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Members of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 1640 of Reading, Mass., not only rescued a four-year-old girl, her mom and younger brother from being stuck in an elevator, but they serenaded her with the song "Let It Go" from the movie "Frozen" to alleviate her fears. 

A man recounts being attacked by a shark while surfing off the coast of Delray Beach, Fla. WPTV's Jamel Lanee reports.

A church in Troy, New York draws big crowds as it raffles off an AR-15 assault rifle. WNYT's Dan Bazile reports.

A mudslide in Washington state turned a square mile of Snohomish County into complete devastation and claimed the lives of at least eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. The slide, which occurred around 11 a.m. PT Saturday, turned land that spanned neighborhoods into "quicksand.

The latest collaboration between the AFL-CIO and Upworthy as part of the Workonomics section takes a look at the reality of the minimum wage through 25 graphics, including some with cool animations. The images take a deeper look at who gets the minimum wage, dispel criticisms of raising the wage and explore the reality of the economic impacts of raising the wage.

A pair of brothers spent who nearly an hour clinging to one another while stranded on a sheet of ice in an Iowa river last week recounted their harrowing ordeal on TODAY.

Jeff Bauman, man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon attack, is engaged to the woman he was cheering on during the race, and they are expecting a baby this summer.

This weekend hip-hop star Common, famous for songs like "I Used to Love H.E.R." and acting roles such as "Terminator Salvation" and "Happy Feet Two," performed as part of a free show in support of workers who are organizing for a voice on the job at the Nissan plant in Canton, Miss. (Check out his awesome T-shirt.) The workers are pushing for a vote to organize as part of the UAW.

A U.S. Navy plane that “can see something the size of a basketball” did not spot anything as it searched for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet on Monday, an official said.

Washington state officials hold a news conference to update the search through debris left by a mudslide that killed at least eight people and demolished dozens of houses.