Donora, Pennsylvania, once housed a thriving steel mill that stretched for about two miles, though that factory closed more than 50 years ago. Today, the town of about 5,000 people has no gas station, ...

A roof collapse at Rickards Middle School became a symbol of the many problems with construction in Broward schools, and a project to rebuild the school has done little to restore confidence.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Nearly two dozen children in the tiny village of Sleetmute, Alaska, arrive for school each morning to a small brown ...