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On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers — mostly young, immigrant women — lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. On the 100th anniversary of the tragedy, people around the country are remembering the victims, and the labor legacy they inspired.

Martin Ramirez was a Mexican immigrant who spent more than 30 years in California psychiatric hospitals. At the time, much of his work was thrown away, but today, he is hailed as one of the giants of 20th century art.

Remember the Sears kit houses from the early 1900s, ordered from a catalog and assembled on-site? Now, online designers around the world are building WikiHouses out of plywood pieces that fit together like a puzzle. No nails, no fasteners, no adhesives. Just slot-together joints and the Internet.

There are 200 community food banks in the U.S. providing free groceries to the needy. About two dozen of them, including one in Hillside, N.J., run community kitchens that train people for careers in the culinary arts.

Three garbage bins have been transformed into swimming pools on an industrial lot in Brooklyn. The idea of swimming in a trash container grosses you out? Think again. They're clean. They're lined with sheets of plastic, and the water is chlorinated and filtered.

Travis Garrett, 28, faces nine total counts in the death of Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy Brian LaVigne, who was killed before his last shift heading into retirement.

DeSantis' comments were in response to an FBI report that groups were planning to protest at all 50 state capitols leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Each year, the FBI releases statistics for hate crimes across the U.S., and they recently issued their report for 2009.

Lilith Fair, one of the most successful festivals of the '90s, featured a full lineup of women artists. It's back this summer after a 10-year hiatus, but is a women's music festival necessary in 2010?

Hendricks puts words to jazz in insanely complex vocal arrangements of instrumental solos.

In an era when some classical musicians are struggling, New York-based flutist Claire Chase, the founder of the International Contemporary Ensemble, is keeping very busy.

Here's what lawmakers from around the state had to say about Wednesday's protests.

The extremists are calmly milling about the Capitol grounds, despite the D.C. curfew in effect. The relatively peaceful dispersal is in stark contrast with response to the summer's BLM protests.

The decision comes after university officials announced plans to discontinue the college in October amid budget cuts.

President-elect Joe Biden went on television to urge President Donald Trump to "demand an end to this siege."

Florida Republicans, including many who have supported Trump, took to social media to disavow the violence.

Members of Congress returned to the floor after pro-Trump extremists stormed the Capitol and halted certification proceedings.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., said she could not longer object to the results "in good conscience," following the violence at the U.S. Capitol.

After a difficult year following the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Louisville has a new police chief, Erika Shields, who resigned as Atlanta police chief after the shooting of Rayshard Brook

A Pinellas County law professor who worked in the U.S. Senate expressed dismay over the violence in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.

Lawmakers returned to the Capitol after hours of chaos in which protesters forced their way into the building and abruptly halted Congress' tally of Electoral College votes.

A violent pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as lawmakers were certifying Electoral College votes. One of the most shocking parts of the attack was how quickly it happened.

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock's wins in the Georgia Senate runoffs cements Democrats' control of the Senate for the next two years, but comes as polarization and political violence are on the rise.

Some in the pro-Trump crowd that gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday night said they had little hope of overturning the election results, but that they were determined to send a message.

Black voters and activists in Savannah, Ga., where Revered Rafael Warnock grew up, are celebrating his historic victory over the GOP challenger in one of the state's Senate runoff elections.