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History & Heroes
The soldier who lost his legs and found a new purpose
On a quiet night in Baghdad in May 2007, Colonel Gregory Gadson was riding back from a memorial service for…
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How Rotherham turned roadside grass into a river of flowers
In 2013, a stretch of road in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, began to change in a way that was both practical…
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The man who built worlds from New York’s forgotten objects
He was born in a small town north of New York City, and he would die seventy years later in…
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NEWS
A mother confessed to murder. A jury in Brazil still acquitted her
For a year, Erica sat in a jail cell in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, carrying a confession that seemed, on its…
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History & Heroes
The Jungle Chose Mercy for a Fallen American Pilot
Fred Hargesheimer was 27 when his war turned into a fall. On a photo-reconnaissance mission over New Britain in the…
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Human Stories
From Homelessness to Success: Stories of Remarkable Resilience
Before they became rich and famous, some of the world’s most recognizable people faced a reality that many never see:…
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Human Stories
A little girl’s hospital wedding turned a hard diagnosis into joy
Four-year-old Abby Sayles was in the middle of a fight no child should have to understand. She was being treated…
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History & Heroes
The messenger who begged the world to believe him
In 1942, a 28-year-old Polish courier was smuggled into the Warsaw Ghetto disguised as a laborer. What he saw there…
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History & Heroes
At Mukti, a quiet prayer became a story the world remembered
In a quiet corner of India, at a modest mission called Mukti — a word that means salvation — Pandita…
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Human Stories
The office worker who talked a gunman into surrendering
On the morning of August 20, 2013, Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy outside Atlanta seemed to be moving through…
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