Theresa Vargas

Migrant children who might have otherwise received nothing for Christmas were able to fill their arms with puzzles, stuffed animals and other used toys.

The awkward photos. The bizarre holiday decorations. That relative’s habit of arriving late. We never thought we’d miss all that - and now we do.

Patricio Salazar’s final selfless act raises an important question for us all about sexual violence.

Nine in 10 Native Americans say they are not offended by the Washington Redskins name, according to a new Washington Post poll.

Aaron Alexis lived for a time in a bungalow in the woods near a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, Texas, where he occasionally joined Thai immigrants in meditation. Aaron Alexis died Monday in a gun battle with police in a building at the Washington Navy Yard after he killed at least 12 people. In between, the man named as the shooter in Monday's mass murder at Navy Yard Building 197 was discharged from the Navy Reserve, arrested for shooting a bullet into his downstairs neighbor's apartment and then asked to leave his Fort Worth apartment.