Month: March 2020

As people around the country begin to sit and stay during the coronavirus pandemic, many now find themselves home alone. That’s why Erin Stanton, founder of Susie’s Senior Dogs, is trying to help others provide a little bark to their lives. Through her non-profit, she’s offering to help with the cost and fees for those

Terence Lester is placing portable sinks with soap and water around Atlanta where the homeless congregate. “All the news reports are saying wash your hands,” Lester told CNN. “But the homeless population often can’t.” Lester knows the challenges of living on the streets. He was homeless as a teenager and he is currently the executive

Sitting in an armchair next to his sister, in a cozy living room in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu, Iwao Hakamada looks like your average 83-year-old grandpa. But in 2014, he became the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, after spending nearly five decades in a tiny, solitary cell waiting for the hangman’s call. In 1966,

Parents, rejoice. As schools and workplaces close due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving many parents at home with their kids all day, Amazon has offered a small reprieve. Starting Saturday, audiobook service Audible — which is owned by Amazon — is offering free streams on a select number of children’s stories across six languages to

Six people were killed Friday after a bridge washed away in Indiana, state officials said. A bridge over Sanes Creek in Franklin County was destroyed after heavy storms led to high water in the region. “We’ve had so much water in the last two days, some of these small creeks, they flash flood,” said Officer

A group that sings together, stays together — right? Even though an annual choral festival in San Bernardino County, California was canceled this year because of coronavirus concerns, a group of high school choir singers wanted their community to hear their voice anyway. On May 13, all 35 schools in the district shut their doors,