Deadly NYC shooting possible 'hate crime,' police say

Police are investigating the overnight shooting death of a 32-year-old man in New York’s Greenwich Village as a hate crime after police said the shooter may have hurled anti-gay slurs.

Capping week of scandal management, Obama says focus remains on jobs

First Read: It hasn’t been a fun week in the West Wing, but President Barack Obama insisted Friday that his focus remains on job creation despite Washington’s tendency to get “distracted”  by political battles.

Tough drunk-driving law may be buzzkill for light drinkers

Imagine having a drink with dinner at a restaurant only to be pulled over on the way home and slapped with a DUI. That could happen under a proposed plan to toughen the drunk driving laws across the country, and it has restaurateurs alarmed.

Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try

Orb is the even-money favorite at Saturday's Preakness, and there's a growing feeling that this 3-year-old bay colt may be special enough to give thoroughbred racing its first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978.

Are Beyonce and Jay-Z expecting another baby?

There's been no confirmation, but lots of speculation and excitement that Blue Ivy may soon have a sibling to hang out with.

'Why would we wait?': Sisters face Jolie cancer dilemma

Angelina Jolie’s revelation this week that she’d had both breasts removed to lower her risk of cancer came as a bombshell to many -- but not to three sisters from Berkeley Heights, N.J. Cathy Balsamo, Cindy Lepore and Patti Broccoli have spent the past year grappling with the dilemma that Jolie faced: What to do when a genetic mutation means you’ve got a sky-high chance of breast or ovarian cancer?

Fitness protects men from cancer, even 20 years later

Students can't resist distractions ... neither can you

Are gadgets making us dumber? Two new studies suggest they might be. The findings reveal how much high-tech distractions can affect our mental performance.

China-based company promotes North Korea day trip