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Loretta Phillips Stamos, the mother of John Stamos, has died, the actor announced in a poignant Instagram post Tuesday. She was 75, according to Stamos.

A woman punched repeatedly by a California Highway cop in an incident caught on video will receive $1.5 million under a newly reached settlement, and the officer has agreed to resign.

Exercise mostly does a body good, but new research reveals that it may actually be bad for your teeth. German dental researchers set out to study the impact of endurance training on oral health.

Kendall Jenner is clearly taking her parents’ divorce hard because on Sept. 23, the ‘KUWTK’ star took to her Instagram to share a throwback photo of her parents from happier times. So bittersweet!

Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, one of the stars of MTV’s “The Jersey Shore,” was indicted for failing to pay taxes on $8.9 million in income.

Two sisters whose images have been closely tied to the popular sexting app Snapchat have sued its founder because their likeness is now associated with so-called “snapchat sluts.”

A new study in the ‘British Medical Journal’ suggests one more risk factor for women to consider in the fight against breast cancer…our skirt size. This time, researchers are not talking about a concern for overall weight gain, as much as the tape measure, and what number it shows when it is wrapped around a woman’s waist.

The federal government has named a new chief public health officer to fill a job left vacant for the last 15 months. Dr. Gregory Taylor, already acting head of the Public Health Agency of Canada, became Canada’s top doctor Wednesday, a move cautiously welcomed by opposition politicians.

Scientists from the University of Warwick found that high and low mental wellbeing were consistently associated with an individual’s fruit and vegetable consumption.

Reeva Steenkamp’s mother, June, is set to publish a book about the trial in which athlete Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide for the Valentine’s Day killing of the model. She is also speaking out about her feelings on the charges, for which he will be sentenced in October.

Three of the suspects implicated in Philadelphia hate crime that took place earlier this month have turned themselves in to police, officials say.