91-Year-old WWII Vet Running 3,000 Miles For Ship That Won The War
A World War II veteran is running across America to help send the ship he served on back to Normandy for 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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Watch Obama Sing Amazing Grace at Pastor's Funeral
During an emotional eulogy for the pastor killed in Charleston, President Obama led the congregation in the classic Christian hymn, Amazing Grace.
Finally, A Male Birth Control Method May Actually Come to Market
A nonprofit medical research organization has developed a male contraceptive that is likely to receive the Food and Drug Administration's seal of approval.
First Latino U.S. Poet Laureate Named, Weaves English, Spanish into Poems
The son of migrant farm workers was compared to Walt Whitman today, as he was named the U.S. Poet Laureate.
Cops Decide Heroin Addicts Will Be Helped With Rehab, Not Arrested
The Gloucester Police Department has a new policy to benefit people addicted to drugs, and others who want lifesaving drugs to treat future overdoses.
NASA Device Finds 4 Buried Victims in Nepal by Detecting Heartbeats
Four men trapped under 10 feet of rubble were rescued in Nepal thanks to a heartbeat-detection device developed by NASA and the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Water-Cleaning Technology to Help Farmers
The giant solar receiver installed on a wheat field here in California's agricultural heartland slowly rotates to track the sun and capture its energy. The 377-foot array, however, does not generate electricity but instead creates heat used to desalinate water. It is part of a project developed by a San Francisco area start-up called WaterFX that is tapping an abundant, if contaminated, resource in this parched region: the billions of gallons of water that lie just below the surface.
Work With Texas Immigrants Earns Her 2015 Teacher of the Year Honor
An ability to make a special connection with traumatized and immigrant children has earned a Texas educator the title of 2015 National Teacher of the Year.
Good News, Grads! Starting Salaries Are Beginning to Rise
The class of 2015 can look forward to more money in their first paychecks and more job openings than last year's graduates saw.
We Stumbled Upon a Lincoln Lovefest at Ford's Theater 150 Years After His Death
The most fortuitous thing happened when I met an out-of-town friend in Washington, DC. We stumbled upon Ford's Theater on the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination.
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