Dozens of civilians, including children, were killed on Monday and Tuesday by U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria. The strikes appeared to have been a mistake, with the civilians taken for Islamic State (IS or ISIS) militants, the U.K.-based human rights group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group told the AFP news agency. Fifty-six civilians were…
Ariel Winter has some words for the people who criticized her choice of attire for the screening of Modern Family‘s Season 8 finale Wednesday. The 19-year-old sitcom star and body positivity activist was understandably upset by critics who questioned her choice to wear a revealing minidress while her castmates went a decidedly more casual route….
Although the Democratic Party’s latest draft platform has received a mixed reception from progressives, human rights advocates on Tuesday called attention to one long-awaited demand that made it into the manifesto: Closing the controversial military training facility known as the School of the Americas. The measure, introduced by committee member Marcos Rubenstein—who was elected by…
Brad Pitt isn’t denying the fact that the past year has been a hard one, but he says he’s determined to emerge from the wreckage of his high-profile split from Angelina Jolie a better man—for himself and the couple’s six children. In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Pitt opened up about everything from…
Last month Cara Delevingne revealed that she was going to dye her hair and shave her head sometime in the near future for her role in the upcoming film Life in a Year. “I have to shave my head for my next part, so I have to do something different,” the actress and model told…
Since becoming law in late March, North Carolina’s House Bill 2 has sparked national controversy and an ongoing boycott of the state over its discriminatory provisions. HB2 requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the gender on their birth certificate and bars local governments from adopting LGBT protections and minimum wage laws. This…
President Donald Trump wrecked relations with yet another foreign leader on Wednesday, leaving Australia scrambling to save its refugee resettlement agreement with the U.S. after he lashed out at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in a phone call. Trump tweeted that the resettlement program, which would send 1,250 asylum seekers from detention sites in Australia to…
The Carters are over the moon with their two new additions, Rumi and Sir Carter, but it wasn’t so long ago that a happy family wasn’t a sure thing. “It is not a secret that Beyoncé and Jay had huge problems a couple of years ago,” an insider tells People exclusively about the duo, who…
Dave Franco is talented, handsome, and famous, but according to the actor, he has one odd habit that limited his pool of potential dating partners. Franco, who is now happily married to Alison Brie, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night and joked that his bride was the only woman he…
U.S. B-2 war planes bombed two camps in Libya overnight that Pentagon officials claim were housing Islamic State (ISIS) militants, concluding President Barack Obama’s time as commander in chief with another slew of deaths. More than 80 people were killed at the camps about 25 miles southeast of Sirte, where ISIS fighters fled from last…