A new study assessing the impact of reality TV on the behavior of young girls has found that those who view these shows regularly accept and expect a higher level of drama, aggression, and bullying in their own lives, and measure their worth primarily by their physical appearance.
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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced yesterday that it has received new documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detailing reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil, including reports of 26 new deaths since 2010.
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Despite being under intense criticism for her remarks, actress Susan Sarandon is refusing to apologize for referring to Pope Benedict XVI as a "Nazi" in a recent interview.
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In an effort to raise "awareness," a high school in Hartford, Connecticut made the mistake of sponsoring a gay-themed play that featured two men kissing, an event that caused students to walk out and brought "a lot" of angry calls from parents.
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The Dutch Medical Association continues its slide down the slippery slope of the culture of death by expanding the meaning of "unbearable suffering" to include such things as loneliness, incontinence and financial woes.
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A lawmaker in Illinois has introduced legislation that will enable Catholic Charities to continue its foster care and adoption services without serving same-sex couples.
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Controversy is raging over the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC which features not a single mention of God despite the fact that King was a Baptist minister.
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An Oklahoma woman who opted to forego chemotherapy to treat her head and neck cancer for fear that it would harm her unborn child, died just days after the baby girl was born.
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International outrage is growing over surveillance video showing a two year-old girl being hit and run over by two vehicles in the streets of Foshan, China with no passersby offering to help.
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By Susan Brinkmann
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to two unmarried men who tried unsuccessfully to force the state of Louisiana to change their adopted son's birth certificate to show that he had two fathers.
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