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And there are just 15 years to accomplish them. Here's a rundown of the 17 aims, which include ending poverty, hunger and AIDS, fixing the environment and giving everyone access to green space.

A Christian-run organization in South Carolina is becoming a popular campaign stop for presidential candidates — Fiorina is at least the fifth GOP candidate to visit this year.

Noramay Cadena left the factories where her parents worked to travel cross-country for school. Now with degrees from MIT, the engineer recalls her journey, with the daughter she raised along the way.

The murder of the 14-year-old black boy and subsequent trial before an all-white jury was an early landmark in the civil rights movement.

Workers at Volkswagen headquarters in Germany are mostly tight-lipped about the company's involvement in a vast emissions scandal, but local residents say they are shocked — and worried about VW's future.

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with Renee Montagne about The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Stanley Nelson's new documentary about the party's rise in the 1960s.

A solidly conservative electorate in Tennessee is coming face to face with an expanding Muslim community, and the tension is apparent.

Iran accuses Riyadh of "incompetence" for the Saudi government's handling of security during the pilgrimage.

The total lunar eclipse, visible in the U.S. Sunday night, is the first since 1982 that's also a supermoon as well as a blood moon.

Rep. John Boehner became the 53rd speaker of the House in 2011. His tenure has been marked by fierce confrontations with Democrats and sometimes his own party.