Chicago HS Student Paralyzed in Shooting Goes to Prom
ABC News(CHICAGO) — A Chicago high school senior who was paralyzed in a shooting last year didn’t let his injuries stop him from enjoying one senior year highlight, his prom.
Miles Turner, a student at Leo High School in Chicago, was talking with his …
Georgia High School Has First Integrated Prom
iStockphoto(WILCOX COUNTY, Ga.) — A high school in Georgia had its first integrated prom on Saturday night.
For decades, there were two proms at Wilcox County High School; a white prom and a black prom. These segregated proms were organized and thrown…
Siblings Swim for Survival After Boat Sinks in St. Lucia
ABC News(St. Lucia) — Two siblings swam for more than half a day, battling huge waves and fearing sharks after their fishing vessel capsized.
Dan Suski, 30, of San Francisco, and his sister Kate Suski, 39, of Seattle, chartered a boat last Sunday and …
Woman Climbs Out of Canyon in Freezing Temperatures after Car Crash
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — A Colorado woman had to climb out of a canyon in freezing temperatures after her car plunged into it on Tuesday.
Sany Mileto, 43, does not remember her Jeep SUV going off the road on Tuesday night, shortl…
McDonald’s Hamburger in Mint Condition After 14 Years, Is Immortal
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(GEORGE, Utah) — When David Whipple bought a McDonald’s hamburger on July 7, 1999, the burger cost 79 cents and Bill Clinton was president.
Today, 14 years later, another Clinton is eyeing the presidency, not much ca…
Authorities Uncover Identity of Abandoned ‘Little Jane Doe’
Anderson County Sherrif’s Office(ANDERSON, S.C.) — Authorities in South Carolina have identified the toddler who was found abandoned on a stranger’s doorstep, and arrested her parents.
After four days of investigating, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Of…
Teenage Hikers Survive Without Food or Water for Four Days
iStockphoto(LOS ANGELES) — Two lost hikers were rescued after spending over four days lost in the woods near Los Angeles without food or water.
18-year old Kyndall Jack and 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya had gone hiking on Easter Sunday, and gotten horr…
Brother and Sister Reunite After 65 Years
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A brother and sister were reunited after 65 years apart, thanks to the online sleuthing of a 7-year-old boy.For Betty Billadeau and her brother, Clifford Boyson, the reunion was a lifetime in the making after they were sent to sep…
Dramatic Ice Rescue in California Caught on Tape
Micky Herman(WRIGHTWOOD, Calif.) — A sledding excursion turned into a rescue operation after a man fell into a frozen lake in Wrightwood, Calif.The incident was caught on tape as one person after another tried to save the man only to slip on the ice t…
Dying Kentucky Boy Comes Closer to World Record for Most Christmas Cards
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SALYERSVILLE, Ky.) — Under the Christmas tree was everything 9-year-old Dalton Dingus had hoped for — an iPad and an iPhone, a big red toolbox filled with real tools just like his grandpa’s, and a stack of Christmas cards nearl…
Newtown, Conn., Officials Ask the Public to Stop Sending Gifts
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — Officials in Newtown, Conn., are requesting the public not send any more gifts to the mourning community that is still dealing with the aftereffects of the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.A…
Good Samaritan Finds Man’s Lost Wedding Ring
Spike Mafford/Thinkstock(KINGVALE, Calif.) — Douglas Benedetti was a man on a mission when he returned to a snowy California highway to find what seemed like a needle in a haystack: a wedding ring lost in the piles of snow.The ring was not even his ow…
Christian Indonesians Live in NJ Church’s Sanctuary to Avoid Deportation
The Reformed Church of Highland Park(HIGHLAND PARK, N.J.) — This Christmas marks Day 295 for a central New Jersey church playing host to a group of Indonesians living within its sanctuary.Five Christian men remain at the church, hoping its brick walls…
New York Knicks Player Amare Stoudemire Plays ‘Santa’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — He’s the shot blocking, ball dunking player with the New York Knicks.But this season, Amare Stoudemire is also doubling as a secret Santa.For the Crowder family, Stoudemire’s surprise knock on their door is just what t…
Ex-Marine Jon Hammar Freed From Mexico Prison
WPLG/ABC News(NEW YORK) — A former U.S. Marine has been released from a Mexico jail after being locked up for five months on gun charges.Officials from the U.S. Consulate General in Matamoros, Mexico met Jon Hammar at the prison Friday and escorted hi…
‘Secret Sandy’ Brings Christmas Presents to Hurricane Victims
Joy Huang(NEW YORK) — Superstorm Sandy came just before the holidays destroying mostly everything in her path.But she hasn’t destroyed the Christmas spirit for those affected by her wrath.Thanks to Secret Sandy, two women are making holiday wish lists…
Camel Roams Southern California Streets After Escaping Circus
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — A circus camel roamed the streets of a Southern California city after it escaped from its handlers.The camel is part of the Ramos Bros. Circus and the incident started during some exercises Friday afternoon.“Somebody drop…
Holiday Miracle as Man Awakes from Monthlong Coma
ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) — Doctors told Benjamin Pessah’s family he might not live after he was shot in the head. But after waking from an almost month-long coma, Pessah said his first words and took his first steps just in time for Thanksgiving….
Smile! Thanksgiving Is Instagram’s Biggest Day
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It’s officially a new American tradition: Instagraming Thanksgiving.On Thursday, we asked the photo-sharing service how many photos related to the holiday were being uploaded. At around 3 p.m. ET it told us 100 p…
Americans Give Thanks, Help Others This Thanksgiving
Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Most Americans will spend Thanksgiving by overindulging in turkey and all the fixings, and then sit in the warm company of friends and family to watch football and eat pie.But victims of superstorm Sandy, which battered the No…