- Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer met in New York and were together more than 40 years
- They couldn’t legally marry in the U.S., but they did tie the knot in 2007 in Toronto
- When Spyer died, Windsor paid a large inheritance tax — then fought it in court
- A court rules the couple’s union was valid and that Windsor deserves a tax refund
Few high school sweethearts make it past the hat toss at graduation. But Taylor Morris and Danielle Kelly have made it through so much more.
Since this morning, Navy SEAL David Goggins has been doing pull-ups, and he plans to keep doing them until he sets the Guinness World Record for most pull-ups in a 24-hour period. He needs to complete 4,021 to beat the record.
Just one day after Kevin Long was released from prison, the 37-year-old registered sex offender is back behind bars for allegedly assaulting a teenage girl on a Modesto, California bus
When Anthony Perry inherited a sizable sum from his racist, extremely right-wing stepfather, he decided to give away small chunks of the money to random people who were spreading good
The Dalai Lama marked his most recent visit to the UK by creating an award to honour young people who have helped to transform themselves, their community or the world in a positive way.
At ceremonies in London, Manchester and Edinburgh during a ten-day visit to the UK in June, the Tibetan spiritual leader presented the Youth Compassion Award to three 10–24-year-olds, who were nominated by their local communities as Britain’s most compassionate young people.
David Moore certainly wasn’t expecting a pint-sized 7-year-old girl to turn into a crime-fighting hero.
On July 27 this year, A-nari Taylor was playing with her cousin, 4-year-old Brandon Mincey, outside an apartment complex in Miami when Moore walked up to the pair and screamed: “God told me to take him (Brandon), God told me he’s coming with me,”
Nine U.S. military veterans have completed “Boots to Business”, an inaugural program designed to help veterans in Las Vegas transition from military service into management positions at properties owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. The program was sponsored by MGM Resorts, in partnership with the American Red Cross.
Samantha Christian, a 10-year-old Apache Junction, Ariz., girl is a hero after saving her family from a house fire on Monday, Sept. 3.
On the heels of Tuesday’s deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, protesters took to the streets of Tripoli to offer condolences for the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and express their disapproval of the protests against a film that demonstrators deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Muhammad.
A Love Story In 22 Pictures
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A Hawaiian man is looking for the student who recently struck him in the head with a volleyball.
He wants to thank him for saving his life.
The final patient remaining in the hospital after being wounded during the mass shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater has left the hospital.
Twelve-year-old Marius Schneider was only a child when he was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, a life-threatening condition in which sticky mucus builds up in the lungs, gradually decreasing one’s ability to breathe.
