Women refugees are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses in cases where they have been forced to leave their homes.
Advocates for the homeless see hopeful signs in a federal plan unveiled June 22 by the Obama administration.
A $7.3 billion pledge is not enough to stop millions of needless deaths and not enough for the G-8 leaders to say they've lived up to their responsibilities.
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida vetoed a proposed Florida bill, but similar legislation is having more success in other states.
A lower court ruled that an Oregon man could try to hold the Vatican financially responsible for his sexual abuse by a priest.
An independent research group said the leading industrial nations complied with a little more than half of the promises made in 2009.