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Twin babies found dead after father leaves them in hot car for eight hours

Juan Rodriguez, 39, is a disabled Iraq war veteran and social worker for homeless veterans at a Bronx hospital. By all accounts he has always been a committed, doting father to his five children. But ...

6-year-old boy goes viral after saluting military men at airport

Fox San Antonio brought attention to Jace by way of its Facebook page on Sunday. As of the time of writing, Jace’s photo has racked up almost 3,000 likes and 1,900 shares. When asked why ...

He left high school to fight in Vietnam—now this 78-year-old vet finally gets his diploma

Floyd Covey, now 78, was drafted into the Vietnam as a young man—so young that he didn’t even get a chance to finish high school before heading overseas. Covey fought in the Army during the ...

100 and 102-year-old couple falls in love in nursing home, ties the knot

John and Phyllis Cook are both residents of the Kingston Residence, a senior care facility in Sylvania, Ohio. With their apartments just a floor apart, they found each other and formed a strong connection. “To tell ...

911 dispatcher refuses to send police after mother accidentally locks 2-month-old in hot car

Lacey shared the terrifying ordeal on Facebook. On August 18, 2018, she was visiting her grandmother in Waterford, Michigan when her two-month-old, Raina, was accidentally locked in a car. “It was terrifying. It was like ...

Friends paint giant American flag to honor and raise money for the troops

A few weeks ago, a carpenter named Kyle O’May and his friend Tyler Shear set out on the ambitious project to paint the stars-and-stripes across Kyle’s lawn, coinciding with a Fourth of July party at his house. ...

You’re going to need a lot of ketchup for this 66-pound hot dog

On June 26, Feltman’s, which claims to be the “original hot dog brand,” hosted an event to celebrate the 152nd anniversary of their founder’s invention. They attempted to break the world record for the “Largest Hot Dog.” ...

Dozens of soldiers attend funeral of 5-year-old cancer victim whose big dream was to be an ‘Army Man’

I feel like I should title this post “A CRAZY Day and Nothing Was Accomplished!”??‍♀️??‍♀️Oakley did not receive his… Posted by Prayers for Oakley Nimmo on Monday, April 8, 2019 Oakley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in ...

Family asks service members to attend funeral of 5-year-old who dreamed of becoming an ‘Army man’

In 2015, Oakley was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, according to a GoFundMe. After several rounds of chemotherapy, surgeries, and a stem cell transplant, Oakley was declared disease-free in June 2017. However, one month later doctors discovered a ...

U.S. WWII vet and French woman reunite 75 years after falling in love

The beautiful scene unfolded in France on the day that marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing. French TV crews filmed K.T. (Kara Troy) Robbins and Jeannine Pierson as they met each other for ...