After two years of planning, a group of homeless veterans in Kansas City, Missouri will finally have a place to call home. The Veterans Community Project built 13 tiny homes, consisting of four family units and nine single units, all fully functional. Not only will these veterans have a place to call home, they will […]
Louis Levi Oakes kept a big secret most of his life. Saturday, hundreds of people celebrated what Oakes did, and the secret he kept. Oakes died Tuesday, at the age of 94. He was the last living Akwesasne Mohawk ‘code talker,’ who used his native language for military communications in the South Pacific during World […]
A 97-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted into Normandy today, 75 years after his first jump. Tom Rice from San Diego, joined other jumpers in Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6th 1944, around 150,000 paratroopers landed on Normandy beaches in France in on of the greatest military operation. Tom […]
An Ogdensburg fire crew avoid a ‘catastrophic’ accident, after their truck’s rear axle fell off. The crew was heading to a mission on Thursday, when the fire engine’s rear axle. According to media, it happened on Caroline Street as the truck was making a left turn. In a Facebook post, the Ogdensburg firefighter’s union declared […]
Col. Lorna M. Mahlock is the first African-American female to become a general in the U.S. Marine Corps. The colonel who also served in Germany and in Okinawa, Japan, was nominated by president Donald Trump in April. Col. Lorna M. Mahlock who was born in Kingston, Jamaica and then immigrated to Brooklyn, holds a Masters […]
In today’s society there is no problem to pass the time. In the good old days you could twiddle your thumbs, but nowadays many will play on their smartphone. Still, some of us wants to pick up a classic puzzle book and try to figure out something that is next to impossible. Today, you could […]
After four years in legislative purgatory, a bill that would grant firefighters cancer coverage — in a stunning reversal brought about by sustained public pressure and allegations of political vendettas — is being fast-tracked to clear the Legislature this year. The bill cleared a key hurdle Thursday morning when the House State Affairs committee agreed […]
A Little Caesars restaurant in Fargo, North Dakota is capturing hearts and feeding the hungry with a new policy they posted with a sign in their window. A new idea came to General Manager, Michelle Lussier, after she noticed an ongoing problem: people were eating leftovers from the store dumpster. Lussier decided to approach the […]
Imagine the agonizing pain your body must feel when it’s being deprived of oxygen. It’s no joking matter. The obstruction of the airway passage, even partial, can result in asphyxia and death, which is why choking is the fourth most common cause of unintentional injury-related death. Children and the elderly are often prone to choking. […]