The murder trial of South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius began dramatically in Pretoria’s High Court on Monday, with a neighbor testifying that she heard “bloodcurdling screams” on the night his girlfriend was killed.

Leading neurologists have warned that seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is unlikely to make a full recovery from the severe head injuries he suffered in a skiing accident almost two months ago. The 91-time Grand Prix winner fell while skiing in the French Alps on December 29 and doctors operated on the German to remove blood clots after …

Scarlett Johansson is expecting her first child with her French fiance Romain Dauriac, E! reports, citing multiple sources. Johansson, 29, wore a stomach-concealing pantsuit at her last public outing, at France’s Cesar Awards Feb. 28. The couple confirmed their engagement in September, nearly a year after they began dating.

An investigation into claims that the British Army’s Special Forces were involved in the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed has ruled there being “no credible evidence” to support such claims, Sky News reports. The three-month investigation’s conclusion by British police on Monday follows shocking allegations first reported to police in August that former members of the Special Air …

Women with a gene which greatly increases their risk of developing breast cancer have a much higher chance of survival if they have a double mastectomy, new research suggests. A study published online in the British Medical Journal found that over 20 more lives could be saved per 100 women treated if they opted to have both breasts removed rather …

In letter published by The Wrap blog, Joe Eszterhas says Hollywood director called Jews ‘oven-dodgers,’ saying the Holocaust was ‘mostly horseshit’; Gibson: Majority of facts, statements attributed to me are ‘utter fabrications.’ Famed Hollywood director and actor Mel Gibson found himself at the center of another media storm involving alleged anti-Semitic comments, made during his work on a recent film …

Woody Allen is again denying he molested adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow and is calling ex-partner Mia Farrow vindictive, spiteful and malevolent in an open letter published online Friday by The New York Times. The 78-year-old filmmaker says Dylan Farrow’s open letter published last week by The New York Times includes “creative flourishes that seem to have magically appeared during our …

It’s no secret the housing market in the United States has been heating up over the past couple of years, with most markets up by double-digit percentages in the past year alone. Most industry experts are projecting the gains to continue in 2014, but at a slower pace than in recent years. According to Zillow, the average home value in …

A Navy fighter jet that crashed during a training exercise in western Nevada is a total loss and the condition of the pilot was unknown Sunday, Lt. Reagan Lauritzen of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said.

According to multiple sources tied to the Boston College football program, and confirmed during last night’s Gridiron Club meeting, Eagles wide receiver Alex Amidon is set to put aside his career in football to pursue becoming a United States Navy SEAL.

1 killed and 30 injured in massive pileup in Colorado It happened on Interstate 25 as a band of heavy snow moved through south Denver on Saturday.