Just weeks after their romantic Australian vacation, singer Sam Smith and boyfriend Jonathan Zeizel have reportedly called it quits. The 22-year-old Grammy nominee, who is currently in the midst of…
When three local residents bought up the commercial district along the harbor in Fire Island Pines almost five years ago, they planned to transform the renowned yet rundown gay mecca…
WASHINGTON — A bill that would redefine a full-time work week under the Affordable Care Act as 40 hours instead of 30 actually amounts to a break for corporations, Sen….
Hit songs, a best-selling memoir and over two-decades of performing hasn’t made it easier for Jennifer Lopez to get cast in choice roles. – Sign up here for Live Today,…
New year, new plans, new Gerber baby! After going through over 180,000 entries, Gerber has announced the winner of its 2014 “Be Our Baby” photo contest: 7-month-old Grace. – Congratulations…
A measles outbreak traced to Disney theme parks in California led to warnings against visiting the happiest place on Earth if tourists or their children have not been vaccinated against…
If you’re going to bet on the Super Bowl, why not make it a superwager? Not “super” in the sense of exorbitant and unreasonable — “super” as in superhero. Well,…
This summer the Grand-Place in the Belgian city of Mons will be transformed into a blaze of yellow, a field of 7,500 sunflowers celebrating the city’s turn as European capital…
WASHINGTON — Democrats gained their first challenger to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) Thursday, with 30-year-old P.G. Sittenfeld, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, jumping into the 2016 race and…
WASHINGTON — In an effort to fund scientific research in the era of divided government, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is seeking to force lawbreaking pharmaceutical companies to carry a heavier…
Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper” has audiences asking lots of questions. For example: Is the film a piece of war propaganda? Should real-life sniper Chris Kyle actually be considered a hero?…
A Yemeni government spokesman says the cabinet has submitted its resignation to embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi amid a standoff with Shiite rebels who control the capital. – “We…
The roving news correspondent worked his sources in Paris for days, with nary a chance to eat. His efforts paid off, with a couple of exclusive interviews with interesting people…
Lance Armstrong is not mad at Alex Gibney. No, not even though Gibney’s 2013 documentary, which was supposed to be about Armstrong’s triumphant emergence from retirement to compete in the…
A new initiative by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo could pave the way for the appointment of special prosecutors in cases where police kill unarmed suspects. In his State of…
In director Bill Duke’s much buzzed-about documentary “Light Girls,” African-American women share emotional testimonials of what it’s like to grow up black, but light-skinned. Well-known African-American actresses and media personalities…
Jeannine Sargent, president of Innovation and New Ventures at Flextronics, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos about the “IOT,” or internet of things. “We like to say that it’s not…
Middlebrow is a recap of the week in entertainment, celebrity and television news that provides a comprehensive look at the state of pop culture. From the rock bottom to highfalutin,…
Rainn Wilson is an intensely spiritual man, but he doesn’t find that to be at odds with his existence as part of the Hollywood machine. – Sign up here for…
A Florida man burned to death after being trapped in a sauna, his family says. On Sunday, 68-year-old South Florida man Dennis Antiporek left a note telling his family he…
Trips with college friends are fun. Especially ski trips, where you get to shred gnar all day and chug liquor all night. But three University of Michigan fraternities are being…
“People love to look at beautiful things,” says Lori Leibovich, editor of RealSimple.com, explaining why Instagram feeds — including her own — are filled with perfectly staged, flawlessly filtered, charming…
Some people will just never have enough video games. YouTube user Lithium017 is a 27-year-old from Ontario, Canada, who’s amassed a Nintendo collection that he says is worth about $50,000….
Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, said her organization is “not doing enough” despite feeding millions of people because they’re only able to feed “the…
After slamming Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Fox News earlier this week for propping up erroneous reports on “no-go zones” — supposed sections of European cities where Sharia law rules…
Technological advances will drastically change life in the developing world by 2030. Bill Gates is betting on it. In the 2015 Gates Annual Letter, published by the Bill & Melinda…
Richard Glossip wakes up each day knowing that at 6 p.m. on Jan. 29, he’s going to die. The 51-year-old has been on death row ever since he was convicted…
Flavor Flav pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a New York traffic stop last year while he was driving to his mother’s funeral. Read the whole story at USA…
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — ESPN has filed a lawsuit against University of Notre Dame, alleging the school is violating Indiana’s public record laws by withholding police incident reports about…
Fishermen in Australia were stunned last month when they hauled up a shark so strange-looking that it’s been called a “living fossil”–300 teeth and all (scroll down for photos). The…