Two Virginia veterinarians reported missing while hiking in Glacier National Park were found alive yesterday, after their families raised the alarm Friday when they failed to catch a flight home. It took 50 people laboring in wintry conditions to find them.
When Dolly Stringer was diagnosed with breast cancer in April, she decided to shave her head before beginning her chemotherapy. Now, the woman, who lives in Georgia, believes she got cancer for a reason: to save her husband's life.
Australian authorities are thanking the crew of an Air Canada flight for helping to locate a sailor in distress off the country's east coast. Luckily, one of the passengers on an Air Canada Flight en route from Vancouver to Sydney had binoculars.
A small group of grassroots activists in Midland, Texas has spread hope to homeowners in need, providing critical home repairs free of charge. Since its inspiring start 30 years ago, Rebuilding Together has grown to a nationwide network of 3.4 million volunteers who have delivered services worth $1.3 billion to families, the elderly, veterans and community centers.
A New York college student who started a blog on self-acceptance in order to help other young women deal with body image taunts has become a viral hero to many for her frank and powerful online discussion about her weight.
A US soldier who was involved in a firefight in Iraq is seeking redemption and forgiveness from an Iraqi family that lost three members in that chaotic gun battle. In the midst of the battle, his unit opened fire on three cars killing the drivers, all members of the Kachadoorian family who drove into the intersection. Since then, the Marine has become like a son to the family, visiting several times and talking often by phone.
They say a problem shared is a problem halved. Now a team of psychologists in the USA has performed a series of studies that suggest sharing your good news multiplies its benefits for your happiness and longer-term life satisfaction.
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A ceremony on October 28 marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
An expanding body of research suggests people's moral compasses are active far earlier than previously thought. Young children and even babies demonstrate attributes such as generosity, empathy and a sense of justice, indicating that far from being born as clean slates, humans seem to have innate altruistic tendencies and are able to make moral choices at a remarkably young age.
A Scottish skipper has set a new world record after finding a message in a bottle 98 years after it was released. Not only that, he found the bottle while skippering the same fishing boat which had set the previous record, the Shetland-based vessel Copious.
The Davis community in California with help from Giant Bicycles has come together to create a heartwarming final chapter for a cross-country bicycle rider in route for her charity, Bike and Build, which raises money for low cost housing projects in the U.S.
Afghanistan war veteran Cpl. Juan Dominguez has a new smart home adapted to his combat injuries, thanks to money raised by actor Gary Sinise and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The home, which contains an elevator, self-flushing toilets, lighting controlled with an iPad, and easy-open cabinets and doors, will give him and his wife a second chance at life.