Rio's thriving art scene surrounds World Cup
Street art is embraced in Brazil like few places in the world
Team USA gears up for do-or-die match
As team prepares to play Belgium has Jozy Altidore's strained hamstring healed?
Team USA faces "dangerous" opponent in next World Cup match
America's thrilling victory over Ghana has fans in the Amazon excited, even talking up the team's chances against powerhouse Portugal
Racism at World Cup casts shadow over soccer's big event
The World Cup began with a multicultural celebration but it wasn't long before the racist chants came
Can Rio be ready for the World Cup?
Protests, unfinished stadiums among the problems - and next up is the Olympics
60 years after Brown v Board of Education, a school fights for diversity
Decades after the landmark Supreme Court ruling, studies show segregation is still widespread
Three lacrosse players dominate sport their ancestors created
Three of the best lacrosse players in the U.S. all attend the same school -- and are all members of the same family
Concerns mount over dangers of transporting oil by rail
Government is proposing new rules to improve the safety of oil tanker cars, but people living near railroads live in fear of explosions
WWII POWs finally recognized as heroes
American airmen who were held in Swiss internment camps had been scorned as cowards, but now their true story is known
Boston photographer forges bond with wounded subjects
John Tlumacki was haunted by the images he captured of Boston Marathon bombing victims; by documenting their recovery, he, too, found healing
Mich. school flips traditional ideas on homework upside down
Students at Clintondale High School listen to lectures at home and do homework in school, a strategy that's improving the graduation rate and college enrollment
Pope Francis is popular with U.S. Catholics but will they return to church?
One quarter of Catholics say their faith has deepened one year into Francis' papacy
N.Y. officials join call for smartphone "kill switch"
Forty percent of robberies involve smartphones, and officials say requiring a "kill switch" will make phones useless to thieves
Mutts win place alongside purebreds at country's oldest dog show
For the first time, the Westminster dog show allowed mixed-breed dogs to enter in agility competition
To fight fraud, credit card companies push more secure technology
So-called smart cards are used widely in Europe, Canada and Latin America, but not in the United States