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When Ben Hankins was looking to sell his house in St. Louis and find a new-construction home in the city, he wanted more out of the experience than an economic transaction. He did his research and found McBride and Son Homes, an employee-owned company that gives back to the community and builds its homes while building good jobs for skilled local union workers.
In just a few hours on Saturday, a west suburban Chicago man gave away almost everything he owned.Brian Bagnall, 32, of Franklin Park, who authored a book on happiness, gave away everything in his home aside from a few personal items as he prepared for a move to a furnished home in Virginia.
Actor Paul Walker, the 40-year-old star of Universal Pictures' "Fast and Furious" movie franchise, was killed in a single-car crash in California Saturday, according to a post on his official Facebook page.
Paul Crouch, who built what has been called the world's largest Christian broadcasting network, has died. He was 79. Trinity Broadcasting Network reported Saturday that Crouch died after a decade-long fight with degenerative heart disease.
Four people were killed -- including an infant -- and six injured after a small commercial flight crashed Friday near a remote village in western Alaska, police said. The pilot and three passengers died in the Friday night crash near the village of St.
Four correctional officers and several inmates were injured after a late-night fight broke out at Rikers Island, New York City’s main jail complex, on Friday night.
Saturday marked the end of one of the slowest Atlantic hurricane seasons in recent memory, with Mother Nature churning out the fewest number of hurricanes since 1982, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Approximately 90 young players and adults from nine youth football teams were sickened by a “nasty” stomach virus while in Las Vegas for their championship games this weekend, according to the tournament organizers and the Clark County Fire Department.
An armed man who barricaded himself inside a wireless store within a Southern California shopping center for hours after he allegedly robbed a nearby business has taken his own life, authorities said.
WASHINGTON -- A crucial weekend for the troubled website that is the backbone of President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul appears to be off to a shaky start, as the U.S. government took the HealthCare.gov site offline for an unusually long maintenance period into Saturday morning.
