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| Mike Rowe | | Editor's note: Mike Rowe's essay about the deadly arrests of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York has struck a chord. It touches on the topics of police behavior and resisting arrest. The essay was first posted as a response to a fan's question on Rowe's Facebook page: |
| 'She passed away in my arms' | | Shannon Zwanziger seemed perfectly healthy, until she came home with the flu. The 17-year-old died a week later, underscoring a particularly dangerous flu season. |
| Josh Alcorn | | When Ohio teenager Josh Alcorn told his parents he wanted to live as a girl, that he felt trapped in his own body, his parents said they wouldn't stand for that. |
| Edward Herrmann | | Edward Herrmann, the versatile, honey-voiced actor whose roles included patricians and politicians such as "Gilmore Girls" father Richard Gilmore, "The Practice" law professor Anderson Pearson and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has died. He was 71. |
| New Year's | | Photo gallery: 2015 new year celebrations |
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