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Armstrong died by suicide, her boyfriend Pete Ashdown said, adding that he found her Tuesday night at their Salt Lake City home.

When the crisis finally resolves, will our new ways of marking births and deaths, weddings and anniversaries have any lasting impact?

Photographer Cherie Schrader in Chicago said she felt deceived when she showed up for a July wedding with 165 unmasked people indoors after being assured all safety precautions would be taken.

As a new generation steps up, activists and historians believe there’s important work to be done for white people: Listening to black voices and following rather than trying to lead, for one, and the deep introspection it takes to confront unconscious bias and the perks of privilege that come just from being white.

Thank you, Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon, for the queen-worthy pale gold custom look created for nominee Glenn Close.

The term "F-bomb" surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but will land Tuesday for the first time in the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, along with sexting, flexitarian, obesogenic, energy drink and life coach.

Olympic spoilers have complainers turning off phone alerts, hiding their iPads and shushing co-workers in a search for simpler times, when screaming at the TV during live, nail-biting competition was a sport unto itself. Time-delayed primetime coverage by NBC hasn't made it easy, especially for those with jobs that require heavy, real-time use of Twitter, Facebook and their ever-present phones.