A 45-year old driver stuck since December survived by hibernating a bit like a bear, doctors say. He was dug out alive from his snow-buried car in which he had survived for two months with no food, during one of the worst winters Europe has ever seen, in temperatures as low as -22F (-30C).
Over the last three months, living in a chilly tent on the roof of a vacant South Side Chicago motel, Rev. Corey Brooks kept up his vigil against gun violence. On Friday, he was triumphant after a pledge of $98,000 from filmmaker Tyler Perry provided the final push for reaching the pastor's goal of raising $450,000 to buy and demolish the decrepit motel, a haven for drugs and prostitution.
Americans give more to help others than the residents of 152 other countries, according to a new global survey that asked how many people donated money to a charity, volunteered their time, or helped a stranger in the previous month.
Aided by a grant from Chevrolet, a professional photographer is helping homeless children visualize their dreams through the lens of a camera. Pictures of Hope will travel to ten homeless shelters in ten cities this year.
Midlife women are flourishing compared with men. Despite the daily gloom of economic predictions, women in midlife are more optimistic about their lives and futures than men are, finds a Gallup-Healthways daily poll of Americans' well-being. It may be key that the most optimistic women spend about six hours a day in social interaction.
More and more, young women are not only starting their own businesses, but they are also achieving enormous success doing so. Take recent start-ups like Her Campus, Rent the Runway, and LearnVest: all three lucrative businesses were founded by women in their early twenties.
Nevada has the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. But now a multi-million dollar federal grant is helping one district turn its schools around. Host Michel Martin speaks with a principal who spent last Saturday knocking on the doors of students who dropped out, encouraging them to come back to school.
Until recently, I had no idea that you could fairly easily teach your brain to be happier. As most of us could have guessed, researchers have found that positivity (having a positive outlook) makes us happier. Research shows that we are happier and more open to possibilities when we notice the positive. Positivity has also […]
Jake Barnett, an Indianapolis 13-year-old, has been acing college math and science courses since he was eight years old. At 13, he is a college sophomore taking honors classes in math and physics, while also doing scientific research and tutoring fellow students.
This 11-year study found that those who ended up dying of coronary heart disease were more pessimistic than the average baseline.
Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, made a New Year's resolution to help make our world a better place. His first step was to post an uplifting video about why we should be optimistic about the future.
Americans are hopeful for what 2012 will bring for their families and the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Overall, 62 percent of those surveyed say they're optimistic about what 2012 will bring for the country. And for themselves and their families, Americans are even more positive.
People who have upbeat outlooks on life have significantly better cardiovascular health, suggests a new study that examined associations between optimism and heart health in more than 5,100 adults with different backgrounds and lifestyles.
Starbucks has raised more than $7 million by selling 'Create Jobs' wristbands. The company expects the program to create 2,300 jobs as the money makes its way to small businesses and nonprofits.
It had been decades since Robbie Waisman was liberated from a concentration camp as a teen – years later, he ran into the man who liberated him.
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, which opened in January 2007 in South Africa to provide educational opportunities for gifted girls from impoverished backgrounds, celebrated its first graduating class Saturday. 72 girls of graduating age filed onto the stage, all wearing white dresses, to cheers and tears from Oprah herself, who'd invested $40 million to give them a safe haven and opportunities undreamed of before.
Kickstarter, a website designed to fund creative projects through the support of small online donations, crowned its first millionaire this week: Casey Hopkins, an engineer based in Portland, Ore., who invented the world's best iPhone dock.
The South Sudan Democratic Movement declared a ceasefire yesterday, accepting an amnesty offered by President Salva Kiir last July when South Sudan gained independence from the north.
New cancer studies published yesterday are generating considerable excitement and anticipation among cancer specialists, who said in interviews that the results are some of the strongest data seen in years for new breast cancer therapies.
Cancer death rates are continuing to fall, dropping by 1.8 percent per year in men and 1.6 percent per year in women, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday.
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