VIDEO: World Cup fever has hit the United Nations as diplomats in their national jerseys gathered for the opening games of the championship soccer tournament. But they have hardly hit the ‘pause’ button in the search for world peace. As the recent Olympic Games in South Korea demonstrate, the fellowship of sport can spark opportunities for dialogue — and peace.

An overwhelming number of Americans — nearly 90 percent — believe in God and they also have an idea of what he looks like. Most people think he looks like them. Their impression of whether he is old or young, handsome or masculine depends on their political bent.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY   On June 15, 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper, a formerly enslaved man, is the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. During his four years at West Point, Flipper was never spoken to by a white cadet. (Photo: Cadet Henry O. Flipper in his West Point cadet uniform circa 1877.)

StoryCorps: Kay Wang, 87, had a reputation for being strong-willed. The grandmother shares stories with her son and granddaughter about disobeying her mother and rebuffing suitors while growing up in China, as well as later-in-life adventures as a detective for a US department store.

VIDEO:  VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID, about how medical officials and authorities are able to contain Ebola outbreaks and the changes in behavior necessary to do so.

VIDEO: Republican and Democratic lawmakers took to the field Thursday night for the annual congressional charity baseball game. It fell on the first anniversary of a shooting spree at a practice last year that almost killed U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise .

Growing up, Timothy “Twix” Ward’s family recognized something special about him. “It wasn’t until I got older that I knew who I was, that I was different from everyone else,” said the member of the  San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona .

President Donald Trump took the unusual step Friday of taking several questions from reporters outside the White House, and defended his actions on North Korea and immigration while mounting a fresh attack on the Russia probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller.