Labor Of (Someone Else’s) Love: My Summer Planning Weddings In Italy
When I was 20, my college’s funded internship program wrote me a check for $3,000. Instead of hunkering down in an LA production office to slog through slush piles—as a…
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3 Things To Consider When Deciding How Much To Spend On A Wedding Gift
The rules of wedding etiquette are constantly changing, making it difficult for modern brides, grooms and guests to find up-to-date and correct information. That’s why we launched #MannersMondays, a series…
Inside Rosie O’Donnell’s Departure From ‘The View’
When Rosie O’Donnell made her triumphant return to “The View” in September, she promised a calmer version of the host who previously fled the program in 2007 after a single…
Scarlett Johansson Says Her Baby Looks ‘Completely Different’ From What She’d Imagined
First-time mom Scarlett Johansson is learning that motherhood is full of surprises. – For more with Scarlett Johansson, pick up the March issue of W, on newsstands later this week.
Alumni’s Open Letter To ‘Princeton Mom’: Rape Is Rape
Author and so-called “Princeton Mom” Susan Patton received yet another stinging rebuke in the school’s paper for her comments about date rape. More than 100 alumni from the class of…
Will You Be Disappointed On Valentine’s Day? Let This Flowchart Find Out For You
Are you human? It’s totally normal to feel like Valentine’s Day has to be an unforgettably romantic experience. After all, jewelers, florists, restaurants and greeting card companies depend on it!…
Taylor Swift’s Feud With Diplo Is Allegedly Over
Taylor Swift didn’t end up taking home any Grammys on Sunday night, but that’s okay since she was apparently busy mending fences. – So have the two made up? Well,…
Inside The Koch Campaign To Reform Criminal Justice
WASHINGTON — Koch Industries, Inc., the corporation led by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, is holding discussions with a coalition of strange bedfellows to tackle criminal justice reform. In…
California Pledges Changes In Protecting Underground Water
California is proposing sweeping changes in the way it protects underground drinking-water supplies from oil-and-gas operations. – Chief state oil and gas regulator Steve Bohlen says California will be making…
Activist Who Underwent Female Genital Mutilation Helps Girls Escape Practice, Child Marriage
Kenyan activist Agnes Pareyio opened up to HuffPost Live about undergoing female genital mutilation, or FGM, and why she’s since dedicated her life to abolishing the practice, as part of…
U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Steps Down
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service is leaving his post, the agency said on Monday, in the latest top level departure this year…
Florida Law Would Make It A Crime For Transgender People To Use Public Bathrooms
A proposed bill in Florida would make it illegal for a person to enter a public facility designated as single-sex if the person was not born a biological member of…
Here’s The First Full Trailer For Your New Netflix Obsession, ‘Bloodline’
Meet the Rayburns, the newest Netflix family with dark, unnerving secrets. In the first full trailer for Netflix’s original series “Bloodline,” Kyle Chandler’s John Rayburn says in a foreboding voiceover,…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Launches Medicaid Expansion
NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The state of Pennsylvania has launched an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program, its governor Tom Wolf said in a statement on Monday….
E.L. James Hasn’t Congratulated Sam Taylor-Johnson For ‘Fifty Shades’ Yet
Much has been made about the conflict-heavy environment of the “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Director Sam Taylor-Johnson allegedly clashed with the book’s author, E.L. James, as Taylor-Johnson struggled to breathe…
Pope Francis: A Christian Who Doesn’t Protect Creation Doesn’t Care About The Work Of God
VATICAN CITY (RNS) If you are a Christian, protecting the environment is part of your identity, not an ideological option, Pope Francis said Monday (Feb. 9). “When we hear that…
It’s A Big Week For Pope Francis At The Vatican
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Monday (Feb. 9) began what could be a key week for his reformist papacy, starting with meetings with his hand-picked kitchen cabinet of nine…
You Won’t Need Cable To Watch The Final Episodes Of ‘Mad Men’
Cord cutters who are fans of Don Draper and Rick Grimes are in luck. Sling TV, Dish’s $20-per-month live-TV streaming service, will add AMC to its small lineup of channels,…
Roy Moore Channels George Wallace In Stand Against Marriage Equality
WASHINGTON — By 1963, much of the United States was on its way to desegregation. It had been nine years since the Supreme Court issued its Brown v. Board decision…
Grammys Performer Says Music, Expression Helped Her Through Sex Trafficking Trauma
When Brooke Axtell was a child, her nanny took her to the basement of a strange house and sold her to men who raped her. – Read the whole story…
Experts Say Mexico Botched Missing Students Investigation
Mexico’s attorney general’s office on Monday questioned assertions by an Argentine-led team of forensics experts who expressed doubts about the government’s conclusion that 43 missing college students were all killed…
Little Kids Learn The Same Way Pigeons Do
We often point to language as evidence of our species’ superiority. But the way humans learn language may not be so foreign to other animals, after all. A new study…
Hilarious Video From The Onion Nails How Annoying Unsolicited Parenting Advice Is
The moment you have a child, you start getting parenting advice from every person who has ever had an opinion about raising a kid. You nod politely, but secretly roll…
Professors Banned From Using Titles In Op-Eds Under Proposed Bill
Professors and other university employees wouldn’t be able to criticize or praise lawmakers, the governor or other elected officials in letters to the editor if they use their official titles,…
Watch These Teens Hilariously Struggle With A Nintendo Power Glove
Old technology is making a hilarious comeback in the latest video from The Fine Brothers. As part of their “Teens React” series on their YouTube channel, the guys recorded teens’…
Has Michael Sam Been Frozen Out Of The NFL A Year After Coming Out?
It was a year ago – the Sunday after Super Bowl XLVIII at 8pmET – that Michael Sam turned speculation into reality: One of college football’s best players, and a…
Bernie Sanders Says He’ll Skip Netanyahu’s Speech To Congress
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday he would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress next month. – “I don’t want to be coy,…
Threats And Targeted Intimidation Against Abortion Clinic Staff Have Significantly Increased Since 2010
Life for abortion clinic staff has become increasingly dangerous since 2010. Published in October 2014, the Feminist Majority Foundation’s 2014 National Clinic Violence survey found that abortion clinic doctors and…
Obama Blames Fox News, MSNBC For Increasing Political Polarization
During part one of an in-depth interview with Vox, President Barack Obama weighed in on the driving forces behind the current polarization of American politics. Perhaps not all too surprisingly,…
John Oliver To Ecuadoran President: ‘If Your Skin Was Any Thinner, You’d Be A Taint’
John Oliver roasted one of Latin America’s most sensitive presidents on Sunday for attempting to confront his critics on Twitter. The segment poked fun at Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, whose…