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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Catholic leaders in Charlotte have appealed a federal judge’s decision that they violated federal law when they fired a gay substitute teacher after he put his same-sex wedding plans on Facebook.

Progressive figures shed thousands of followers while accounts of more rightwing voices gain popularity

In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment campaign dubbed GamerGate.

The beauty retailer aims to encourage people to make time for bathing and relaxation

Nearly 500 Rohingya refugees fled a detention centre where they were being held in Malaysia on April 20. Dozens of videos show them running along the highways, panicked. Most were later arrested by police. However, on April 26, Malaysian authorities called on the local population to find the 61 Rohingya…

During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, and the early decades of the 20th century, U.S. captains of industry such as William Randolph Hearst and Jay Gould used their massive wealth to dominate facets of the economy, including the news media. They were, in many ways, prototype oligarchs…

Updating fans online, he said he was “getting there” after suffering a heart attack, which he shared in another video on Facebook

Why did the richest man in the world buy a social media site? What will he do with it? Here’s our best guess, in 25 tweet-length takes

A groom was left fuming after his mother broke the one rule his wife-to-be had firmly stipulated - to not share photos of her wedding gown ahead of the ceremony