A father in Armenia was so taken with his newborn son that he refused to let the bundle of joy go, even when his wife threatened to leave him if he insisted that they keep a child born with Down Syndrome.
After several years of run ins with the law and rumors of substance abuse, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is now expected to return to competition in April.
Former *NSYNC singer Lance Bass is breaking his silence over why he came out as gay in 2006. Bass said that “bully bloggers” like Perez Hilton gave him a 24-hour ultimatum to come out or they would expose him.
Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock’s week just got a little worse after one of his staffers was forced to resign for a series of posts over several years on his Facebook account comparing African-Americans to “zoo animals” engaged in a “mating ritual” and attacking them as “hood rats.”
A woman in Tampa, Florida, has set the record for the heaviest baby born at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital. It was just as surprising to the woman as the pregnancy itself, because for 35 weeks, she didn’t even know she was pregnant.
Disgraced former TV news anchor Dan Rather has come to the aid of embattled NBC anchor Brian Williams, saying that Williams is an “honest man.” But Williams is caught up in a scandal of his own making after admitting to lying about being in a helicopter downed by enemy RPG fire in Iraq in 2003.
After 379 years as one of America’s premiere institutes of higher learning, Harvard University has now put a total ban on professors having sex with students.
Despite an admission by NBC News’ Brian Williams that for the last 12 years he has repeatedly and falsely claimed that he was in a helicopter that was hit by an enemy RPG in a war zone in Iraq, NBC executives are still standing behind their nightly news anchor.
Syracuse University has announced that it will self-impose a ban on postseason Orange basketball as punishment for “past mistakes.”
Congressman Aaron Schock (R, IL) is under fire for remodeling his office in a garish Downton Abbey-styled decor. But his taste in decor isn’t the only thing gaining criticism. Ethics watchdogs have charged that he improperly accepted free services from a decorator in the deal.
The National Football League looks set to punish two teams, the Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons, for using technology to violate league rules.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice has been called the most politicized and radical DOJ in American history. But as he prepares to retire from his high position in the Obama administration, Holder is striking back at his detractors by claiming that his office hasn’t been politicized at all.
According to statements made on Tuesday, Florida Democrat Congressman Alan Grayson seems to be preparing a run for the U.S. Senate.
After Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul tweeted that he was taking a booster vaccination for measles, a senior editor at the Daily Beast replied “F— you” to the Republican.
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a fatal plane crash near Denver last year was most likely caused by a pilot who was distracted by taking selfie photos in the cockpit.
After his game-clinching interception, New England Patriots rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler received praise from fans and the media alike. But now he might also be the recipient of the truck Tom Brady won alongside his third Super Bowl MVP award.
Former TV news helicopter pilot Bob “Chopper Bob” Tur has finished the transition to become a female and after being hired by “Inside Edition” has become TV’s first transgender reporter.
The measles outbreak, originally tracked to Disneyland theme parks in California, has grown to over 100 cases, authorities said on Monday.
The winter storm that swept from Kansas eastward, starting on Sunday morning, has become one for the record books, ranking among the top five worst storms in some cities.
After months of sensational exploits and transgressions often fueled by alcohol, Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has entered rehab.
As anti-death penalty activists protested, a Texas death row inmate was executed over the weekend, having been convicted of the brutal murder of a woman while he was on parole for the murder of three other people.
The publishers of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo announced on Saturday that it would put its next issue on hold while its employees recover after losing 12 co-workers to a terror attack early in January.
Obama told NBC, “We make beer. First president since George Washington to make some booze in the White House.”
Sen. Rand Paul took the occasion of former Florida Gov. Jeb’s Bush’s admission that he smoked pot as a teenager as an opportunity to jab his probable 2016 opponent as a hypocrite on the issue of medical marijuana, something Bush opposes.
At the Democratic Party’s political retreat last week, Party officials were so worried about rumors and leaks and so devoted to security that staffers were required to accompany reporters to and from the bathroom.
