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Monica Enriquez has been a professional seat filler at awards shows for 15 years. She shares her most memorable moments.

Monica Enriquez has been a professional seat filler at awards shows for 15 years. She shares her most memorable moments.

Nineteen-year-old Juliana Lyons calls herself a "confident girl," and yet she still struggles -- every day -- with body image.

Was it a dispute over a parking space or something more sinister that prompted the shooting death of three students in an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus?

Got your flats? Topped up the credit card? Got a handful of euros for gelato and a slice?

In politics, they call it going "off message." In acting, they call it going "off script." In the Catholic Church under Pope Francis, it has become "business as usual."

Rachel Nichols caught up with Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott who led the Buckeyes to the national championship with 246 yards rushing and 4 TDs.

Kelly Wallace talks with a New York City family about social media and the positives of online engagement.

Ted Rowlands explains the fascination with Charles Manson and the brutal crimes he inspired.

Any old city can string up a few lights downtown and call it a holiday celebration.

Famous Jesuits

Their sons -- Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner -- have become symbols of a raging national conversation about police brutality and racial injustice.

Staff Sgt. Edwin Caba served in Afghanistan for nearly three years. Like his fellow soldiers, he longed for a sense of normalcy during his tours.

When Thanksgiving has come and gone, and the turkey gorge is over, you'll probably open up your refrigerator and find all sorts of tinfoil-wrapped casseroles and a lingering eau de sage.

Big wooden planters full of ripe tomatoes. Homemade pickles. Over good wine and grilled steak at the home of Chris and Hugh Hempel, in the hills around Reno, Nevada, the conversation turns to biomedical research and genetics.

Chances are you have a vegan in your life -- a real dyed-in-the-natural-fiber-cruelty-free-wool vegan for whom all animal products are off limits. And perhaps that vegan is threatening a visit to your Thanksgiving table this year.

Victoria's Secret changed an ad campaign that was getting criticized online.