The love a good mother has for her children is an unbreakable bond and extends beyond life itself. One very good mother recently made the ultimate sacrifice for her children,...
Iona College art history professor Tom Ruggio likes to visit churches from time to time. "I’m used to wandering into churches, and I find it very peaceful," he told Westchester...
A 500-year-old estate passed down for generations. Hidden passageways, dark tunnels, forgotten rooms. Ancient names written in chalk. It all sounds a bit spooky because, well, it is -- but...
A tragedy occurred in San Francisco Monday afternoon when a woman died after being dragged by a Bay Area Rapid Transit train. According to footage and eyewitness accounts, 41-year-old Amy...
It's not unusual for a mother with kids in tow to take a stroll through the library. Many bookworms fondly remember such childhood visits. But it is unusual when that...
When Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum of Jackson, Wyoming, was killed, he left behind a wife who was pregnant with their first child. The couple hadn't even been married a...
Lawrence Brooks has experienced much in his life as the oldest known living World War II veteran. This year, he celebrated his 112th birthday with much fanfare. Brooks was born...
Navy football coach Bill Ray Stutzmann was fired on Monday after refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, tweeting he continues to "stand firm" in his conviction. "The Naval Academy Athletic...
A high school in Minnesota canceled its students' plans to honor victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks last week, and in doing so labeled memorializing those lost on...
On the evening of Sept. 4, 11-year-old Mackenzie Jenkins was sitting on a swing outside her Cape Coral, Florida, home when she spotted something suspicious going on at her neighbor's...
Matt Fountain of Glasgow had a vision: He wanted to help people who were in a bad way with the law, get their lives sorted and provide them with training...
On Aug. 22, 24-year-old RuairĂ McSorley from Londonderry, Ireland, went for a swim in Tralee Bay on the southern Irish coast. And he kept swimming. And kept swimming. McSorley was...
Over the past year, dozens of people started receiving packages that contained a note and a small jar with their name on it. "Hi, I'm a compliment jar," the note...
Any time a person sets out into nature, there's the possibility he or she will spot something that makes the wild their home. That possibility scares some people, but for...
It's never easy to leave your family and head across the world to serve your country, but the last year has been especially difficult for one military family from Killeen,...
Last month, a man in Revere, Massachusetts, decided he no longer wanted his dog, a pit bull mix named Killer. Instead of taking him to a shelter or finding him...