HONG KONG — The captain of a ferry that collided with another passenger vessel in 2012, leaving 39 people dead in Hong Kong’s worst maritime accident in decades, was found…
Owens had been a diabetic since he was 8. He died Thursday surrounded by relatives at his Los Angeles area home, his son Chris Owens said. “His body just kind…
Officers involved in the investigation of a deadly police shooting in southeastern Washington pleaded with the public on Friday to not make a tense situation any worse. “It’s a stressful…
MONTERREY, Feb 13 (Reuters) – At least 16 were killed and 30 injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus on a highway in the north of…
MOSCOW — In some places, say New York, the panic over snow often begins as soon as there is a forecast for it. In Russia, where it is a bit…
Canadian police said Friday they’ve foiled a plan by at least two suspects to kill people in a public place in the Halifax-area – Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney…
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia requested Thursday that people not describe him as “anti-gay” based on his judicial decisions, according to the Washington Blade. “Don’t paint me as anti-gay or…
Watching “Fifty Shades of Grey” in a massive theater surrounded by 100-plus New York media types was An Experience. There was some titillation, a moderate amount of cringing and a…
www.fishwrapper.com: It’s Halle Berry, she’s unbelievably gorgeous, and that’s a universal fact. But, and this is the part that’s going to break your heart, there’s still talk about plastic surgery….
Amy Mitchum loves the way her daughter’s kindergarten classmates’ eyes light up when she tells them she works with robots. The 38-year-old Volkswagen factory worker is a graduate of the…
Kate Upton is having a Marilyn moment. Upton appears topless in a recent black and white photo taken by photographer Sebastian Faena. Faena shared the image on Instagram Thursday and…
“I am announcing today that I will resign as Governor of the State of Oregon. It is not in my nature to walk away from a job I have undertaken…
When you think of BDSM, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” which hits theaters today, is probably what comes to mind. But it’s not only young, sculpted people who are embracing the…
Smokers are less likely to seek cigarettes if the packaging is plain, as opposed to packs that have brands on them, according to new research from the Universities of Exeter…
LONDON — When Arnaud Bertrand helped found HouseTrip, a vacation rental website, in 2009, his goal was to build a rival in Europe to Airbnb, which was then a year-old…
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes delivered a gripping speech Thursday night using the recent shooting deaths of three Muslim students to make a statement about all “senseless” killings of young people nationwide….
Wedding photography is sometimes looked at as too commercial to be true art. But Italian photographer Giuseppe Marano believes that weddings can be the subject of some truly transcendent photos….
Dr. Helen Fisher, Scott Muska and Paige Tutt join HuffPost Live to explain why people who use emojis are twice as likely to get married. Watch the video here.
On Feb. 13 and Feb. 14, 1945, in the last year of World War II, American and British bombers flattened the German city of Dresden, engulfing the picturesque medieval town…
On a recent night, with Valentine’s Day looming, I went out for drinks with a woman I know and a few of her friends. It was a Thursday, and the…
The fathers of three young Muslims allegedly slain by a neighbor who was angry over parking spots stood before their caskets Thursday and urged a crowd of thousands to protect…
Major Earthquakes since 2000:(selected timeline of earthquakes around the world with death tolls exceeding 100) June 4, 2000 – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes southern Sumatra, Indonesia, killing an estimated…
Sunday, Feb. 15, marks the 15th anniversary of Fox’s “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionare?” — the beauty pageant in which women competed for the prize of marriage. If that…
Despite an increase in diagnoses, plenty of stigma still surrounds attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Adults with ADHD (or parents of children with the disorder) are often somehow blamed…
NEW YORK — Drew Cochran, 18, grew up in the “middle of nowhere” Idaho, where he said he rarely — if ever — saw a homeless person on the street….
I’m back from a snowy week in Luxembourg thanks to the US Embassy and a program that they have to train young entrepreneurs. I spent the week training young people…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 13 (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed on Friday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in a series of explosions targeting a Shi’ite mosque, in…
The New Orleans Police Department says two people are in critical condition after a shooting along a Mardi Gras parade route in uptown. – The city will host several parades…
Red Cross volunteers helping to safely bury people who die of Ebola in Guinea have been attacked in recent days by people attending the funerals, complicating efforts to stop the…
To mark World Radio Day, meet the young people taking over the airwaves. ‘I’m no longer lonely’ “I’ve never met my dad. He went to live in Korea when my…