Jessica Chasmar

Palin: Ryan’s budget is ‘definition of insanity’

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted Republican Rep. Paul Ryan in a Facebook post Tuesday, calling his budget proposal "the definition of insanity."

April 2, 2014

‘Mummy’s on the floor’: 2-year-old boy saves mother’s life by calling paramedics

A 2-year-old British boy is being hailed as a hero after he managed to dial emergency services when his mother collapsed on the floor.

April 2, 2014

S.C. assistant principal under fire for calling 6-year-old girl ‘Honey Boo Boo’

An assistant principal in South Carolina has been accused of cyberbullying after he posted a photo of a 6-year-old girl on Facebook with the words "Honey Boo Boo at Walmart."

April 1, 2014

N.Y. student accepted to all eight Ivy League schools

A New York high school student has his options wide open after he applied and was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools.

April 1, 2014

Dying father stages wedding for daughter, 11, so he can walk her down aisle

A California father who is dying from pancreatic cancer staged a wedding ceremony for his 11-year-old daughter so he would have a chance to walk her down the aisle.

April 1, 2014

‘Goonies’ bad guy slams Common Core in Twitter rant

The man who played one of the Fratelli brothers in the kids' cult classic "Goonies" has been on a Twitter rant against Common Core for the past two days.

April 1, 2014

N.Y. students who opt out of Common Core forced to ‘sit and stare’

Some New York parents are outraged after learning their children who opted out of Common Core testing are being forced to sit and stare for hours at a time while the other children take exams.

April 1, 2014

Lesbian-only cemetery being inaugurated in Berlin

A cemetery for only lesbians will be inaugurated this weekend in a two-century-old cemetery in central Berlin.

April 1, 2014

3 Marines attacked, stabbed in street brawl between baseball fans

Six people were arrested and charged in the attack and stabbing of three Marines in Huntington Beach, Calif., during a fight over baseball.

April 1, 2014

Chicago police arrest volunteers canvassing for Obamacare

Authorities charged two men in Chicago for "soliciting unlawful business" after they were found going door to door trying to inform people on Obamacare, police said Sunday.

March 31, 2014

‘Active shooter’ reported at Md.’s Stevenson University

Students at Stevenson University in suburban Baltimore were told to take shelter Monday after the school reported an active shooter on the Owings Mills campus.

March 31, 2014

State Department wants $400K for camel sculpture in Pakistan: report

The State Department wants to plunk down $400,000 in taxpayer money for a camel sculpture at the new U.S. Embassy being built in Islamabad, Pakistan, according to a report Monday.

March 31, 2014

France’s Hollande replaces prime minister in post-election shake-up

French President Francois Hollande is set to promote Interior Minister Manuel Valls to prime minister as part of a cabinet shake-up, Agence France-Presse reported Monday.

March 31, 2014

Iran names U.S. Embassy hostage-taker as U.N. ambassador

A member of the militant group that seized the U.S. Embassy in Iran in 1979 and held 52 Americans hostage has been named the country's ambassador to the United Nations.

March 31, 2014