Surprised is the best way Dr. Mia Moody-Ramirez, assistant professor of journalism and media arts, said she could describe how she felt when she was told she won the 3rd Annual BU Diversity Award.

John Edwards’ former aide acknowledged Thursday that much of nearly $1 million in campaign supporters’ cash went to build his North Carolina dream house, not to buy the silence of the presidential candidate’s pregnant mistress.

More than 100 large fires have swept across the nation this year, and the head of the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday the rest of the 2012 fire season is expected to be just as active as 2011, which saw historic wildfires on hundreds of square miles in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and elsewhere.

The Senate overcame election-year gender politics Thursday to pass a bill renewing the government’s main domestic violence program.

The Red Men Museum and Library, a simple, red brick building, is not Waco’s most iconic attraction.