Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall, who had been battling breast cancer, died Saturday at the age of 28 in a Houston, Texas hospital, according to reports.
Is this the heir of Kim Jong Il? The photo was taken when the man, now thought in his late 20s, was 11 years old.
The North Korean leader has died at age 69.
Nothing sharpened Christopher Hitchens' mind like cancer.
Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright jailed by Communists who became Czech president and a worldwide symbol of peace and freedom after leading the bloodless Velvet Revolution, died at 75 on Sunday.
Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred: Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by communists and then went on to lead the bloodless Velvet Revolution and become Czech president, died at 75 on Sunday.
CME Group Inc., which has given $22 million to Chicago-area schools and charities during the past five years, has stopped making grants through its main foundation, citing the collapse of MF Global Holdings Inc.
A judge ruled on Friday that two former senior officials at Pennsylvania State University must stand trial on charges of lying to a grand jury about what they knew of sexual-abuse allegations against a former football coach, Jerry Sandusky.
Christopher Hitchens, esteemed essayist, author and journalist, died on Thursday of complications from esophageal cancer. He was 62.
British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of 62.
Christopher Hitchens was as divisive as they come in print, but the news of his death has elicited a universal outpouring of grief and respect from the journalistic community -- and from some unlikely sources.
As longtime manager Lupe De Leon confirms that the legendary blues and R&B singer is dying of leukemia, Etta James' live-in doctor is asking fans to pray for her, saying her cancer is now incurable. James, best known for instant classics like love song At Last, released a final album, The Dreamer, only two and half years ago.
Mother Teresa, who died in September 1997, was beatified by the church in 2003.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will sharply curtail medical research studies using chimpanzees, humans' closest relative in the animal kingdom, after an expert panel said such studies are rarely warranted.
Christopher Hitchens, a British-born journalist and cultural critic, died on Thursday at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus.
American firebrand columnist, author and activist, Christopher Hitchens, is dead. However, his fans and admirers are keeping his memory alive by mourning his loss on online networking Web sites, like Facebook and Twitter.
Christopher Hitchens, an Anglo-American author, journalist and pundit, died Thursday night at the age of 62, after fighting a long battle with esophageal cancer.
Colombian actress Sofia Vergara was photographed on Wednesday wearing a pair of tight black leggings that were almost see-through.
South African media reported that the cameras have been watching Mandela for as long as six years.
When Katie Couric began dating a man 17 years her junior her relationship became a topic of much discussion. Couric's friend reportedly told the magazine that it was the 54 year old who decided to ends things with the young stud.
Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds.
New DNA tests looking for the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer make sense for all women aged 30 or over, since they can prevent more cases of cancer than smear tests alone, Dutch researchers said on Thursday.
