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Anaheim police arrested two parents Tuesday night who they say kept their 11-year-old autistic son in a cage, possibly in an effort to control his violent outbursts, officials said. The parents were arrested after child protective services and police were dispatched to their home on a tip that a boy there was being kept in a large dog kennel, said …

The car driven by a pregnant Twentynine Palms woman who disappeared after leaving her home on Saturday has been found, but the woman’s whereabouts were still unknown, authorities said Wednesday. Erin Corwin, 19, was last seen leaving her home at about 7 a.m. on Saturday as she headed to Joshua Tree National Park, a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department news …

Contestants from around the globe will take part in the 99th annual Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. The goal is pretty simple: The eaters should consume as many hot dogs with buns as they can in ten minutes.

A Georgia family says they were turned away from a restaurant citing the “gentleman’s dress code.” The family says they were turned away because of a four-year-old boy’s sleeveless Ninja Turtle shirt. The hostess and the manager both told the family they would have to leave. The family says they saw the sign at the entrance that says no sleeveless …

Casey Anthony was acquitted three years ago of first degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. The mother maintains she didn’t kill her child. Anthony’s defense attorney, Cheney Mason spoke on CNN regarding how she’s doing now.

A BRAVE young woman from Worcester has posed in a bikini with her colostomy bags to inspire young people to be more confident about their bodies as she continues the fight against a debilitating bowel disease. Bethany Townsend, aged 23, of St John’s Worcester who has battled aggressive Crohn’s disease since childhood has become an internet sensation after her holiday …

Plan on indulging in a cocktail or two over the holiday weekend? Depending on how it is made, it may contain much more alcohol than you think. The National Institutes of Health is offering a solution. It has an online calculator to measure how much alcohol really is in that margarita you may be sipping on.

Singer Kelly Clarkson has shared the first picture of her newborn River Rose. Clarkson, 32, who welcomed a baby girl with husband Brandon Blackstock, 38, on June 12, called her the greatest thing on Earth.

Five months after Julia Robers’ half sister Nancy Motes committed drug overdose, her suicide note has surfaced, unveiling why she was so depressed that she decided to take her own life.

Researchers studying the effects of magic mushrooms on the human mind have found the brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-expanding psychedelic drug trip. An international group of scientists scanned the brains of 15 people before and after they received an injection of psilocybin, the hallucinogen found in the drug.

Treatments to reduce blood sugar levels do more harm than good in many type 2 diabetes patients, new research has found. The study*, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, from researchers from UCL, the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Hospital, found that for many people the benefits of taking diabetes medications are so small that they are …