CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has now been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company for the Star Wars franchise. News outlets report the family of...
While Raising Flags, School Janitor Spots Flames, Rescues 2
School custodian Tony Martinez was raising the flags in front of Eastin-Arcola Elementary School about 6 a.m. Thursday when he saw flames engulfing a house across the street. Listen to this article: Martinez sprinted to the home, jumped a fence and burst inside. Through the thick smoke and flames,...
Actor Danny Trejo Helps Save Baby Trapped in Car in LA
LOS ANGELES — Actor Danny Trejo played a real-life hero when he helped rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car after a collision at a Los Angeles intersection. Authorities say two cars crashed Wednesday in the Sylmar neighborhood. Video aired by KABC-TV shows Trejo at the crash scene. Trejo says he...
Psychology Behind Why Your Mom May Be the Mother of All Heroes
Each May, the United States celebrates Mother’s Day, and for good reason. According to surveys I’ve conducted, over 25% of Americans cite their mother as their number one hero. Fathers come in a distant second at 16%. Moms are indeed the mother of all heroes. More than 60 years ago,...
GOP Senators Defend ‘Hero” McCain Against Trump’s Attacks
WASHINGTON — Key Republicans on Wednesday defended the late Sen. John McCain as a "hero" against ongoing attacks from President Donald Trump, daring to say what most in the GOP still won't seven months after the Arizona senator's death from brain cancer. A trio of senators, from the most senior...
This Is Why John McCain Was My Hero
I grew up in a place where everyone went to war. Our models were fighter pilots. Our fathers and their friends all fought in World War II and Korea, fighting for our country, keeping everyone safe, and risking their lives to do it. Some were shot down, and everyone shot...
Prayers For John McCain: Military Hero, Defender of America
WASHINGTON — John McCain, the six-term Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for his brain cancer, his family said Friday. In a statement, the family said McCain has surpassed expectations for survival, but "the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age...
Teacher Who Stopped Gunman Says He Had To Save Students
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — A suburban Indianapolis teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student inside his classroom said Monday that his swift decisions "were the only acceptable actions" to save his seventh-grade students. Jason Seaman, speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting Friday, thanked the Noblesville...
Detective Saves Woman from Dog Attack
Every morning, Cara Emes takes her cocker mix Gus for a walk in her neighborhood. But what she experienced was something no pet owner ever wants to go through. A pitbull, seemingly out of nowhere she says, attacked Cara and her dog. A Good Samaritan, who happened to be a...
Detective Saves Woman from Dog Attack
Every morning, Cara Emes takes her cocker mix Gus for a walk in her neighborhood. But what she experienced was something no pet owner ever wants to go through. A pitbull, seemingly out of nowhere she says, attacked Cara and her dog. A Good Samaritan, who happened to be a...