Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Detroit proudly named a school after Ben Carson. That was before he worked for Trump.

August 22, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

If anyone represented what a Detroit High School student could become with the proper dedication and focus, it was Ben Carson - or so the thinking went. He graduated from...

A white woman called police on a black 12-year-old mowing the lawn in Ohio

June 30, 2018 at 10:09 p.m.

It's a business that has existed for as long as there have been summer vacations and borrowed lawn mowers: A pint-size entrepreneur offers to endure the rage of a summer...

Man accused of shooting Colorado teen said victim sought hit man on Craigslist: affidavit

August 22, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Joseph Lopez had a chilling answer when investigators asked why he had shot a 19-year-old woman in the head around Christmas and then left her body in a rural area...

Osama bin Laden, who once topped the FBI's most-wanted list also collected kids' movies, including "Cars." Bin Laden's video-viewing habits were revealed in documents released Wednesday by the CIA.

Osama bin Laden’s video collection included kids’ movies ‘Antz’ and ‘Cars’

August 22, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

It's impossible to know whether Osama bin Laden, sequestered in his Abbottabad hideout in Pakistan, ever turned on the DVD player and popped in a documentary he could instantly fact-check:...

At Little Haiti Hardware and Lumber in Miami, owner Jean Rameau is already exhausted by the rush of people coming for supplies Sept. 7, 2017.

Marriott sends ship to rescue customers in Caribbean, leaves dozens of tourists behind

June 2, 2018 at 5:54 p.m.

The hundreds of people waiting on the dock in St. Thomas on Friday night had just survived a hit from Hurricane Irma that had crippled the airport and devastated pretty...

Flesh-eating bacteria nearly kills man who thought he just had blisters from a hike

June 3, 2018 at 9:54 a.m.

Wayne Atkins thought little of the blisters he had gotten while hiking. He was trekking up and down the 4,500-foot-high Mount Garfield in New Hampshire - a 10-mile round trip...

Woman receives face transplant after being disfigured by gunshot wound

June 3, 2018 at 10:46 a.m.

A gunshot wound to the face left a teenager with so much damage that for years doctors knew plastic surgery could only help so much to give her back a...

Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggests

June 3, 2018 at 11:31 a.m.

Over the past decade, Americans have soured on artificial sweeteners. Once heralded as sweet substitutes for sugar without as many belt-busting calories, people once couldn't get enough sucralose and aspartame....

Carrie Fisher at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards in Los Angeles.

Carrie Fisher’s death shines light on underrated health problem — sleep apnea

June 3, 2018 at 7:43 p.m.

Actress Carrie Fisher was unabashedly vocal about her lifelong battles with mental illness and drug abuse. She once defiantly told ABC News, "I am mentally ill. I can say that....

A new mom flew to Miami to get a ‘Brazilian butt lift.’ She didn’t survive the surgery.

June 5, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

Ranika Hall was not happy with what motherhood had done to her body. Her 1-year-old daughter was thriving, but Hall's figure had not rebounded as much as she wanted, her...

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