced ...

“So it’s Pride week,” she said. “I wish it could exist 365 days of the year, but I’ll take a f–ing global week. Wow on Friday, the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Yeah, that was when our community said enough is enough. And all hail to so many including miss Marsha P. Johnson. What bravery, what cour