Cultures
130-year-old gasholder building on national historic list
A 130-year-old red-brick coal gasholder building in New Hampshire believed to be the last of its type in the country has been named to the National Register of Historic Places
APNewsBreak: Maids to ask Las Vegas hotels for panic buttons
The union representing hotel workers in Las Vegas will ask casino-resort operators to give "panic buttons" to housekeepers as part of their new contracts
Bolivia's Alasitas Fair shines with UNESCO list recognition
Every year, thousands of Bolivians head to the two-week Alasitas festival to buy miniature cars, houses and toy dollar bills symbolizing their dreams of prosperity in one of South America's poorest countries
Maine town manager is fired for touting 'white civil rights'
Officials in a northern Maine have fired a town chairman who publicly espoused white separatist views
Will the unique culture of Miami's Coconut Grove survive?
Amid redevelopment, Miami's oldest neighborhood, Coconut Grove, tries to preserve its unique history, tropical landscape and bohemian culture
Pope: Femicides in Latin America a scourge that must stop
Pope Francis is denouncing femicides and other gender-based crimes that have turned Latin America into the most violent place on Earth for women, calling for legislation to protect them and a new cultural mindset
The Latest: Pope decries killings of women, other violence
Pope Francis is denouncing the killings of women and other gender-based crimes that have turned Latin America into the most violent place on Earth for women
Italian candidate for premier defends 'white race' remark
An Italian premiership hopeful is defending a local candidate for advocating limits on immigrants' numbers to save "our white race"
Maine shed blown to Canada by blizzard being saved, returned
A historic Maine fishing industry shed that was dislodged from its pilings and set adrift by a blizzard and wound up in Canada is being saved
Storm blew historic building to Canada; Maine wants it back
A fishing-industry building on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is half-submerged on a Canadian island _ and could disintegrate before legal tangles are resolved