Tragedy

Best waitress in the world performs good deed for couple who lost their baby

The Forth Worth, Texas, waitress wanted to express her sympathy for the couple.

On Jun 9, 2015 by Marisa Kabas

A high school student posted one last tweet before reportedly taking his own life

Friends and classmates are mourning him online.

On May 20, 2015 by Marisa Kabas

Mark Gatiss to ‘Sherlock’ fans: ‘Expect tragedy’ in Season 5

We’ve heard this song before.

On Nov 21, 2014 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

‘BoJack Horseman’ and the peculiar charm of sad cartoons

Animation is all grown up.

On Oct 3, 2014 by Miles Klee

Here’s a WorldStar version of the 20th century’s great tragedies

“Dayum!”

On Apr 11, 2014 by Miles Klee

Newscaster weeps at learning the fate of flight MH370

With a tragedy like this, it’s impossible to remain detached.

On Mar 25, 2014 by Miles Klee

LeVar Burton hemorrhages Twitter followers over Philip Seymour Hoffman jokes

Swimming upstream on social media proves all but impossible.

On Feb 4, 2014 by Miles Klee

Paul Walker’s ‘Fast & Furious’ character will be ‘retired’

Sources say Paul Walker’s Fast & Furious character won’t come to a tragic end. 

On Jan 5, 2014 by Sarah Weber

Teen dies after copying “choke out game” from YouTube video

A 15-year-old passed out on top of a glass, sustaining fatal cuts, after copying self-asphyxiation instructions from a YouTube video.

On Sep 27, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger

Movie sites respond to shootings, some more appropriately than others

Movies.com goes dark for the day, while Deadline draws criticism for focusing on how the tragedy will affect The Dark Knight Rises at the box office.

On Jul 20, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III