The Stranger Who Changed My Life: My Enemy, My Friend
As soon as you leave Belgrade, you’re transported back in time. The Serbian capital is a modern metropolis, but in the countryside, donkeys still clop along cobblestones, past…
View Article6 Stories of Divine Signs
When our loved ones leave this world, does our connection with them end?
View ArticleProfile in Courage: The Firefighters
In June 2013, 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots lost their lives fighting one of the worst wildfires in American history.
View ArticleProfile in Courage: The Marine
On November 21, 2010, Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, 24, and Lance Cpl. Nick Eufrazio were in Afghanistan when insurgents lobbed a grenade at them. Judging from his injuries,…
View ArticleProfile in Courage: The Teacher
On May 20, as an atomic bomb–force tornado hit Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, at about 3 p.m., teachers scrambled to protect their charges. They herded…
View ArticleProfile in Courage: The Citizen
On July 4, Army Specialist Michael Menchaca, 21, of Fort Myer, Virginia, wearing an off-duty outfit of a Batman T-shirt and pajama pants, performed a superhero feat. He…
View ArticleChristmas in Captivity: A Story of Survival
Imprisoned by Islamic extremists, she still found a way to celebrate the spirit of season—and find beauty and hope.
View ArticleThe RD Interview: Sonia Sotomayor
Americans know her as a justice on our nation’s highest court, but this salsa-dancing, baseball-loving New Yorker thinks of herself as “Sonia from the Bronx.”
View ArticleThe Stranger Who Changed My Life: The Horse Whisperer
The road was wet, our dad had been drinking—and we crashed, flipping our horse trailer. Then a mysterious man appeared out of nowhere.
View ArticlePlane Crash Survivors in the Alaskan Wilderness
Dense clouds obscuring his way, a pilot flies into a mountain. How could this family survive?
View Article6 Christmas Stories of Wonder and Love
It's a perfect time to read about how other families experience the joy of the season.
View Article“Things This Good Don’t Happen to Kids Like Us”
I went to meet these two young athletes for a TV story I was doing. I stayed because I could not walk away.
View ArticleAstronaut Chris Hadfield: What It’s Like to Return From Space
"It’s a rude welcoming to the world."
View ArticleAn Adoption Story That Started at Saks
A chance conversation at a lunch counter led me around the world—and to the child who was meant to be mine.
View ArticleWhat’s Navy SEAL Training Really Like?
Facing a new job and the stress of midlife, Stephen Madden wanted to get mentally tougher. Could training with a former Navy SEAL set his mind for success no matter what?
View ArticleEditor’s Note: This Herring Says I Love You
The odoriferous dish of creamy pickled herring sat in the center of my grandmother’s Christmas Eve table every year. My little sister and I would giggle and gag.…
View ArticleEveryday Heroes: When His Family Fell Overboard
With his family adrift in rough waters, John Riggs swam for help.
View ArticleEveryday Heroes: “Marathon Queen” Raises $200,000
A dedicated daughter does the extraordinary.
View ArticleMeet the Parents Fighting to End Pediatric Cancer
When these parents heard the unimaginable words “your child has cancer,” they grieved—then got to work to help find a cure.
View ArticleChilling Medical Dramas: The Mystery of the Boy Who Turned Blue
A mysterious blockage in this child's lung collapsed his parents' world.
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