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Whitney Houston the preeminent pop vocalist of the '80s and '90s whose career was sidetracked by drug and domestic problems died Saturday. She was 48. Houston's publicist Kristen Foster confirmed the singer's death but gave no cause or location.

Much is made of Michael Jackson's barrier-bursting music but Whitney Houston's role in the desegregation of MTV was nearly as crucial.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin a Catholic up for re-election this year was one of the Democrats who spoke out against the White House birth control policy before it was altered.

A North Carolina father outraged by his purported teen daughter's "disrespectful" Facebook post gave her a lesson she'll never forget and neither will her laptop.

It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.

Argentina's foreign minister is due to arrive at the United Nations to officially protest about Britain's "militarisation" of the seas around the disputed Falkland Islands.

Former GOP chairman Michael Steele said that gay rights should not be equated with black rights in an exchange with LGBT activist and former Lt.

Republicans seized on a call from Catholic bishops who in recent weeks have asked their parishioners to object to a federal law requiring religious-based institutions such as Catholic hospitals and universities to provide contraceptives as part of their health care coverage.