Three corrections officers charged with seriously injuring an inmate during a beating at Attica state prison in 2011 have pleaded guilty. – Corrections officials say they had been suspended without…
With 20.4 million Instagram followers, a modeling contract with Estee Lauder and a reality show about her own family, 19-year-old Kendall Jenner isn’t the most relatable human being on earth….
So, this is about as small as life can get. Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley have captured the first detailed microscopic images of…
Hollywood’s diversity problem is far from shocking. Over the past few years, studies have highlighted the profitability of diverse casting and the lack of minority representation both in film and…
Forbes reported Monday that former NBA superstar Michael Jordan has failed for the 29th straight year to become the richest person in the world. – No word from Jordan’s financial…
BEIJING — Public revulsion over China’s putrid air has been mounting for years, and now the country might have its gotten its own version of “An Inconvenient Truth.” In a…
A nonagenarian has started a new career as a valuable part of Silicon Valley’s tech world, bringing her years of wisdom to the industry. When Barbara Beskind was a child,…
Khloe Kardashian just went from blonde to blonder. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star was spotted walking through Los Angeles International Airport after hitting up Ryan Seacrest’s birthday party…
Eating disorders see no age, and a group of women opened up to HuffPost Live on Friday about having struggled and recovered from eating disorders later in life. – Sign…
The country’s largest state university system says it doesn’t discriminate against former prison inmates. Applicants say otherwise. Read the whole story at The Marshall Project
Not a bird? No problem. Several species can achieve takeoff using their skin, ribs and even silk to glide through air. These animals take the phrase “when pigs fly” to…
Theodor Seuss Geisel, more commonly known as the beloved American author and illustrator Dr. Seuss and born 111 years ago today, was made part of the pro-vaccine movement in the…
The platform that launched the careers of singers like Justin Bieber and Austin Mahone is now contributing to the music world with its own awards event. – Follow HuffPost Teen…
All the ’80s you could ask for. What could be more ’80s than a mashup of “The Wolf of Wall Street,” a film about the financial and drug-using excesses of…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been cited for possessing pot inside a container that had been slapped with a label reading: “Not Weed.” The Lincoln…
Guinness will resume its sponsorship of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a year after it pulled out because lesbian and gay groups weren’t allowed to march in the…
“Looking” star Russell Tovey is feeling the heat after making controversial remarks about masculinity in a new interview. The 33-year-old actor, who is openly gay, spoke to The Guardian about…
“Citizenfour,” the Oscar-winning documentary about Edward Snowden’s 2013 NSA leaks, is now available to watch online for free via Thought Maybe. (The full movie can be streamed below.) The film,…
Nelson Shanks, who painted a portrait of former President Bill Clinton in 2006, revealed in an interview published Sunday that there’s more to the image than meets the eye, including…
Mister Rogers can still make us feel better. – H/T Laughing Squid
There are many things that can befall a basketball player. The entire basket collapsing on you probably doesn’t come first to mind. – H/T Deadspin
On Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the talk show host joined the masses of celebrities, politicians, and parent bloggers who have weighed in on the topic of vaccines. For…
Dozens of young Turkish flag football players stretch on a field at Istanbul Technical University on March 1. ISTANBUL — At first glance, the scene of boisterous young athletes stretching…
A Florida man accused of attempting to steal a $2.5 million airplane told police he needed to “go to Chicago,” authorities say. – The airplane valued at $2.5 million.
Dominic Sherwood has appeared in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Not Fade Away” and “Vampire Academy,” but his big break came when Taylor Swift’s “Style” video premiered last month. He…
Susana Polo has left The Mary Sue, a popular “geek girl culture” site she founded in 2011, in order to join Vox Media’s Polygon gaming vertical, FishbowlNY reported Monday. Polo…
Three British schoolgirls believed to have gone to Syria to become “jihadi” brides. Three young men charged in New York with plotting to join the Islamic State group and carry…
The Forbes 500 is still, as Finance — banking, investing, hedge funds and private equity — accounted for 14 percent of the world’s 500 richest people in 2015, as listed…
Just a couple tantalizing weeks before the release of the film adaptation of Insurgent, the second novel of Veronica Roth’s hit Divergent trilogy, Roth fans have even more cause for…
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