Instead of getting abuse from state teachers whose pensions were cut, Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island's treasurer, who had quarterbacked the major reform, is receiving praise for saving the system from certain calamity. She is being called a fiscal Hero.
With her father away on military service in the Middle East, Chelsea Jusino was resigned to attending her high school graduation without him. But when she donned her graduation gown and went to the ceremony at a baseball stadium in Clearwater, Fla., she got a surprise.
Thanks, in part, to a million dollar donation from BP, fishermen and their families are getting the help they need in Gulf coast areas where shrimp boats are docked along waters polluted with oil. Food is being distributed for the people, while animals needing to be cleaned are being rescued.
Kalamazoo Central High School beat out more than 1,000 applicants to win the "Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge" and the honor of having President Obama deliver the school's graduation speech, which took place on Monday night.
Artist Richard Ankrom took it upon himself to install a new highway number and arrow on a Los Angeles freeway sign in 2001 to help ease congestion and improve traffic flow. Now, some eight years later, the California traffic administrators have replaced the altered sign with another that incorporates the helpful directives for drivers.
Read about a turbulent trip by a woman who didn't expect her romantic destiny to teach her about true love.
The Dubai Metro stations are being turned into art museums to display artworks and creations from different themes and cultures, by order of the city's royal sheikh. The trains will also be decorated inside and out to reflect the project.
If you want to be romantic on Valentine's Day this week, but don't buy into the commercialism, check out these 6 ways to impress, and be yourself.
A video from New Hampshire's primary day shows the truth– that politically active people (regardless of ideology) have more in common than people think.
If you're feeling like that fairy tale ending to your relationship isn't going to happen in the future, don't fret: there's more to do in the present.
Slumping national test scores obscure a little-known surge in the number of American teenagers who are reaching world-class heights in math.
The stigma against mental illness and silence surrounding it is harmful to those of all ages, but thankfully, kids have a Royal on their side.