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From California comes a story of heroism buried in the ashes of a recent wildfire. As reported by the American Red Cross, Malibu resident Johnny Constantine might have saved himself first, but instead raced towards the fire as it approached his friend’s house, determined to ensure they escaped as well. Smoke…

For those in the market, an 80-acre campground complete with river, lake, boat ramps, docks, and cabins in northern Minnesota is available after the previous owners were forced to close. That’s because thanks to rock-bottom rates of HIV infection among babies in the state, One Heartland, one of the nation’s largest…

Following three rounds of chemotherapy, a 2-year-old Englishman has become the youngest patient ever treated with ‘nanoknife’ technology. This still-experimental cancer treatment helps to neutralize tumor sections via electrical currents. George, from Camden, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma—a cancer of the liver and bile duct last year. Dr. Sam Godfrey, science engagement…

On December 18th, Fernandina Beach Fire Department rushed to the scene of a bicycle collision where a young man was trapped under his bike wheel. Before the firefighters could free the boy, named KJ, they had to cut his foot loose from where it was trapped among the spokes of the…

From Liverpool comes the story of a son who decided to donate the inheritance of his mother to make his city a better place. When David Clarke lost his mother in a cycling accident, he was devastated. He inherited roughly $125,000 from her, but she transferred something else to him as…

From California comes the story of native species defending our shores from pillaging green crabs introduced from Europe. Destroying native crab hatcheries, hunting juvenile salmon, and leveling eelgrass beds, this clawed cancer has met its match in the southern sea otter. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly invigorated…