
Glenn Close's sister writing about mental illness
The youngest sister of actress Glenn Close is working on a memoir about her struggles with mental illness. Grand Central Publishing announced Friday ...

Fathers, firefighters: Lives lost in West, Texas
On April 17, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, leveled part of the small town located some 20 miles north of Waco. Most of the ...

As Boston buries its dead, more evidence gathered
The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday — including an 8-year-old boy — as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had ...

Bomb suspect influenced by mysterious radical
In the years before the Boston Marathon bombings, Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert who steered the ...

For bombing suspects, question may be who led whom
Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then ...

Serena Williams routs Venus at Family Circle
Serena Williams had completed a dazzling display of tennis to dominate her opponent and advance to her fourth finals of the year at the Family Circle ...

Pope refers to "Muslim brothers" on Good Friday
Pope Francis reached out in friendship to "so many Muslim brothers and sisters" during a Good Friday procession dedicated to the suffering of ...

Pope prays at Good Friday rite recalling Mideast
Pope Francis praised the "friendship of so many Muslim brothers" during the Good Friday procession that re-enacts Jesus Christ's crucifixion and this ...

Argentine woman marries twin's convicted killer
This was a Valentine's Day wedding that the bride's family wanted no part of: An Argentine woman married the man convicted of killing her twin sister.

Pope seeks quiet retirement, brother says
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to stay out of the public eye following his retirement at the end of the month but may stand ready to advise his ...

'Being Mandela:' Granddaughters take to reality TV
The newest reality television show is in some ways like any other: mother and daughters, sibling rivalry, family gossip and talk of Big Grandpa, who ...

4 sets of sisters power top girls team in Iowa
You could say the girls on the Mediapolis High School basketball team are like sisters to each other. And there's a good chance you'd be right.

Final Sendak book a tribute to his brother
The last completed book we are likely to get from Maurice Sendak remembers a man he often insisted was the real genius of the family, his brother Jack

Column: Super Bowl brothers like no others
John Harbaugh had just finished answering the masked man in front of him when a caped crusader from a children's network swooped in to ask how he ...

Jim, John Harbaugh ready for rematch at Super Bowl
Jim and John Harbaugh have exchanged a handful of text messages, and plan to leave it at that. No phone conversations necessary while the season's ...

Dear Abby's legacy: Wit, warmth, and snappy advice
Two men had recently bought a house together in San Francisco, and the neighbors were annoyed. The men were entertaining "a very suspicious mixture ...

Iowa man, sister reunite thanks to boy, Facebook
An Iowa man and his sister have reunited 65 years after being separated in foster care thanks to a 7-year-old friend's Facebook search.

Okee Dokee Brothers ride the river to a Grammy nod
For a musical duo that have known each other since they were 3 years old, there's something extra special about landing a Grammy nomination for Best ...

War rips apart families, neighbors in Syria
BEIRUT — It's at night that worries over her children hit the matriarch of the Khayyat family hardest, tormenting her as she tries to sleep. Four of ...