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In "We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story," the actor talks about his parents' struggles to make a life for him.

Ramona Charette Klein is among the survivors who testified last week in Washington D.C., that physical and sexual abuse was rampant in those institutions.

At 86, Ruth Whitfield was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was killed at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas greets a new parliament with a call for moderation from the incoming Hamas majority. He also urged the United States and European powers not to disrupt funding to Palestinians.

A show in Washington, D.C., features paintings, lithographs and other representations of the banjo. One of America's most endearing musical instruments also played a turbulent role in racial history.

Gary Shteyngart came to the United States in 1979 as a 7 year old Soviet-Jewish kid. He left behind a life of childhood bliss to become a self-described depressive nerd. He's all grown up now, and his new novel, Absurdistan, imagines an oil-rich country run by kleptocrats and oil giants.

Faster processors, better graphics -- and a cooler design -- are on display at the 2006 E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo) in Los Angeles, where Sony, Nintendo and other video game makers try to impress attendees. Among the hits so far: a Playstation 3 demo and Nintendo's Wii.

Members of Congress hope to block a deal that would place control of several U.S. ports in foreign hands. Dubai Ports World has agreed to buy a company that operates six major seaports. Federal officials insist the purchase does not pose a security risk.

What was once a sleepy little airbase in southern Spain is now the busiest base in the U.S. Air Force. The Moron base is the main transit point between the United States and Iraq and Afghanistan. Thousands of tons of war supplies, tanker planes and squadrons of fighters now pass through Moron. It's a vital link in the U.S. supply chain -- but it's not very popular with many Spaniards.

The last one-room school in the state of Hawaii closed in 2005, just a few weeks before the school year began. There had been a school in the village of Ke'anae, on the north coast of Maui, for 96 years.