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People living with schizophrenia or other serious mental illnesses say a pet can be not just a comforting companion but a reason to stay engaged with other people — and with life.

Reentry programs work like a bridge between the world of corrections and the world of social services. Here's what one of those programs is doing to help folks stay out for good.

Black Americans are largely underrepresented in financial services, comprising about 5% of industry professionals. Northeast Ohio minority financiers are working to bridge the gap through mentorship and job opportunities.

In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.

Young men are twice as likely to die by suicide if they live in rural areas rather than cities, and that disparity is widening. Lack of mental health services is a factor; access to firearms is, too.

Belmont Park in San Diego Beach, Calif., is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite that, the park still has to run its 95-year-old wooden roller coaster every day to keep it working.

Cervical cancer is highly preventable, but the disease kills thousands every year. In part, that's because women don't get screened for it regularly.

We're not talking YA, or young adult, fiction; teens usually want to pick out their own reads. But we've got recommendations for a book for 12-year-olds or younger, maybe something a parent could read with them.

The government vowed to rebuild the city after the 2017 conflict with militants linked to ISIS. But more than 100,000 people are still in displacement camps, waiting for reconstruction.

A new report from the University of Texas at Austin found that nearly 75% of those who died did not have a life sentence. The study's lead researchers says the virus has had a "devastating toll."