A former Marine potentially saved several lives by keeping a level head amid Sunday’s carnage in Las Vegas. Quick-thinking Taylor Winston first helped people fleeing the deadly mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival escape over a fence, according to multiple reports . The 29-year-old and his…

Story highlights Police find weapons, ammunition, ammonium nitrate At least 59 people were killed during country music festival (CNN) A day after the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, authorities are learning more about Stephen Paddock who fired into a crowd of thousands during a country…

LaVar Ball plans on pulling his son, LaMelo, out of Chino Hills High School and will homeschool him for LaMelo's final two years before college. "I'm not dealing with the coach over there," LaVar told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. "I'm not dealing with the administration over there. I don't want no…

John Oliver joined the chorus of voices calling out President Donald Trump for his response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding on Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria . Over the weekend, Trump complained that the people suffering “ want everything done for them .” He even bemoaned the…

At least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooting was the deadliest in U.S. history. The suspected attacker, later identified as Stephen Paddock, 64, shot at concertgoers from the 32nd floor of a nearby…

French soldiers patrolled outside the railway station in Marseille, France, on Sunday after a knife attack. Claude Paris/Associated Press PARIS — At least two people were killed on Sunday after an assailant attacked bystanders with a knife in an assault that forced the evacuation of the main train…

Tom Price — who resigned Friday as President Donald Trump ’s secretary of health and human services amid investigations into a growing scandal over his frequent use of private planes for government business — once railed against money spent for non-commercial aircraft by members of Congress. In a…

Erin Lee Macke, 30, was charged with four counts of child endangerment and one count of making a firearm available to a person under the age of 21. (Photo: Special to the Register) DES MOINES — A mom from Johnston, Iowa was arrested on Thursday after she left her four kids home alone to go on a trip…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A librarian at the Cambridgeport Elementary School in Massachusetts is facing backlash for declining a shipment of books from first lady Melania Trump . The school's librarian, Liz Phipps Soeiro, wrote a lengthy editorial for the Horn Book's Family Reading blog explaining why her…

Green Bay Packers’ Davante Adams is hit by Chicago Bears’ Adrian Amos and Danny Trevathan during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, in Green Bay, Wis. The Bears were penalized on the play and Adams was taken off the field on a stretcher. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke) The NFL…

Trevor Noah dissected the GOP’s proposed new tax reform policy on Thursday’s “Daily Show.” And the comedian didn’t like what he discovered. After finding out that President Donald Trump possibly stands to financially benefit personally in several ways from the new plan, Noah asked whether it was…

Have Colin Kaepernick’s chances of signing with an NFL team improved? (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP) NFL owners issued statements of support for their teams’ players last weekend in the wake of the contemptuously worded criticism by President Trump. They stood on fields and locked arms with those players.…

Sometimes it takes a video. Like the one the racial justice group Color of Change has released responding to the backlash against NFL players protesting during the national anthem. “Saying NFL players are protesting the flag is like saying Rosa Parks was protesting bus transportation,” the opening…

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) extolled Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as an “awesome” health care advocate in an interview with HuffPost on Wednesday, dismissing those who questioned the timing of Sanders’ rollout of single-payer legislation. Days after Sanders introduced his “Medicare for All” bill…

North Korea again refuted allegations on Thursday by President Donald Trump and the family of a young American man who died after more than a year as a prisoner in the isolated country, insisting that Otto Warmbier was never tortured in custody. State-run media quoted North Korea 's foreign ministry…

NOW PLAYING Donald Trump repeatedly berated Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server. But it's been revealed that former and current Trump advisers used personal email accounts to conduct official business.

Actor Steven Seagal has accused National Football League players who protest by taking a knee during the national anthem of holding the world “hostage.” The 65-year-old Michigan-born action-movie star, who became a Russian citizen in November 2016, dubbed the pregame protests ― which President…

WATCH: GOP Congressman calls his female colleagues "Eye Candy" pic.twitter.com/LVfr1QClcm — American Bridge (@American_Bridge) September 26, 2017 Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) said during a press event Monday that he would refer to his women colleagues as “eye candy” if such a comment wasn’t considered…

Jimmy Kimmel has got a new target in his sights. Fresh from playing a part in helping to kill off a Senate bill meant to repeal the Affordable Care Act , the late-night talk show host jokingly revealed Tuesday he was now campaigning against “another threat on the horizon that is maybe even more…

Twitter users are accusing President Donald Trump of blaming Puerto Rico for the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding there in the wake of Hurricane Maria . Instead of urging his followers to donate to Puerto Ricans in need , Trump decided to use the microblogging service on Monday night to comment…

The grieving family of a young boy from Sacramento, California, said he was a hero in the last moments of his short life. Dante, 8, had tried to rescue his younger sister from an alleged sexual assault when he was attacked by the perpetrator, beaten with a hammer and left for dead, relatives said.…

WASHINGTON ― At least 13 people are dead. Most people don’t have water or power. There’s no cell service. Roads have been totally washed away or blocked by debris. This is life right now in Puerto Rico, where 3.5 million Americans are struggling to recover from the devastation of last week’s…

It’s not just the players anymore. Even some national anthem performers are taking a knee in solidarity as protests spread across the NFL after President Donald Trump on Friday called any player who did so a “ son of a bitch ” and urged team owners to fire them . In Tennessee, former “ The Voice ”…

In many respects, “ Star Trek: Discovery ,” which finally premiered on CBS Sunday, goes where no version of the story has gone before. But while the show’s content is out of this world, the network’s business plan might be going a bit too far. Sonequa Martin-Green, the first black woman to lead a…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― “Can’t nobody tell me what to do. If I wanna get on my knees right now for the people in my city, for the people in my state, that’s what that flag is for,” a fiery Pharrell Williams told a cheering crowd as he fell to both knees on stage at “A Concert for Charlottesville” on…

If you’ve ever wondered what the lyrics to the “ Will & Grace ” theme song may sound like, then this video could some answer your questions. Kind of. The NBC sitcom’s stars teased its upcoming revival by joining “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon on Friday to sing along to the catchy tune. And…

Reverse Mortgages A reverse mortgage can be a challenge to explain or understand, even for people who have plenty of financial experience. What Is a Reverse Mortgage? At its core, the reverse mortgage is a home equity loan that’s designed to help seniors tap into the equity in their homes. In sum,…

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NEW YORK—Trump administration officials said Saturday the U.S. wouldn’t pull out of the Paris Agreement, offering to re-engage in the international deal to fight climate change, according to the European Union’s top energy official. The shift from President Donald Trump’s decision in June to…

“ Westworld ” may not be the only fantastical world we visit when the Emmy-nominated HBO show returns in 2018 for Season 2. Hiroyuki Sanada’s rep confirmed to TV Guide that the actor has been cast in several episodes of the series, which followed a robot-populated Wild West theme park set in the…

LONDON ― At least 22 people were injured after a bomb exploded in a West London Underground station during rush hour on Friday, causing a fire inside a train and a stampede of panicking commuters. The blast at the Parsons Green Tube stop was caused by an improvised explosive device, Assistant Police…

The New York Police Department on Thursday released body cam footage from a fatal police shooting in the Bronx. It was the first time the agency has done so since cameras were added to the officers’ uniforms in April. The footage from Sept. 6 showed police confronting Miguel Richards after his…

NOW PLAYING For HuffPost’s “Listen To America” bus tour, we asked if racial tensions in St. Louis have improved or worsened in the three years since unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by a police officer.

WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is hinting at a potential major change in the way the Senate advances judicial nominees ― one that would strip Democrats of the ability to block many of President Donald Trump ’s lifetime court picks. In an interview with The New York Times…

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas ― Brian Silva, an unemployed African-American man from one of Little Rock’s roughest neighborhoods, still struggles on a daily basis not to go back to the life of crime he knows so well. Almost since birth, Silva has lived within the world of gangs. He has been involved in…

Martin Shkreli is interviewed on the Fox Business Network on Aug. 15. (AP) For Martin Shkreli, the acts of ridiculing and trolling weren’t just a solitary hobby. They were a performance for the benefit of his small army of online fans, who loved watching their favorite Internet supervillain get away…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will introduce on Wednesday a new version of his plan to give everybody government-run health insurance, potentially opening a new chapter in the ongoing debate over how to make health care in the U.S. more affordable and available. The plan calls for an overhaul of…

HuffPost is currently driving across the country for our Listen To America road trip . We’ll be visiting 25 cities along the way. HuffPost is hitting the road this fall to interview people about their hopes, dreams, fears ― and what it means to be American today. We were in St. Louis on Tuesday,…

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Mortgage Assistance in Times of a Natural Disaster In the midst of a natural disaster paying your mortgage is not top of mind. Those who are fighting to survive in flood stricken areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey are more concerned with knowing if their homes will be habitable once flood…