A California father, Sam Dogen, had an unexpected encounter with park rangers while playing tennis with his children. The San Francisco resident aimed to spend an enjoyable afternoon at Golden Gate Heights Park with his 6-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son after returning from a family trip to Hawaii. They were just getting over jet lag,...
This past weekend, I joined a march in Chicago, near the spot where my teenage brother, Christian, was tragically killed four years ago. This profound loss led to the foundation of the Caldwell Foundation for Public Safety. Our mission is simple: no family should experience what mine did. Residents and community members lined the streets,...
Unusual Beginnings Justin and Tori Cannarelli from New York have a family that includes two children, Cameron and Charlie, a dog, and an unexpected member: a duck. Tori shared with CBS News that she never anticipated owning a duck or the lasting presence it would have in their lives. Louie the Duck Joins the Family...
Dak Prescott, known for his reserved nature, navigates the complexities of being in the public eye as the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Earlier this year, the intersection of his private and public lives became evident when news surfaced about his canceled engagement, turning into a topic of public discussion. On Thursday, Prescott spoke about...
Visuals by Hubert HayaudText by Jody GarciaDate: Aug. 7, 2026 Drivers from Central America embark on journeys to the United States not for migration but to source used cars. These vehicles, salvaged from American scrapyards, are given a new lease on life, playing a key role in the local economy. Julio César Pisquiy Nimatuj, first...
At 16, Michal Sklar experienced a grand mal seizure that changed her life. Despite being terrified for her health, she discovered an unexpected skill: the ability to process words backwards. Sklar humorously calls it her “most useless superpower.” Sklar vividly recalls the day this happened. It was October 2010, right before her seventeenth birthday. Living...
DeAnna Boughman, a mother in Ohio, has shared the poignant reason she kept an ultrasound image of her twins on her refrigerator for over three years after losing one of the babies. At 35, DeAnna is raising four children with her husband, Jeremy, 43. Their children are aged 22, 7, 5, and 3. The family...
In Kochi, India, as evening falls over the historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua sets out for the Paradesi Synagogue. Clad in a gray kippah, he understands that his journey for Shavuot, the Jewish holiday marking the giving of the Torah to Moses, will be solitary. Hallegua is the last local congregant, symbolizing the solitary...
Sydney Towle, a social media content creator known for her optimism while living with a rare form of cancer, has passed away at the age of 26, as confirmed by her family. Diagnosed in August 2023 with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer, Towle’s journey was chronicled through her social media presence, offering...
The silence is the first thing you notice at a Beep Baseball game. Sideline chatter stops, leaving only a steady beep from the ball thrown by a pitcher. The pitcher signals the blindfolded batter to prepare, who then swings, making contact as the bat cracks. The batter sprints to a buzzing base 100 feet away....