Jessica Chasmar

D.C. Newseum adds Hamas journalists to memorial

A museum located in Washington D.C. that chronicles the media plans to add two dead terrorists to its "Journalists Memorial."

May 9, 2013

Man wins $60k suit after a doctor wrongly told him he had 6 months to live

A Montana man has been awarded $60,000 in damages after a doctor wrongly told him he had terminal brain cancer and had only six months to live.

May 9, 2013

‘American Idol’ axing all four judges: Source

None of the four judges on Fox's "American Idol" will be asked to return for Season 13, an individual with knowledge of the network's plans told TheWrap.

May 9, 2013

Education Dept. eliminates ‘father,’ ‘mother’ from student aid forms

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that beginning with the 2014-2015 federal student aid form, the Department will — for the first time — collect income "from a dependent student's legal parents regardless of the parents' marital status or gender, if those parents live together."

May 9, 2013

Report: Muslim cleric invited to pray over fallen SEALs damns them during service

The families of Navy SEALs killed in an August 2011 shoot-down of a helicopter in Afghanistan spoke at a press conference Thursday morning, citing a number of grievances, including an allegation that the Pentagon invited a Muslim cleric who "disparaged in Arabic the memory of these servicemen."

May 9, 2013

New trend: Teens get hallucinogenic high from popular flower

In a disturbing new trend, young adults are using the delicate, and poisonous, flowers of the Datura plant to get high.

May 9, 2013

New York City considers allowing non-citizens to vote

New York City could soon become the first major city to allow non-citizens to vote in its municipal elections, as city council hearings on the proposal begin today.

May 9, 2013

French honeymooner killed by shark

A French honeymooner was killed by a shark in front of his new wife as he was surfing off the shores of Reunion.

May 9, 2013

‘Azan — A Call to Jihad’: New terrorist magazine targets Obama

A new English-language magazine published online by apparent radical Islamists pictures President Obama with a bull’s-eye on his head, ABC reports.

May 8, 2013

Chicago alderman fights to lift ban on historic guns in museums

A Chicago alderman introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would allow museums to display unloaded firearms for historical purposes.

May 8, 2013

Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

Cuba has filed its first legal challenge with the World Trade Organization, joining the fight against Australia's tough tobacco packaging laws, the Geneva-based trade body announced Monday.

May 8, 2013

Psychic who told Berry’s mother she was dead 9 years ago on ‘Montel’ responds to backlash

Celebrity psychic Sylvia Browne responded Wednesday after taking a beating in social media for mistakingly telling Amanda Berry's mother she was dead on "The Montel Williams Show" nearly nine years ago.

May 8, 2013

Wrigley heartbreak: Woman chokes to death eating hot dog during Cubs game

A 28-year-old teacher died after choking on a hot dog during the national anthem at a Cubs game Tuesday at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

May 8, 2013

Police detain 31 people in connection to $50 million diamond heist

Police claimed a major breakthrough Wednesday after detaining 31 people in connection with a $50 million diamond heist that happened three months ago at Brussels Airport.

May 8, 2013

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd calls Benghazi a ‘conspiracy theory’

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" panel questioned conservatives' motives behind going after the Obama administration so fervently, following the Sept. 11 terror attack in Benghazi that left four Americans dead.

May 8, 2013

Arlington National Cemetery responds to Tsarnaev burial rumor

Arlington National Cemetery responded to outrage Tuesday after a U.S. Air Force veteran said she was willing to give up her burial plot for suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

May 8, 2013

‘Dexter Killer’ given unlimited access to show in prison cell

A wannabe serial killer whose crimes were influenced by Showtime's hit series "Dexter" has been given unlimited access to the show from his cell in a maximum-security prison, The Daily Mail reports.

May 6, 2013

Casey Anthony judge reveals he felt ‘shock,’ ‘disbelief’ after ‘not guilty’ verdict

Florida Judge Belvin Perry, who presided over Casey Anthony's murder trial, revealed he was shocked by the jury's verdict, saying there was "sufficient evidence" to convict the "very manipulative" mother of deceased Caylee.

May 6, 2013

Jennifer Lopez: Singer rushed to safety after gunshots fired near music video shoot

Security guards rushed Jennifer Lopez to safety after hearing a series of gunshots about 400 yards from where she was filming a music video on Sunday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

May 6, 2013

Beyonce: Backlash from Cuba trip ‘quite shocking’

Pop icon Beyonce called the amount of criticism she and husband Jay-Z faced for their vacation in Cuba "shocking" in an interview that aired Monday.

May 6, 2013