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The Rev. Charles Perry of Unity Church, in Birmingham, Ala., marries Curtis Stephens, center, and his partner of 30 years, Pat Helms, Monday at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the marriages in the state.

Supreme Court Won't Stop Gay Marriages In Alabama

The move sent a strong signal that the justices soon will legalize gay marriage nationwide; a decision is expected by June. Meanwhile, many Alabama judges are refusing to issue the marriage licenses.

Hema Ramaswamy, a young Indian-American woman with Down syndrome, performs her <em>arangetram</em>, the public presentation of <em>bharata natyam</em>, a classical South Indian dance form.

How Hema Ramaswamy Found Healing Through Traditional Indian Dance

Down syndrome and two major surgeries couldn't stop Hema Ramaswamy, who turned to classical Indian dance as a form of artistic and physical healing.

Iraqi Kurdish soldiers, or peshmerga, patrol an area in the recently recaptured town of Zumar, near Mosul in northern Iraq on Oct. 29. When the Islamic State captured the town in August, the Kurds fled. Now that the Kurds are in control, the Arabs are all gone.

In A Back-And-Forth Battle, An Iraqi Town Splits On Ethnic Lines

When the Islamic State seized the town of Zumar, the Kurds fled. Now Kurdish fighters have taken control, and it's the Arabs who have been driven out. Is this the future of Iraq?

A bicycle messenger struggles through the snow in downtown Cleveland on Friday.

Yes, The Weather Is Polar. No, It's Not The Vortex

Meteorologists are annoyed by the hype around the phrase "polar vortex." This week's frigid snap, they say, was just a regular old cold front.

Peter Kassig, who changed his first name to Abdul-Rahman when he converted to Islam, is shown with a truck filled with aid supplies for Syrian refugees.

ISIS Issues Video Showing Beheading Of American Aid Worker

The self-declared Islamic State released a new video Sunday that shows the beheading of hostage Peter Kassig, who was kidnapped in Syria last year.

A global positioning receiver on the top of a combine harvester at a farm in Warwick, Md., in June. The equipment uses sensors and computers to help drive the combine along the route where the crops were planted, judge the composition of a crop and generate crop yield reports.

Big Data Companies Agree: Farmers Should Own Their Information

Farmers depend on "Big Data" these days, but some worry the companies collecting information about their operations might misuse it. New privacy guidelines are supposed to protect farmers' interests.

Marvel's 'Black Panther' Isn't Just Another Black Superhero

The recently announced feature, scheduled for November 2017, may be the first Afrofuturist film with a shot of blockbuster success.

Shinichi Suzuki makes a rare visit to Britain in 1980 to demonstrate the method he developed for learning to play the violin.

'Twinkle' Sparks Fireworks As Fiddler Guts Violin Method

Fiddler Mark O'Connor claims Shinichi Suzuki, creator of the popular Suzuki Method of violin instruction, was a fraud. O'Connor has created his own teaching system.

Filmmaker and musician Melvin Van Peebles' new album with the London band The Heliocentrics is titled <em>The Last Transmission</em>.

When The Lights Go Down, Who Will Hear 'The Last Transmission'?

Famed film director Melvin Van Peebles joined the band The Heliocentrics to create music inspired by the sounds and signals of deep space exploration.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and other leaders at the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.

G20 Leaders Pledge Growth, Threaten More Sanctions On Russia

The meeting wrapped up with a pledge to grow global output by 2.1 percent in the next five years, but Russia's President Vladimir Putin got the cold shoulder.

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