Don’t let the health care rollout or the reported drops in approval ratings fool you. According to a newly released Gallup poll, President Obama is still the most admired man in America. The six-time consecutive winner in that category was joined by his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who was the most admired woman.…

Looks like not everyone is happy with Beyoncé’s new album. Some current and former NASA astronauts have labeled the songstress “insensitive” for using audio of the space shuttle Challenger at the beginning of her video for “XO,” ABC News reports.   Jan. 28, 1986, the nation watched live as the space shuttle exploded 73 seconds…

A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in the fatal shooting of rapper Doe B. and a woman at an Alabama bar, the Associated Press reports. Jason Quan McWilliams surrendered to police Sunday evening and is being held without bond. The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Glenn…

Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson, son of the outspoken Phil Robertson, will help Fox News ring in the New Year and will discuss his father’s brief suspension from the family’s hit A&E reality series, according to the Associated Press. No word has been given on whether or not Willie Robertson will address directly the homophobic…

The doctors at Children’s Hospital Oakland had cleared the family out of Jahi McMath’s hospital room on Monday evening. The time to take the brain-dead teen off the ventilator was approaching. Then the phone rang, and a prayer was answered for the family, who have been desperately looking for another hospital to care for the…

Feminist folk singer Ani DiFranco has canceled her “Righteous Retreat,” an expensive songwriting workshop, after black Twitter bashed the singer for the choice of venue. That’s because the gig was to be held at Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana, where hundreds of slaves were held under brutal conditions and which is now owned by the conservative…

Hip-hop star Waka Flocka Flame’s younger brother, rapper Kayo Redd, died Sunday in Atlanta. The cause of death is still unknown, but conflicting reports have stated that Redd, who died shortly after tweeting out a link to his new mixtape, was either shot in his old neighborhood or committed suicide, Rolling Stone reports. A tweet…

It’s only been a few days since A&E lifted the ban on Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson over racist and homophobic comments made in GQ magazine earlier this month, but the joe.my.god blog released footage of the reality star claiming that it’s best to marry a girl who is 15 or 16. During a talk at…

Updated Monday 3:57 p.m.: Michelle Obama tweeted support and congrats to Good Morning America host Robin Roberts and her newly acknowledged girlfriend, Amber, as Roberts reflected on her remarkable recovery from a bone marrow transplant. “I am so happy for you and Amber!” the first lady tweeted Monday, while the first family spends the holidays…