Michele Hundley Smith was 38 when she disappeared while shopping in Dec. 2001 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

A missing persons case in North Carolina was solved in stunning fashion on Thursday when police announced that the woman, who had been missing for 24 years, was alive and well and living a secret life ...

A 3-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe after she was spotted at a QuikTrip in Phoenix. Heavy snow warning as 5 feet to strike: 'Blizzard conditions' Screaming ...

Described for the first time in the 1940s, lipedema has long been misunderstood, often mistaken for common obesity or lymphedema and frequently treated as a cosmetic issue. This has produced chronic ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday morning that says private citizens and organizations are not bound by the 14th Amendment, or the Supreme Court decision ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A controversial bill moving through the Tennessee legislature is reigniting debate over same-sex marriage and constitutional rights. Supports have said it protects private citizens, ...

The camera, a Zeiss Ikon Baby Ikonta from the 1930s, and the newly developed images, which were likely taken in the 1950s Ian Scott While browsing at a thrift store in England, an amateur photographer ...

The Suffolk County Police Department is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in a wooded area in Manorville. A preliminary probe has determined the cause of death to be "criminal in ...

President Trump chose a Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, he thinks he can count on to lower interest rates. History suggests three different ways presidents have come to regret that bet.

The Labor Department's Retirement Savings Lost and Found database includes information about potential lost retirement accounts, currently available only to people age 65 or older. In its first year, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has been added to the list of federally recognized tribes, formalizing its government-to-government relationship with the U.S. This follows ...