CULTURE

Gannett’s $1.5 billion deal with broadcaster Belo is one example of newspaper companies expanding into healthier broadcast businesses.

The LGBT community in America feels more accepted today than they did a decade ago but challenges remain, according to a new survey.

France's prisons, like prisons in many other European countries, are overcrowded, raising fears about security and rising numbers of inmate suicides.

A new trend in China has many couples flocking to a fake European town near Shanghai for their wedding photos.

Fortune cookies aren’t Chinese, Gyros aren’t Greek and Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexico’s Independence Day. Let’s set the record straight.

Two people died and more than 40 were rescued when an inter-island ferry sank in central Philippines early Friday, officials confirmed.

John Zawahri, who gunned down five people in Santa Monica last Friday, left a remorseful note after killing his father and brother, police said.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will have a small wedding if they get married, Kris Jenner said.

The owner of a St. Louis health care company fatally shot three people before killing himself, after an argument.

Just five months after parting ways with the network, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has rejoined Fox News as a political commentator.

Previous Miss USA winners posed naked together for a new, sexy Peta ad.

A Philippine ferry carrying 60 people has sunk off the coast of Burias Island. A rescue operation is underway but one woman has reportedly died.

Miley Cyrus' mother, Trish, filed for divorce from Miley's father, Billy Ray, on Thursday.

Country megastar Toby Keith is enlisting the likes of Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson to raise money for victims of the tornado in Moore, Okla.

A healthy two-faced kitten named Deucy was born in Oregon.

The World Heritage Committee will gather in Cambodia next week to consider 34 sites for inclusion on Unesco’s World Heritage List.

Cricket-loving Australians are about to get a taste of Major League Baseball when the 2014 opening series arrives in Sydney next year.

Kanye West's new albums "Yeezus," set to drop on June 18, could sell as many as 500,000 copies in its first week.

A gas explosion that damaged homes in a Westminster, Colo., neighborhood leaves at least two injured.

Lindsay Lohan is changing rehabs for the third time in a little over a month.

Bonnaroo has announced the 2013 webcast lineup and schedule for the 12th annual festival in Manchester, Tenn.

At a “Media Minds” breakfast discussion on Thursday, Tim Armstrong, chief officer of AOL, gave his thoughts on government surveillance. AOL is one of the tech companies whose data is reportedly tapped into by PRISM.

Actress Jennie Garth has finalized her divorce from Peter Facinelli after eleven years of marriage.

Don't like the name your parents gave you? For many Chinese, they get a second chance when they work with Westerners. How about 'Chocolate'?

"Vampire Diaries" executive producer dished out some season five spoilers at the 2013 ATX Television Festival.

Noah Kilpatrick, 15, has left Faith Fellowship Christian School in Watertown, N.Y., claiming that two teachers teased him over his Canadian heritage.

Ireland Baldwin recently admitted to wanting to follow in the footsteps of her famous parents to pursue an acting career and also revealed her new athlete boyfriend.

Kanye West skipped town and headed to Switzerland the day he was accused of having an affair with model Leyla Ghobadi

A building linked to the Rob Ford crack scandal was raided as part of a massive police sweep in greater Toronto on Thursday, but police won't say if they seized the video that inspired Gawker’s Crackstarter.