Even in the land of the free, civil disobedience can carry a heavy price. Seth Cohen, a fourth-year political science student, knows this all too well after trespassing on a military base during a protest. Read more...

In an age of routine flights and technological advances, the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday hit a nation that felt immune to accidents with new fears about space exploration. Read more...

Skyward sorrow has once again united Americans in mourning and attracted deep sympathy from people around the world. Seven astronauts died early Saturday, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in midair over East Texas, on its way to Cape Canaveral, Fla. Read more...

The death of seven astronauts in the Columbia tragedy this weekend brings human life and the pursuit of progress into perspective. A space accident of similar proportions had not occurred since the explosion of the Challenger upon lift off in 1986. Read more...

UCLA’s Asian Pacific Coalition has begun its fight against the Racial Privacy Initiative ““ which could ban collection of race and ethnic-related data in California ““ more than a year before the measure hits the ballot. Read more...

More than 400 demonstrators wearing and waving blue, yellow and red flags gathered Sunday at the Federal Building to demand the resignation of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Read more...

Tori Youngblood learned of the fate of the Columbia when she logged online to check her e-mail Saturday. Reacting with “horror, absolute horror,” all she said she could think about was the the last fatal NASA disaster in 1986. Read more...