Samantha Schmidt The Washington Post

In the two weeks since authorities accused Virginia gynecologist Javaid Perwaiz of performing unnecessary surgeries on women to collect insurance kickbacks, hundreds of distraught former patients have contacted federal authorities, concerned they might be among the people who allegedly endured invasive procedures they did not want or need.

Beneath jumbotrons and crisscrossing beams of light, bearded middle-aged men howled from the stands and punched their fists in the air, spinning yellow towels over their heads. They came in their "Macho Man" and Kenny Omega T-shirts, with signs that read "Welcome to the Revolution." They drove from states away to witness the scripted body slamming,...

A federal judge on Friday awarded more than $700,000 to a former American University student government president who accused the founder of a well-known neo-Nazi website of directing his followers to threaten her with racist online messages.

Before the birth of his second son, Derek Rotondo decided he wanted to spend more time at home - both to bond with the newborn and to more evenly split up the caregiving with his wife.

Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list.

The word spread on a Reddit thread, in texts between friends, and on street corners in northwest Washington, D.C.: In honor of International Women's Day, a liquor store in Columbia Heights would be giving out 1,000 bottles of wine to women who walked in the door on Friday.

The argument allegedly began over a bottle of bath soap and ended with Elaine Rigas's then-husband lunging at her throat. As she held their 1-year-old son in a bathtub, Rigas said, she feared that the man would strangle her to death.

Polar vortex: Nearly 90 million people are likely to experience temperatures at or below zero in the Midwest and New England, according to the National Weather Service; 25 million of them will face temperatures below minus-20 - dips that when combined with wind can cause frostbite in a matter of minutes.

Jason Gaebel and Kwame Anderson don't usually cross the bridge over Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minn. But this Wednesday morning, for no reason in particular, the beer deliverymen decided to take a different route. After dropping off a shipment of beer, Gaebel steered the truck onto the bridge. Then, they spotted a man standing on the bridge's ledge...

A surveillance video of the brutal attack began circulating widely across social media earlier this week, drawing anger from the large Sikh community in California's Central Valley.

In Demi Lovato's first public statement since being hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose, the pop star says she is focused on her sobriety and "road to recovery." Read further to know more

"What I've learned is that this illness is not something that disappears or fades with time," Demi Lovato wrote in a letter on Instagram

Around the world - from Chicago to Munich to Roskilde, Denmark - airports have become centers of political protest over deportations. Activists have blocked airport entrances, demonstrated outside terminal fences, and even stormed a runway in attempts to stop flights carrying deportees.

Emelia Holden had just finished taking a customer's order and placing a stack of menus on an unoccupied table in a small restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. Suddenly, she felt someone grope her from behind.

Barbara Coombes, 51, had just been gardening in her father's backyard, on a street of red-brick terrace homes in their quiet suburb near Manchester, England, when she went inside and spotted a box on the dining room table.

In the two weeks since authorities accused Virginia gynecologist Javaid Perwaiz of performing unnecessary surgeries on women to collect insurance kickbacks, hundreds of distraught former patients have contacted federal authorities, concerned they might be among the people who allegedly endured invasive procedures they did not want or need.

Beneath jumbotrons and crisscrossing beams of light, bearded middle-aged men howled from the stands and punched their fists in the air, spinning yellow towels over their heads. They came in their "Macho Man" and Kenny Omega T-shirts, with signs that read "Welcome to the Revolution." They drove from states away to witness the scripted body slamming,...

A federal judge on Friday awarded more than $700,000 to a former American University student government president who accused the founder of a well-known neo-Nazi website of directing his followers to threaten her with racist online messages.

Before the birth of his second son, Derek Rotondo decided he wanted to spend more time at home - both to bond with the newborn and to more evenly split up the caregiving with his wife.

Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list.

The word spread on a Reddit thread, in texts between friends, and on street corners in northwest Washington, D.C.: In honor of International Women's Day, a liquor store in Columbia Heights would be giving out 1,000 bottles of wine to women who walked in the door on Friday.

The argument allegedly began over a bottle of bath soap and ended with Elaine Rigas's then-husband lunging at her throat. As she held their 1-year-old son in a bathtub, Rigas said, she feared that the man would strangle her to death.

Polar vortex: Nearly 90 million people are likely to experience temperatures at or below zero in the Midwest and New England, according to the National Weather Service; 25 million of them will face temperatures below minus-20 - dips that when combined with wind can cause frostbite in a matter of minutes.

Jason Gaebel and Kwame Anderson don't usually cross the bridge over Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minn. But this Wednesday morning, for no reason in particular, the beer deliverymen decided to take a different route. After dropping off a shipment of beer, Gaebel steered the truck onto the bridge. Then, they spotted a man standing on the bridge's ledge...

A surveillance video of the brutal attack began circulating widely across social media earlier this week, drawing anger from the large Sikh community in California's Central Valley.

In Demi Lovato's first public statement since being hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose, the pop star says she is focused on her sobriety and "road to recovery." Read further to know more

"What I've learned is that this illness is not something that disappears or fades with time," Demi Lovato wrote in a letter on Instagram

Around the world - from Chicago to Munich to Roskilde, Denmark - airports have become centers of political protest over deportations. Activists have blocked airport entrances, demonstrated outside terminal fences, and even stormed a runway in attempts to stop flights carrying deportees.

Emelia Holden had just finished taking a customer's order and placing a stack of menus on an unoccupied table in a small restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. Suddenly, she felt someone grope her from behind.

Barbara Coombes, 51, had just been gardening in her father's backyard, on a street of red-brick terrace homes in their quiet suburb near Manchester, England, when she went inside and spotted a box on the dining room table.