The US tourist whose phone and wallet were robbed while rescuing a man from the Liffey River in Dublin has said he is overwhelmed by the response he's had from the Irish public since the incident.
Voters in four states approved measures Tuesday to raise the minimum wage for workers. The ballot initiative in Alaska received 69 percent of the vote; in Arkansas, 65 percent; in Nebraska, 59 percent; and in South Dakota, the margin was 53 percent.
The Switzer Ranch, owned and operated since 1904, could not support future generations on the land, so the family had to get creative. Through ecotourism operations and an annual Prairie Chicken Festival, the ranchers realized the immense importance of acting to conserve the Sandhills of Nebraska and their native life.
Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey raised more than $1.1 million for cancer over the weekend when 4,000 people biked, walked, or ran in races through his hometown of Lewiston, Maine. Proceeds from the second annual Dempsey Challenge will benefit the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center, built in Lewiston to honor his mother.
"An 18-year-old California woman has reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming... the youngest person to scale the highest peaks on each of the seven continents." (AP)
An eco-friendly housing complex for the formerly homeless has opened a fine-dining restaurant that serves food from the community's farm.
On Tuesday's broadcast of the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, Aretha Franklin proved she is still the indisputable Queen of Soul.
Officers in Oregon didn't just ignore the children after a father was arrested on drug charges before Christmas. This is what kindness looks like.
Watch this short film about how contagious laughter can be, even on a subway train crowded with sullen strangers.
The President hosted a remarkable group of wounded veterans a few weeks ago on the White House basketbal court. These "Wounded Warriors" from Walter Reed Army Medical Center showed President Obama a thing or two about wheelchair basketball.
For the first time in its 40 year history of charitable giving, Tom's of Maine, the natural toothpaste company, opened up its funding process to the public, letting them vote on who will get $100,000 in grants.
In June, a man tried to steal money from a deli, but the shopkeeper provided the robber with forty dollars and a loaf of bread and made him promise never to steal again. Now, the would-be robber in Long Island has paid back the store owner.