Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Sônia Guajajara will...

Gabbert helps helicopter crash victims on Jet Ski

Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert is being hailed as a "citizen hero" by Tampa law enforcement after helpi...

Owner takes polar plunge to save dog after he falls through icy pond ...

Louis Nicolao dove into an icy pond to save his dog, Moose, after he fell into the water in Anne Arundel County.

Clearwater server shares generous $2,000 tip with co-workers, family

Amy Pham doesn't know why the stranger decided to give her a 6,000% tip on their meal of avocado toast with sausage a...

'Anyone would do the same': Family takes in 10 strangers stranded in ...

A man from Blenheim, Ont., and his family hosted 10 strangers overnight after they became trapped in the blizzard tha...

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Mar...

Bats plunge to ground in cold; saved by incubators, fluids

Some 1,600 bats found a temporary home this week in the attic of a Houston Humane Society director, but it wasn’t bec...

The Senegal man on a mission to plant five million trees

Adama Diémé was motivated after seeing once-verdant villages in Senegal without a single tree.

Target workers in Buffalo hosted a slumber party for stranded motoris...

Buffalo, New York, was hit by a snowstorm over the Christmas weekend that left at least 27 people dead.

A barber in Buffalo turned his shop into a shelter for 50 people duri...

Owner Craig Elston said he couldn't let people suffer knowing his business had heat and electricity: "I am just a per...

In this Montana city, defendants can pay off their court fines with f...

For the third year in a row, a Montana city is embracing the holiday spirit by allowing defendants to pay off some of...