KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots reggae musician, has died. He was 70.
One of Brooks' sisters, P...
Two years ago the Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the region, seriously damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant, sending radiated...
I'd like to recall the Mary Semans who was known for her humility, her courage, and, yes, her emotional intelligence -- attributes you might not normally associate with an "heiress."
Although some sea cows managed to find warmer waters near Florida power plants, others did not fend so well during Florida's cold snaps. The Florida F...
Renaissance woman and famous inspiration for designer Yves St Laurent's iconic women's tuxedo Loulou de la Falaise has died at age 63 after a battle w...
NEWBURGH, N.Y. ā Angela Gilliam called the police at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday. She was worried about her niece's well-being and said there was a domestic t...
The fish men see her still, their Annie, in the hide-and-seek shadows of South Street. She's telling her dirty jokes and doing anything for a buck: hu...
As of Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at least 1,260 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in l...
If you feel like you've been reading an awful lot of bad news lately, there's a reason. The Daily News is reporting that murders are up 15% in New Yor...
By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative Fund
One day in March 2009, hospital workers misread small print on a computer screen,...
I am intrigued with the idea of our nation as a whole taking the no-phone pledge. I agree with Oprah that we are facing a serious crisis. In the hands of a driver, a cell phone is a dangerous tool.
By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative Fund
Concerned about potential safety risks in health information technology, the U.S....
A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem ...
Why, after a decade of decreasing deaths, has New York's progress in reducing women's mortality stumbled so badly? Following the money gives a dismaying answer: the Bloomberg administration.
LOS ANGELES Socialite Casey Johnson was already dead when an ambulance was called to her Los Angeles home, according to the woman who made the 911 ca...
With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and rese...