A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon between 1904 and the 1960s.

Biscayne Bay activists rejoiced after the city of Miami unanimously passed a resolution that was supposed to protect the marine birds of Mangrove Island last week.

An ambitious project is moving forward to make sure one of Miami's most historic neighborhoods stays that way as it approaches its 100th year anniversary.