Sometimes laughter requires its own medicine: according to CBS, 2 ½-year-old Matthew Ephrem suffers from a rare seizure condition which left him spastically laughing uncontrollably multiple times a day. “It’s heartbreaking. I mean heartbreaking to find out your child has a tumor,” said Tigist Feyisa, Matthew’s mother. But doctors think they may have been able to help him. more ›

Four Queens men are suing the NYPD because they say an angry cop arrested them after another group of men laughed at him. Police sources tell the Daily News the arrests were made after cops approached a group gathered at Rufus King Park in Jamaica on the afternoon of August 19th. Police saw someone throw a bag in a garbage can, so they began frisking everybody to check for drugs, and one suspect allegedly told them he'd smoked all the marijuana. Then the guy ran off, with one cop chasing him on foot. more ›

It's hard out there for a Principal these days. Yesterday a middle school Principal in Orange County was placed on administrative leave after he went the extra mile to invade the home of two students he suspected of playing hooky. And today a Brooklyn elementary school principal has been relieved of duty because he disciplined a student who laughed. Laughing will NOT BE TOLERATED—the Chinese and Indians lead the world in education; do you ever see them even crack a smile? We're sure Principal Jonathan Straughn, of PS 276 in Canarsie, just wanted his students to stay competitive in the global marketplace. Granted, he may have gone a little overboard. more ›

A 72-year-old wheelchair-bound Bronx woman is suing the fire department for laughing and injuring her after she called them for help last March, the Post reports. The ex-husband of two-hundred pound Ziola Garcia called 911 after her "self-powered" wheelchair, which elevates 3½ feet to allow her to reach objects, got stuck in the "up" position. But it was all a big joke to the firemen who responded, she alleges: "They were laughing at me, making fun of me because I was trapped in the chair. I was insulted. I asked them, 'What's the show?'" Her shoulder was also injured during the rescue attempt. more ›

The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating allegations that just hours after the not guilty verdict was issued in the Sean Bell shooting trial, a number of crank calls were made to the home of Nicole Paultre Bell's parents by someone connected to a police union. The calls were both hang-ups or someone laughing--"Ha ha ha"--on the other end of the line. more ›