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[VIDEO] No medal of honor for fallen marine
A local Congressman confirms the Department of Defense will not award the Medal of Honor to a fallen San Diego Marine who some say used his own body to shield fellow troops from a grenade. Marine Sgt....
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Teacher Victoria Soto gave her life shielding her children from gunman in...
Victoria “Vicki” Soto, 27, a first grade teacher in Sandy Hook elementary school, shielded children and ushered them into a closet, putting herself between them and the gunman and giving her life in...
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10 Latinos with heart in 2012
This year we’ve seen a rise in homelessness, unemployment, a dire need for education and mentors, as well as devastation as a result of Hurricane Sandy. However, we must commend those Latinos who have...
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Opinion: Petrodollars will continue to dominate our relationship with Venezuela
Hugo Chavez is dead, but his oil lives. A man who evoked a prism of emotions, from those looking down on Latin America with scorn for his anti-American rhetoric to those who yearned that his democratic...
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Teen saves a former teacher after finding her trapped
A teenage boy is being praised for a heroic act that may have saved the life of his former teacher, who was trapped underneath her car. “She was like help me! Help me please!” It was these cries for...
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Oregon teen who rescued boy from fire gets national award
A Troutdale, Oregon teen who rescued his young neighbor from a burning house last fall has won a national honor for his bravery. At just 15, Marcos Ugarte is one of four recipients of this year’s...
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Bipartisan congress members renew push for Marine to receive Medal of Honor
Just days after the 10th anniversary of the start of United States war on Iraq, a group of bipartisan congressman introduced a resolution recommending the Medal of Honor be awarded to fallen Marine...
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Boston bombing hero helps authorities with investigation
Carlos Arredondo has gained worldwide attention as one of the heroes who came to the rescue of the injured at the Boston bombing. He was at the finish line when the explosives detonated. He rushed to...
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Boston Marathon hero Carlos Arredondo throws first pitch at Red Sox game
He may be known as the man in the cowboy hat, but for one night Carlos Arredondo was a pitcher in a Major League Baseball game. The Boston Marathon bombing hero and the man he saved, Jeff Bauman, were...
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California school named after bandit causes controversy
Residents who live in one East Salinas neighborhood don’t like the fact that a new elementary school opening this fall was named after an early Californian bandit who was hanged for murder. On...
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Hero firefighter rips a hole in the wall with bare hands to save a life
It was a heroic effort by a rookie firefighter. He tore a hole in the wall of a burning building with his bare hands, to save a woman in Tehachapi. Paul Abarquez has only been with the Kern County Fire...
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VIDEO: Eight-year-old boy saves father’s life after car crash
An 8-year-old Massachusetts boy is being credited with helping saving his father after their car crashed through a guardrail and landed upside down on a sandbar in the middle of a river. Authorities...
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12-year-old boy runs through burning homes to warn residents
Firefighters are crediting a 12-year-old boy with alerting residents of a fire that broke out in a building on Saturday, causing an extra-alarm blaze in Chicago’s Canaryville neighborhood. Officials...
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Crime-fighting mom, who caught daughter’s kidnappers, tracks down stolen car
An Albuquerque, New Mexico mother has been reunited with her stolen car after hundreds of people shared her photo on Facebook. But this wasn’t just any car–it was the same vehicle Melissa Torrez used...
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11-year-old girl is hero after saving her siblings from house fire
An 11-year-old girl is being hailed a hero after saving lives when her home caught fire in McFarland, California. Twenty people from three families were crammed into the three-bedroom house when the...
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Delivery man runs toward fiery car crash, saves teen’s life
Juan Ganaja, a delivery man in Burbank, California, ran toward the flames of a fiery car crash and saved teenager Savannah Underwood, the only one who survived the accident. Five of her friends lost...
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13-year-old Florida boy a hero after he fights with burglar, chases him away
A 13-year-old Lehigh Acres, Florida boy is the neighborhood hero after chasing away a would-be burglar. Christian Vasquez said he came home from school and found a strange car parked in his driveway....
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After almost losing their lives during Hurricane Sandy, family thanks ‘hero’...
Xiomara Abarca still remembers vividly when just one year ago she thought she and her 4-year-old son wouldn’t make it alive out of their apartment in Staten Island, NY when Hurricane Sandy hit. Sandy’s...
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