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Rosalinda, 9, is a homeless child living on the streets of Romania.

Native adoption trend takes hold in Eastern Europe

Adoption | Every year since 1990, thousands of American families have adopted children from overseas—22,700 annually at the peak in 2005, according to State Department figures. Many of those were from Eastern Europe. But the…

Pregnant women from China shop in a suburb east of downtown Los Angeles, where so-called 'maternity hotels' are attracting attention.

No vacancy at California birth hotels

Immigration |  Technically legal under the Constitution, hotels for foreign women who want to give birth in America are igniting a new immigration debate

Teresa Scanlan being crowned Miss America in January 2011

Miss America settles in to college life

Education |  Winning the title was rewarding but challenging, says Teresa Scanlan, who attends Patrick Henry College and aspires to political office

Karen King

Papyrus fragment suggesting Jesus was married faces authenticity questions

Religion |  A fragment of papyrus suggesting some early Christians believed Jesus was married made an international media splash last week, but the Harvard University…

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