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GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the number of poor in cities over the...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A jury weighing the fate of murderer Jodi Arias is set to resume deliberations on Wednesday on whether sh...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citize...
DENVER (Reuters) - The judge who will hear the capital murder case against accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes has a...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's h...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prospects for passage of a major immigration bill improved on Thursday when a bipartisan group of lawm...
DOVER, Delaware (Reuters) - Delaware legalized gay marriage on Tuesday, making it the 11th U.S. state to extend marriage righ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The officer in charge of a program to curb sexual assault in the U.S. Air Force was arrested over the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will travel on Thursday to Austin, Texas, the first stop in a new series of day...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he is comfortable with a U.S. government agency's decisio...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Eight police officers were hurt and 18 protesters arrested in Seattle on Wednesday when a May Day rally t...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it would allow the Plan B One-Step contraceptive...
(Reuters) - NBA player Jason Collins, who became the first gay man to come out while playing in one of America's major pr...
(Reuters) - Prominent criminal defense lawyer Judy Clarke, who has represented defendants in some of the most high-profile de...
(Reuters) - Jason Collins, a veteran center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court set the terms for boosting college admissions of African Ame...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League will step up its efforts to fight discrimination based on sexual orientatio...
Beatles star Paul McCartney has thrown his weight behind Tony Bennett's campaign to tighten gun laws in the U.S.The veter...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fox television on Tuesday pulled a recent episode of animated series "Family Guy" from tele...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the thr...
(Reuters) - A Texas man used a gun to commit suicide in the infield of a National Rifle Association-sponsored NASCAR race at ...
Tragic pop icon Michael Jackson had an implant fitted under his skin in a bid to stop feeling pleasure from opiates, accordin...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday proposed a budget that sharply trims the U.S. deficit over three years by...
Brad Paisley has defended his controversial new collaboration with LL Cool J after the song sparked a barrage of criticism fo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to overhaul the immigration system would likely be completed by the end of this week, two senio...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make "morning-after" eme...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other entitlement programs in a budget p...
LONDON (Reuters) - The global economy is recovering - although the younger you are and the longer you've been out of work...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With business and labor now in agreement, a bipartisan group of senators has resolved all major issues...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After two days of Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage, the United States may be left with t...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Supreme Court justices on Wednesday indicated they could be inclined to strike down a la...
Gucci Mane is in police custody in Atlanta, Georgia after officials issued a warrant for his arrest last week.The hip-hop sta...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the second day running, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will confront the issue of gay marriage, he...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight months before President Barack Obama's health care law goes prime time, a confederation of i...
Veteran rocker Rod Stewart has dedicated a track on his first self-penned album in 22 years to the daughter he gave up for ad...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The majority of Americans favor giving millions of illegal immigrants a way to earn citizenship, accor...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - An Ohio teenager wearing a T-shirt with "killer" scrawled on it gave a profane statement ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans plan to embrace tactics to attract more racial minorities, women, youth and low-income Ame...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading congressional Republicans said on Sunday a broad deal with President Barack Obama on deficit r...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, called President Barack Obama a liar and u...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona will argue before the Supreme Court on Monday that it is within its rights to demand voters show ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama met on Wednesday with his toughest critics in Washington - House of Representat...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation easily passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday to avert another partisan budget b...
Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen has joined rockers Train by pulling out of a slot at the upcoming Boy Scouts of America Jamboree as...
MIAMI (Reuters) - In a new book published on Tuesday former Florida Governor Jeb Bush seeks to claim the middle ground on the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four months after his bitter election defeat, a reflective Mitt Romney said it "kills" him n...
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, whose anti-smoking campaign and outspoken, controversial positions o...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of U.S. citizens believe that most or all of the country's 11 million illegal immig...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a fresh push on Tuesday to force congressional Republicans to make co...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is drafting a backup immigration reform plan in case a bipartisan congressional commit...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama challenged a divided Congress on Tuesday to raise the minimum wage and mak...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will give his State of the Union address on Tuesday with one eye on the politic...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who styles himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff,"...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arab-American groups have sharply criticized a Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad depicting an Arab walking thro...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Couples wanting to improve their sex lives may want to look at how they divide household chores, because...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American actress Ashley Judd and her Scottish race car driver husband Dario Franchitti are ending the...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put...
DALLAS (Reuters) - Boy Scouts of America is considering ending a longstanding national ban on gay youth and adult members and...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will wade cautiously into the debate over U.S. immigration reform on Tuesday, s...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has agreed on a framework for immigration reform that would provid...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he loves football but thinks the sport should "probably change gradua...
Singer Tina Turner says she's renouncing her U.S. citizenship to instead become a citizen of Switzerland, according to me...
(Reuters) - The percentage of workers belonging to unions tumbled to 11.3 percent in 2012, the lowest percentage in 76 years,...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will formally end its ban on women serving in front-line combat roles, officials sai...
(Reuters) - Home visits and doctor's office interventions to prevent child abuse appear to have only limited success, wit...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - America's concern over gun violence became the focus of speeches in Atlanta on Monday honoring Dr. Ma...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Ronald Reagan declared in 1981 that "government is not the solution to our p...
By Gene EmeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting the flu vaccine while pregnant does not increase the odds that the fetus wil...
Singers Frank Ocean, Adam Lambert and Rufus Wainwright are among the nominees for the 2013 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Def...
Country singer Kenny Chesney gave an emotional performance on U.S. TV on Monday night to mark the first month anniversary of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday rejected any negotiation with Republicans over the most pressing U.S....
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is forging ahead on a wide-ranging plan to overhaul the U.S. immigration system...
Sharon Osbourne has taken aim at Lady Gaga and branded her a "bully" after the singer criticized her daughter Kelly...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and chat show host Rosie O'Donnell on Wednesday announced a new addition to her family, ...
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple so they could have a child said on Wednesd...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of FBI background checks required for Americans buying guns set a record in December, as th...
Bruce Springsteen's Musicares Foundation gala looks set to be a star-studded affair as Elton John, Neil Young and Sting a...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans looked ahead on Wednesday toward the next round o...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress comes back on Monday without a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" and only a...
(Reuters) - Nearly seven in 10 Americans support the idea of placing strong or moderate limits gun ownership following the ma...
Veteran entertainer Kenny Rogers is donating a portion of the proceeds from his New Jersey and Connecticut concerts to help t...
WASHINGTON/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The powerful U.S. gun rights lobby went on the offensive on Friday arguing that s...
Ke$ha's new single "Die Young" has reportedly been removed from radio station playlists across America foll...
Zooey Deschanel is officially single again - her divorce from Ben Gibbard has been finalized.The "New Girl" star fi...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The premiere for Quentin Tarantino's latest film "Django Unchained," a violent spaghett...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Police released the names on Saturday of 26 people shot dead in the massacre at a Connecticu...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tearful President Barack Obama expressed "overwhelming grief" on Friday for the victims of...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A surge in Hispanics and Asians is set to dramatically change the face of the United States over the n...
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man sued NBC on Thursday, saying the network intentionally edited and repeatedly aired a non-emer...
Country trio Lady Antebellum have launched a new charity initiative to help the world's children.The group is spearheadin...
(Reuters) - The murder/suicide committed on Saturday by Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher left the National Fo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have made little progress in the past 10 days toward a compromise to avoid the harsh ta...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House report says that if that Congress allows taxes to go up on middle-class families, consum...
Legendary rocker Joan Jett has been honored for her tireless work for animal rights by fellow singer/activist Iggy Pop.The Jo...
Cee Lo Green has dismissed an allegation he sexually assaulted a woman in Los Angeles.A mystery female has filed a police rep...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets next year to pay for costlier healthcare, more expe...
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at the suburban Milwaukee beauty salon where his spouse worked on Sunday, killing ...
Music icon Paul Simon is auctioning off a private music lesson to raise money for his Children's Health Fund charity.The ...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to...
Rod Stewart's ex-wife Alana "fell apart" after her split from the singer in 1984 and reveals she once contempla...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday sought to woo women voters at a taping of the daytime talk show "T...
Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd have opted to retire the Confederate flag which has been part of the band's stageshow for...
Singer Demi Lovato met with female students in New York on Thursday morning as part of her work as the new ambassador of an a...
Neil Young, the Foo Fighters and the Black Keys will make history when they perform at the Global Citizen Festival in New Yor...
John Mayer is offering fans the chance to spend a day volunteering with him for a veterans' charity project.The rocker, w...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona police on Wednesday began enforcing a controversial "show-your-papers" provision of a s...
Police say a Florida mom's addiction to money led her to prostitute herself at her home while her infant and boyfriend wa...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every seven Los Angeles high schoolers with a cell phone has sent a sexually-explicit ...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to consider two additional legal challenges to ...
R&B star Chris Brown has received high praise for his volunteer work at a domestic violence intervention program over the sum...
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Americans on Thursday for patience in rebuilding the weak ...
Bill Murray used his sister's polio battle in the 1950s as inspiration for his portrayal of disabled former President Fra...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social networking sites play a modest role in influencing most U.S. users' political views, with t...
Playboy model-turned-reality star Holly Madison is pregnant with her first child.The blonde, who previously dated "Playb...
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the hate crime trial of 16 members of an Ohio Amish splinter g...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Atlanta judge on Friday awarded R&B singer Usher primary custody of his two sons with ex-wife Tame...
Elton John fears his son Zachary will be taunted at school for having two fathers and no mother.The British rocker and his pa...
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that Alabama and Georgia could enforce key aspects of their laws against ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has long been a destination of choice for young up-and-comers, but a new population analys...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare has become a top healthcare issue in the U.S. presidential election, surpassing the controver...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two major public health initiatives pushed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a ban on the sale o...
(Reuters) - The government began accepting applications on Wednesday from young illegal immigrants seeking temporary legal st...
(Reuters) - Multiple people, including law enforcement officers, were shot on Monday when a gunman opened fire near Texas A&M...
Soul legend Stevie Wonder has filed divorce papers to end his 11-year marriage.The "Isn't She Lovely?" icon, re...
Apparently not everyone is as tuned in to the race for president as you might think.A Claxton Tennessee man, who suspected hi...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans back the idea of extending health coverage to their low-income neighbors through the go...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pennsylvania State University has enough insurance coverage to deal with lawsuits that might result fr...
(Reuters) - The governing body of U.S. college sports on Monday fined Penn State University $60 million and voided its fo...
Rapper/actor Bow Wow received a rude awakening in London on Thursday after hotel staff stormed his suite and accused him of s...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Older, more educated U.S. women are much more likely to drink while pregnant, a new federal study release...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who calls himself America's toughest sheriff, was accused of racial profil...
(Reuters) - CC Sabathia enjoyed a smooth return from the disabled list, tossing six scoreless innings to guide the New York Y...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Quentin Tarantino unlocked the secrets of his upcoming action flick "Django Unchained&q...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tissue from the brain of former San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, ha...
A Rhode Island man has stunned Bob Dylan fans by insisting he is the music legend's illegitimate son.William DeVogue, who...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Watching news coverage of the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina disaster, and the O.J. Simpson ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama expanded his lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney to 6 percentage points...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry said on Monday Texas will not implement an expansion of the Medicaid program or...
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers suffered a blow as they battle for the National League West lead by having to place outfi...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday contradicted his campaign's stance on a...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Katie Holmes faces two strong adversaries in her legal fight for sole custody of 6-year-old d...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson's estranged stepmother filed for a stay-away order against the actor on Monday claimin...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CNN's Anderson Cooper said in a public statement on Monday that he is gay, adding that while privacy...
Paul McCartney's bass guitar sold for more than $64,000 at a fundraiser for music charity Nordoff Robbins.The kind-he...
Puddle of Mudd rocker Wes Scantlin is clearly happy his marriage is ending - he signed the divorce documents with two smiley ...
If there was ever such a thing as a turtle divorce, this would be it.Two giant turtles, who had been together for 115 years a...
Bruce Springsteen is to be named "Person of the Year" by officials at the MusiCares Foundation for his glittering c...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's healthcare law on Thursday in an election-year t...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is set to deliver on Thursday its ruling on President Barack Obama's 2010 health...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donations to a fundraising website for a grandmother bullied by middle-school students on a bus reached ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the main provision of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants...
R&B star R. Kelly is set to open up about his sex crime allegations for the first time in a new tell-all memoir.In 2002, the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants on Monday, reject...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support...
NEW YORK - A fund set up for an upstate New York grandmother has taken in more than $460,000 in just over 48 hours after ...
Another adorably creative marriage proposal involving strangers dancing in unison, butwill she say yes?
(Reuters) - Pregnancy rates for U.S. women in their early 20s fell nearly 18 percent from 1990 to 2008 and their abortion rat...
Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon has shown off his design skills by creating a charity shoe - inspired by his love of cats.The...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of drugs dispensed to U.S. minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking t...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Sunday of political m...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's surprise decision to halt U.S. deportations of young illegal immigrants h...
By Tim GaynorPHOENIX (Reuters) - Undocumented Mexican youths who came to the United States as children reacted with joy to an...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will relax enforcement of deportation rules for young people brought to the U...
By Anna Driver and Eileen O'GradyHOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford, the former Texas billionaire convicted of running a ...
Late Fleetwood Mac singer Bob Welch may have committed suicide because he feared he would spend the rest of his life as an in...
Rapper LL Cool J was honored in Los Angeles on Saturday in recognition of his charity work.The Luv U Better hitmaker was the ...
Country sensation Carrie Underwood has voiced her support of the legalisation of gay marriagein the U.S.The former American I...
Lars Ulrich has heaped praise on a disabled fan who made a movie about his attempts to meet Metallica, calling the documentar...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York City's top health official shot back on Thursday at critics who have blasted the city'...
Muse is releasing their newest album, "The 2nd Law" in September. If you don't want to wait until fall check ou...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman was found unconstitutional by a federal judge i...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When given the choice, most people around the world would give up their cellphone rather than their comp...
Bruce Springsteen has topped a new poll seeking out a composer for an alternative U.S. National Anthem.The Boss beat out Doll...
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Scott Walker became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election on ...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - United States sprinter Tyson Gay will put aside the pain of a nagging hip injury and run ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cost of healthcare services is expected to rise 7.5 percent in 2013, more than three times the pro...
The temptation to jump into the pool is strong during the summer months - but you might want to think twice before doing so.A...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An obese person isn't inevitably at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new...
Actor Jim Parsons has been outed in a New York Times profile piece.The Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning "The Big Bang...
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A former Rutgers University student was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in prison for a ...
ROME (Reuters) - A proposal to levy a tax on cats and dogs that stunned Italy on Friday turned out to be all bark and no bite...
By Susan HeaveyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babies being born...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration forged ahead with healthcare reforms on Wednesday, announcing a November 16 d...
It looks like this little boy never got the memo that girls have cooties.He wants a hug, regardless of how the little girl fe...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jean Coyle, 67, has a new kind of ministry.The former professor had just begun a career as a Presbyter...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called his endorsement of same-sex marriage a "logical extension" of...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After years of "evolving" on the issue, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment that bans same...
Rockers Fun want to use their newfound fame to launch a non-profit organisation backing same-sex marriage rights.The band hit...
Cinco de Mayo isn't known for it's surprises but that didn't stop Ellen DeGeneres from giving her audience member...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives on Monday will fire their first shots of the next deficit-...
NEW YORK/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street protesters smashed windows in Seattle, were chased through New Yo...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better suppo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative justices who hold a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to endorse Arizona's ...
(Reuters) - Actor Noah Wyle was arrested at a healthcare protest in Washington, D.C. on Monday, following in the footsteps of...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday it now spends as much effort and resources on surv...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A clash over immigration law will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, pitting the state of Ari...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of healthcare reform in the current election year, a study ...
British pop star Jessie J has blasted a report suggesting she's a secret lesbian and was advised to hide her sexuality to...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Belief in God is highest among older people and increases with age, perhaps due to the growing realizatio...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Giving an AIDS-fighting drug to men who are at high risk of HIV infection would cost billions, but it mig...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's lead over Mitt Romney has narrowed to 4 percentage points from 11 points ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People worldwide are living three years longer than expected on average, pushing up the costs of aging...
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio man has been charged with animal abandonment after a litter of six English bulldog puppies was ...
Rocker Ronnie Montrose's death has been ruled a suicide.The rock guitarist, 64, passed away at his home in Millbrae, Cali...
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona state lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would ...
This man was asked to create a video for Nike about what it means to "make it count." He spent his entire budget tr...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With his Republican opponent now almost certain to be Mitt Romney, a multi-millionaire, President Bara...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare law could sharply exceed its cost-savings targets and add up t...
Smash Mouth bass player Paul Delisle and his wife Mary have filed restraining orders against each other as part of a legal sp...
A Canadian man who allegedly pretended to be Justin Bieber in a bid to make contact with children online has been arrested.Le...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama criticized Mitt Romney by name this week for embracing a controversial Rep...
(Reuters) - Comedy show "The Colbert Report" won a prestigious Peabody Award on Wednesday for its segments on Super...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it has identified a new batch of counterfeit cancer drugs d...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that social and communication skills in some kids with autism may improve ov...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republicans passed congressman Paul Ryan's deficit-cutting budget plan on Thursday, setting ...
Elton John has opened up about the bullying he endured after shooting to fame, alleging he was tormented by three "very ...
By Donna SmithWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday blasted police handling of a racially charged case in wh...
By Marty GrahamLAKESIDE, Calif (Reuters) - Scores of mourners gathered in a California mosque on Tuesday to pay respects to a...
By James Vicini and Joan BiskupicWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will be ...
By Joan Biskupic and James ViciniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared closely divided along ideological lin...
Justin Bieber's newest single has been released. Love it or hate it?
Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian has quit as a spokesperson for animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Anima...
By Joan Biskupic and James ViciniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared prepared to decide the fate...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years after President Barack Obama signed into law a healthcare overhaul, the Supreme Court on Mon...
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A local police chief and a Florida state prosecutor overseeing the case of an unarmed black teen...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 21-year-old son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has pleaded no contest to a charge of domestic vio...
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a law allowing state employees to be randomly tested for drugs, a measure ...
Zac Brown Band star Coy Bowles has penned an anti-bullying children's book."Amy Giggles: Laugh Out Loud" contai...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. families with autistic children earn nearly $18,000 less than parents of normally develo...
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A jury convicted Dharun Ravi of hate crimes on Friday after he used a computer webcam t...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new documentary film about bullying set for theaters this month could come out unrated after objecti...
DOUGLAS, Ariz (Reuters) - A highly specialized U.S. military task force is using battlefield technology to help federal polic...
The rockers of Train are set to be honored for their charitable work at a special event in New York next month.The Grammy Awa...
Gay singer Ricky Martin hasn't read his own memoir because his revelations in the book bring back painful memories of the...
Rage Against The Machine has joined Peter Gabriel and Rush to protest the use of their music on conservative talk radio perso...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners packed a church and gathered outside on Tuesday for the funeral of one of thre...
MILAN (Reuters) - The first complete genome-sequencing of "Otzi," Italy's prehistoric iceman, is revealing a we...
Rocker Nikki Sixx has slammed actor Kirk Cameron for his controversial comments blasting homosexuality as "unnatural&quo...
Ashton Kutcher joined the fight against crime on Thursday as he shadowed federal agents conducting raids in California.The ac...
Members of Arcade Fire are heading back to school to give a lecture about Haiti.Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Will Butler and...
PORTSMOUTH, Va (Reuters) - Virginia's Republican governor is poised to sign a law forcing women to have an ultrasound bef...
By Ros KrasnyCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Pop diva Lady Gaga brought her star power, her mom and some of her famous f...
By Alice PopoviciANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - Maryland became the eighth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday rejected a Republican challenge to President Barack Obama's policy on contr...
Longtime bachelor George Clooney refuses to be insulted by rumours about his sexuality because he insists there's no sham...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - A 17-year-old student suspected of a shooting rampage at an Ohio high school that killed three teen...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Students in an Ohio community shaken by the worst U.S. high school shooting in nearly a year were t...
Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has given a U.K. substance abuse charity a boost by making a $48,000 donation in the tra...
PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia's Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday abruptly shifted his stance on a h...
Singer Taylor Swift penned her Grammy Award-winning hit "Mean" about a music critic who constantly gave her scathin...
Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service following a domestic dispute with his ex-...
(Reuters) - If you knew you would be around to blow out the candles at your 100th birthday party, would that change how you m...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Viola Davis knew she had big shoes to fill when she agreed to play the role of a lowly black maid to ...
Emma Watson was forced to defend her sexuality after chopping off her long locks - because reporters assumed her new look was...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign regularly rips Republican presidential frontrunner M...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Friday passed legislation extending a tax cut for 160 million workers and long-term jobl...
Rapper Nicki Minaj is urging young fans to remain abstinent because she doesn't want them to "ruin their lives."...
(Reuters) - Catholic bishops, energized by a battle over contraception funding, are planning an aggressive campaign to rally ...
By Patricia ReaneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Lucky couples have been married each year on Valentine Day's on the top of the Emp...
By Alister Bull and Laura MacInnisWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for new spending to boost gr...
By Nicole NerouliasOLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) - Washington state became the seventh in the nation to put a law on its books reco...
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Frid...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will announce a move to accommodate religious organizations on its rule for health ins...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows in 2008 as increased use of contraceptives ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional in a case ...
"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius' son has suggested ill health and a messy divorce triggered his father's...
SingerMiranda Lamberthas been forced to postpone a charity gig as she searches for a larger venue to accommodate the sold-out...
Lady Gaga has unleashed a scathing attack on a group of Twitter.com users for mocking a bullied gay fan who took his life las...
LONDON (Reuters) - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibil...
By David MorganWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's leading breast cancer charity,Susan G. Komenfor the Cure, struggled on ...
Jay-Z is auctioning front-row tickets to an upcoming New York concert and afterparty invites to raise money for charity.The h...
Lindsay Lohan's estranged dad was taken to hospital on Friday after suffering chest pains.Michael Lohan is currently unde...
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Newt Gingrich, cranking up the campaign rhetoric, mocked White House rival Mitt Romney&...
Teen star Selena Gomez is preparing to visit the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of her humanitarian work f...
Country band Rascal Flatts are set to be honored for their tireless charity work at a glitzy gala in Nashville.The group will...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Demi Moore is seeking professional help to treat "exhaustion" and "overall hea...
A Wisconsin man, arrested on domestic violence charges told police it was actually a ghost that punched his wife, the Huffing...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over the last fe...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Work It," the cross-dressing comedy despised by critics and transgender activists, has bee...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 10 percent of parents around the world say their child has been cyberbullied and nearly one-fo...
(Reuters) - Americans believe that there is more conflict between rich and poor than between immigrants and the native-born o...
(Reuters) - Twinkies and Wonder Bread maker Hostess Brands Inc filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in less th...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare spending barely rose in 2010 from record-low recession levels, as high unemployment an...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A controversial Arizona sheriff said on Wednesday he would cooperate with federal officials who have said...
Usher has filed legal documents asking a judge to dismiss his ex-wife's demand for full custody of their kids.The R&B star's ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British comedian and actor Russell Brand called it quits on his 14-month marriage to "Teenage Dr...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - People magazine said on Tuesday that a cover apparently featuring "Twilight" actor Taylor L...
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese older adults may be more likely than their thinner peers to suffer a potential...
By Richard Cowan and Rachelle YounglaiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law a two-month payroll tax c...
BEIJING (Reuters) - A rich Chinese couple who had eight babies with the help of two surrogate mothers has been forced to move...
The Hobbit director Peter Jackson is offering a fan the chance to visit the set of the movie in New Zealand to raise money fo...
(Reuters) - A Canadian charity, appropriately named EARS, is offering to help a Rocky Mountain town deal with its bunny probl...
By Eveline DanubrataSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Shirtless men clad in red sweatpants have been lining up for days in Singapore's p...
By Chip BarnetNEW YORK (Reuters) - The population of the United States is growing at its slowest rate in more than 70 years, ...
(Reuters) - Financial advisers in the United States are seeing fewer benefits from their use of social media, a survey by Ait...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to one in three teens and young adults get arrested by age 23, suggests a new study that fi...
(Reuters) - The quarterback of bowl-bound Penn State was taken to hospital after a locker room fight with a teammate, said th...
By Alina SelyukhWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The health secretary overruled government scientists and refused to bring the controve...
Country star Rodney Adkins was arrested last month in Tennessee for domestic violence after his wife alleged he tried to smot...
(Reuters) - A record low of 51 percent of U.S. adults are married, and Americans are waiting longer than ever to tie the knot...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday said it will rule for the first time on one of several tough, new state im...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott, who supports drug testing for state employees and welfare appli...
OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Obama's aides have persistently tried to paint Republicans as the party of the rich, with mi...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed to boost U.S. efforts to fight AIDS with a new target of providing treatm...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of families collecting cash welfare benefits rose during the longest and deepest economic d...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama struck an optimistic note on Wednesday night that lawmakers in Congress could rea...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A new accuser filed the first lawsuit against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandu...
Puddle of Mudd rocker Wes Scantlin has launched divorce proceedings against his wife.The musician filed divorce papers in a b...
Usher's ex-wife wants to take away his kids, saying he has repeatedly blown off his legal obligations as a co-parent, accordi...
Singer Annie Lennox is heading to Britain's Parliament to speak about tackling the global HIV epidemic as part of World Aids ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of all Americans lack economic security, meaning they live above the federal poverty thres...
(Reuters) - The ranks of the nation's oldest residents are growing quickly now that people who reach age 90 are expected to l...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Budget talks in the Congress were locked in stalemate on Wednesday amid the disclosure of a Democratic...
STATE COLLEGE (Reuters) - Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State University assistant football coach charged with child sex ab...
"Glee" star Lauren Potter has been appointed to serve on President Obama's Committee for People With Intellectual D...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with...
Bruce Springsteen raised $160,000 for wounded soldiers by auctioning off his guitar, shirt and harmonica at a charity sho...
Jason Mraz is showing off his caring side by setting up his own charity.The "I'm Yours" hitmaker has launched The J...
Chris Brown's neighbors are reportedly "ecstatic" after the singer moved out of his West Hollywood home following a...
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson is aiming to raise $1 million for a paediatric cancer charity by taking part in a road race....
COLUMBUS (Reuters) - Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a law limiting the collective bargaining rights of public workers in a m...
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Ex-bishop Fredrick Merril Jessop was found guilty on Monday of marrying a 12-year-old girl to p...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans living in poverty reached a record 49.1 million in 2010, according to a new br...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The problem of poverty became more acute in many U.S. neighborhoods in the Midwest and South over the ...
(Reuters) - Lady Gaga on Wednesday launched the Born This Way Foundation to support programs dealing with youth empowerment a...
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited from Britain to Sweden to face questioning over all...
(Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iow...
Miley Cyrus has signed up to record her favorite Bob Dylan tune for a new charity album.The former Hannah Montana star will b...
MCHammer showed his support for political activists by joining an Occupy Wall Street-inspired protest in California on Wednes...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chaz Bono may have been booted off "Dancing With the Stars" this week, but he will be back ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incomes for the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans nearly tripled from 1979 to 2007, far outpacing inco...
BAGHPAT, India (Reuters) - The world's 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challeng...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranks of the poor rose in almost all U.S. states and cities in 2010, despite the end of the longes...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social Security retirement benefits for about 55 million people will go up by 3.6 percent next year, t...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Law and Order: SVU" actress Mariska Hargitay and her husband have adopted a baby boy just ...
(Reuters) - Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record level, amid growing support for decriminalizatio...
(Reuters) - More than one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 takes an antidepressant, a class of drugs that has become wildly...
(Reuters) - Bond was set at $2.5 million each on Monday for the three people accused of locking four mentally disabled ad...
Kelsey Grammer has spoken out about his shattered marriage to ex-wife Camille in an explosive new TV tell-all, insisting he f...
ATHENS (Reuters) - There he is, yelping with delight as the youths start hurling chunks of paving stones, barking his admonit...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the ...
Country music singer Sara Evans has been granted another restraining order against her ex-husband after he slammed the star d...
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown, saying "no" to the organized labor groups that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a quarter of wealthy Americans support raising taxes on households making $250,000 or mo...
(Reuters) Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the presidential race has led to a feverish debate a...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Poverty rates increased in almost all U.S. states and the District of Columbia over the course of the ...
Lady Gaga has paid tribute to a bullied gay teen who reportedly took his own life, by dedicating her hit tune "Hair"...
JACKSON, Georgia (Reuters) - The state of Georgia executed convicted murderer Troy Davis on Wednesday in a case that drew int...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out a $3.6 trillion plan on Monday to cut budget deficits partly by ra...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, no stranger to attention-grabbing campaigns featuring nude ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out a plan on Monday to cut the U.S. deficit, striking a populist tone...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will double the money it spends with women-owned businesses, train women around the w...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans living below the poverty line rose to a record 46 million last year, the gover...
Queen star Brian May contemplated suicide after the death of his bandmate and friend Freddie Mercury.The guitar great reveals...
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina's Republican-led General Assembly is expected to take the first steps on M...
Chris Brown has escaped hefty parking fines after officials dismissed 95 tickets issued to the star.The "Kiss Kiss"...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Russell Armstrong, the husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong,...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are sharply divided on issues from race to religion, often along generational and partisan l...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of two women journalists whose bodies were found in ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cher has slammed the "stupid bigots" who have attacked the casting of her transgender son C...
PASADENA, Calif (Reuters) - Obama administration lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to vacate a judgment decla...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a ticket purchased from a new parking meter-like machine...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A re-edited version of reality TV show "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" will premiere...
Sting will celebrate his upcoming 60th birthday in style - he's staging a charity concert featuring Bruce Springsteen, Lady G...
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was in critical condition on Monday after he was hospitalized f...
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland Indians will lose Michael Brantley for the rest of the season after it was announced Sund...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson and his ex-girlfriend on Friday settled a deeply bitter custody dispute over their young d...
A judge has asked Chris Brown's probation officers to hand over more details about his ongoing dispute with neighbours at his...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Obesity is most widespread in Britain and the United States among the world's leading economies and if ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters at a coal mine in West Virginia and aboard an oil rig operated by British Petroleum in the G...
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a U.S. federal voting rights law governing how the state ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Unintended pregnancies, which make up nearly half of all pregnancies in the United States, are increasing...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chely Wright, the first mainstream country performer to come out as lesbian, married her partner, act...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - All Star closer Brian Wilson was put on the 15-day disabled list with elbow inflammation on Sunday,...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox suffered a setback in their battle for top spot in the American League East on Thursday...
The Voice star Adam Levine has criticised bosses behind rival TV talent show American Idol over their treatment of the series...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A Louisiana man decapitated his disabled 7-year-old son and placed the boy's head near the street so ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled Friday that President Barack Obama's healthcare law requiring Americans to buy ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron, grappling with what could prove a defining crisis of his premiership, told p...
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland jury on Wednesday recommended that convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell be sentenced to d...
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced to life in pri...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MTV on Thursday said it has added a new category highlighting social activism to its popular Video Mu...
Dolly Parton has apologized to a fan who was ordered to turn her gay-rights T-shirt inside-out before she was allowed to ente...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday sued to block enforcement of Alabama's new immigration law, widely ...
Just before her death, Amy Winehouse was preparing to adopt a 10-year-old girl from the island of St. Lucia, the girl and her...
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier was arrested after police found him in a motel room near Fort Hood, Texas, with p...
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs threw his sexual assault trial into disarray on Thursday when he fired...
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