Every contestant that shows up to play Survivor thinks they have what it takes to win the game. Optimism abounds! Everything is sunshine and Fun Dip and unicorns! And then those happy-go-lucky souls are dropped off on island and reality hits.

Shauhin Davari, a debate professor, previously said he had suspected Papini's kidnapping to be a hoax shortly after he heard the news about it.

A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest over a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right was used for the first time to secure a majority.

The "Survivor 48" cast includes a former “Survivor” alternate, a stunt performer, a pizzeria manager, and a surgeon.

"Good Morning America" host Michael Strahan said it’s “hard to relive” Isabella’s cancer journey, which is documented in the Feb. 5 ABC special "Life Interrupted: Isabella Strahan’s Fight Against Canc

A man who was pushed onto New York City subway tracks in the path of an oncoming train is recounting the harrowing, near-death experience.

It has been 29 days since Joe Lynskey was nearly murdered on New Year’s Eve. But his life was spared by a fraction of a second. “I was not meant to die that day,” Lynskey

NBC News' Jesse Kirsh travels to Aushwitz with Ruth Cohen, a 94-year-old woman who survived the Holocaust after being ripped from her home at a young age.

Rape survivor’s husband said his wife had snubbed the suspect on January 21 evening when he forced his way into their home and asked her to share her phone number, which she refused

A fifth-grade boy whose family lost their home in last year's Jan. 1 earthquake was left shaken and unable to sleep. Now, thanks to an encounter with some powerful music, he's finally getting back to normal.

Officials have identified one of the two victims shot to death in an alley on the city's South Side on Tuesday.