Legendary singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte died in his New York home at the age of 96.

The world’s first Barbie with Down syndrome will give all children the opportunity to play with more inclusive dolls. Mattel, Barbie’s parent company, announced the new figures will soon be hitting store shelves.

Protestors in Montana came out to support Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr after Republican legislative leaders forbid her from participating in debates about the rights of transgender youths.

Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a mummy believed to be over 1,000 years old with some of its skin and hair still intact.

The NYPD recently announced that it would be adding an “autonomous security robot” and “digidog robot” to its force. The use of so-called "Robocops" raises a host of ethical questions and issues.

This 3-month-old puppy, named Raisin, is on the mend after surviving a horrible situation. Last month, a man was caught on surveillance exiting his car and tossing her over a fence along the Tujunga wash stream in Los Angeles, California.

An Arkansas father was arrested for piercing his son's ear.

Byron Castillo, a house painter, says he was shot after he knocked on the wrong door at a North Carolina apartment.

As Carrie Lippert Gillaspie, a sports reporter for the Kansas City Royals baseball team, pulled into her work parking lot, she heard muffled sounds of a whimpering dog.