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On each anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans gather a...

Hailey Hertzman and Katie Vonder Haar, co-owners of Ooh La Lemon, take credit cards if you don’t have cas...

When Kazi Mannan immigrated to the United States with approximately $3 in his pocket, he could not have i...

When Yuta Saito was in college, he met some people with disabilities through a seminar class he was takin...

Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4 because that’s when, in 1776, the Second Continental Congr...

It’s a birthday party for everyone, young and old. It takes place at fairgrounds and parks, on beaches an...

Americans and millions of people elsewhere around the world celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...

Harold James Ashby, Jr. grew up in Newark, New Jersey. When he was 16, he was selected to represent New J...

When two fire captains in a suburb of Washington check earthquake apps on their smartphones, their intere...

When John Register qualified for the Olympic trials for hurdles in 1988 and 1992, he was flying high and ...

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When first lady Melania Trump announced the launch of her BE BEST initiative this week, she became the la...

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Twelve years after immigrating to the United States from Ghana to live with her father, Maame Biney becam...

Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to the nonviolent struggle for racial equality in the United St...

Martin Luther King Jr. is renowned as the hero who fought and died to end racial discrimination and advan...

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