Mention the United Service Organizations -- almost universally known as the USO -- to most Americans, and the first thing you'll likely hear is "Bob H...

For teenagers in Chicago's turbulent South Side, staying in school and away from trouble can be a challenge. For 30 years, the South Shore Drill Team ...

National restaurant chain Chipotle has launched a campaign to help children across the nation get healthy school lunches. Chipotle is asking the publi...

HONOLULU — A Hawaii hairdresser is helping send a homeless man from Seattle back home to be with his ailing father. Denise Sakai answered a call...

In solidarity with Gulf Coast residents and businesses struggling because of the recent oil spill, Jimmy Buffett has planned a free concert in Gulf Sh...

Leo Haines is only five but he's already the star of his own art exhibition and he's donating all of the proceeds to his local hospital. Suffering fr...

Mention the United Service Organizations -- almost universally known as the USO -- to most Americans, and the first thing you'll likely hear is "Bob H...

War correspondent Hannah Allam is facing an extra challenge as she covers the war in Iraq: she is five months pregnant. Although the pregnancy sometim...

They've picked up 37,000 pounds of garbage so far, and they're just getting started. When most people see a fast-food bag fluttering on the corner o...

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — God only knows what will happen to churches and other nonprofit organizations who say they are struggling for survival be...

Entrepreneur Ward Sheperd is bringing free wireless internet to a poor South Carolina community, helping residents get access to information to help t...

On a recent visit to New Orleans, rocker Lenny Kravitz brought smiles to dozens of high school students when he surprised their choir with a special v...

For the last three years, the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders have taken bikini-clad photographs for their annual Eco-Sexy calendar. The 2010-2011 c...

At almost five years old, Leo Haines is severely disabled, but the inspirational youngster has just celebrated his first art exhibition in the UK -- s...

For 18-year-old California teen Carla, aging out of the foster care system meant facing life on the streets, with no where to go and no way to support...

DETROIT--Although he retired long ago, Eddie Edwards has found work that keeps him busy for much of the year: staving off blight on his block....

Over her lifetime, Chen Shu-chu, a Taiwanese woman who makes a modest living selling vegetables, has donated over NT$10 million to charity (the equiva...

In laboratories, workshops, garages and basements, mad and perfectly sane scientists alike are coming up with ways to change the world....

Life for the many homeless young adults in Denver, Colorado is far from what a normal 18 or 19-year-old would expect. After escaping abusive homes, th...

Traveling home from a wedding with his young son in 2009, 29-year-old single father Ron Haynes suffered a seizure. He was rushed to the hospital -- an...

For Dewan Woods, a young man whose never met his father, and is estranged from his mother, support from his high school teachers has meant a world of ...

Nonprofits, like many international aid organizations, alleviate poverty in developing nations by providing resources to female entrepreneurs. As Forb...

San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare announced today that buying what they call, "companion animals", could be anyone's ticket to ...

One out of every 110 American children is born with some form of autism, a condition that has had doctors and parents baffled for generations. Debate ...

A marine park in northeast China has purchased four dolphins from Japan to be used to treat children with autism. The hope is that the symptoms associ...