The nation's foreign exchange student programs need better federal oversight, the State Department's internal watchdog concludes in a new report following a scandal in which students were placed in shoddy homes in Pennsylvania. Acting Inspector General Harold Geisel said in the report, released this week, the department's ...

A Roman Catholic bishop criticized for his autocratic management style announced Monday that he is stepping down for health reasons, saying that tension within the diocese about his ideas and governance style led to insomnia and crippling physical fatigue. Scranton Bishop Joseph Martino, 63, had been leading ...

During his year as a foreign exchange student in the United States, 18-year-old Carlos Villarreal lived not with a welcoming family, but with two ex-convicts in a seedy house that smelled of dog feces and where the food was labeled "DO NOT TOUCH." He ...

Fuel is cheaper than it was last year, so maybe it's time to think about the ultimate all-American vacation — the road trip. You could drag out an atlas or a stack of maps, or you could just browse the Web for information on routes such ...