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Firefighter to Marry Marathon Bombing Survivor He Saved

Roseann Sdoia and Mike Materia plan to wed in the fall

(Newser) - Roseann Sdoia was a spectator near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013 when the bombs went off. Firefighter Mike Materia was the first responder who came to her aid—and four years later, they're getting married, the New York Post reports. Sdoia's mom actually tried...

Woman Seeking Soldier Finds Siblings Half a World Away

Search by Florence Heene of Belgium ends in Canada

(Newser) - For 71 years, "we didn't even know about her. I'm getting tears now just thinking about it," says Thelma Janes of Canada, days after discovering she has a Belgian sister. Janes' father, Herbert Louis Hellyer, married and had five children in British Columbia before heading off...

Fire Destroyed a Mosque. 20K People Chip in to Rebuild

$970K raised on GoFundMe for Texas' Islamic Center of Victoria

(Newser) - An online fund established to raise money to rebuild a South Texas mosque destroyed by fire over the weekend has far exceeded its $850,000 goal. A GoFundMe page set up on behalf of the Islamic Center of Victoria indicated Tuesday that about $970,000 has been raised in just...

Mom Had Quadruplets Early to Start Chemo, Gets Big Help

Thousands of strangers have rallied to donate $1M and counting

(Newser) - In late December, a Kentucky woman who was 30 weeks pregnant with quadruplets delivered them early via C-section because of a grim diagnosis: her cancer was back. Having married military police officer Charles Gaytan in early 2016, Kayla Gaytan learned just a week later that she had Hodgkins lymphoma, and...

Twins Get New Shot at Life: 5 Brilliant Stories

Conjoined twins separated in 21-hour surgery, plus more uplifting news

(Newser) - Conjoined twins who got "chances for better lives" make this week's list of inspiring stories:
  • Mom Uses YouTube Videos to Build a Home With Her Kids : In 2008, Cara Brookins had just left a husband she describes as "physically violent" and wanted desperately to give her four
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Fleeing Abusive Husband, Mom Uses YouTube to Build a Home
Mom Uses YouTube Videos
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Jan 28, 2017 9:35 AM CST

Mom Uses YouTube Videos to Build a Home With Her Kids

Cara Brookins could afford the land, but not a new home. So they built it themselves

(Newser) - In 2008, Cara Brookins had just left a husband she describes as "physically violent" and wanted desperately to give her four children a home where they'd each have their own room. Her solution? She began studying home-construction tutorials on YouTube. The computer analyst calculated that she could afford...

Abandoned Horse Emerges From Wintry Wilderness

Valentine is OK, but there's now a Wyoming state investigation

(Newser) - Men working for an excursion outfitter in Wyoming were forced to leave behind a 6-year-old horse last fall after a 16-mile trek when she suddenly seemed deathly ill and couldn't move. They left Valentine to get the other animals to safety, and when they went back for her the...

Hubby's 20th Anniversary Gift for Wife: 'Life'

Scott Chafian donated a kidney to his wife on Tuesday

(Newser) - Cindy and Scott Chafian might have spent their 20th wedding anniversary renewing their vows on a beach in the Bahamas. Instead, the pair sat side-by-side in a hospital room drinking from champagne flutes and eating cake. And they wouldn't have had it any other way. "I can't...

Inquisitive Text Leads Man to Missing Teen

Mike Caputo wondered why he was hearing helicopters

(Newser) - A suburban New York man is being hailed as a hero for finding a missing autistic teenager sleeping in his backyard shed during a rainstorm, the AP reports. Newsday reports that Hempstead communications employee Mike Caputo was awarded a key to the town on Wednesday for finding 16-year-old Joseph Barbella....

Conjoined Twins Separated in 21-Hour Surgery

Outlook is good for Ballenie and Bellanie Camacho

(Newser) - Ballenie and Bellanie Camacho are separated for the first time since they were born 11 months ago. The twins, who were conjoined at the base of their spine, were separated during a 21-hour surgery that began Jan. 17, the AP reports. The girls, who are from the Dominican Republic, will...

After Losing 2 Sons in a Car Crash, Couple Is Expecting Twins

'Dobbs and Reed are going to be big brothers'

(Newser) - Gentry and Hadley Eddings endured the unimaginable in May 2015: On their way home from a wedding in North Carolina, a car wreck caused by a distracted driver killed their 2-year-old son Dobbs and forced a 37-weeks-pregnant Hadley to undergo an emergency C-section. That son, Reed, suffered severe head trauma...

Officer's Rescue of Woman in Burning Car Caught on Bodycam

Washington state woman says officer is 'a genuine hero'

(Newser) - A woman who was trapped in a burning car is hailing a Washington state officer as a hero after he bashed in her window and pulled her to safety, a rescue caught on the officer's body camera. Video shows Officer Tim Schwering of the city of Spokane repeatedly smashing...

11-Year-Old Yoga Instructor? 5 Brilliant Stories This Week

Tabay Atkins doesn't just teach other kids

(Newser) - A touching marriage proposal and more make this week's list of brilliant stories:
  • Man Abandoned as Newborn Finds Family After 39 Years : A man who was abandoned as a newborn in a Newark McDonald's restroom has reunited with his biological family, 39 years later. David Volk publicized his
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Newborn Helps Dad Propose to Mom
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Jan 21, 2017 12:25 PM CST

Newborn Helps Dad Propose to Mom

'Mommy, will you marry my Daddy?'

(Newser) - The internet's reaction to an inventive and adorable marriage proposal in Nebraska can best be summed up by this tweet : "DEAR CHRIST I AM SOBBING." Susan Medina and Darick Mead welcomed their first child last week, a son named Ryder, Mashable reports. And Ryder, despite being just...

11-Year-Old Helps People One Yoga Lesson at a Time

Tabay Atkins may be America's youngest certified yoga instructor

(Newser) - Eleven-year-old Tabay Atkins was given a choice upon graduating fifth grade last year: a trip to Europe or a 200-hour yoga instructor certification course. He went with the yoga. The Orange County Register reports Tabay may very well now be the youngest certified yoga instructor in America, leading classes at...

When Vet's Body Went Unclaimed, Strangers Stepped In

Lawrence Kays will get full military funeral on Friday

(Newser) - When US Army veteran Lawrence Kays died of heart disease at Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Sante Fe on Nov. 16 at age 78, there were no family members gathered around him. Nor have any turned up to claim his body in the months since. Indeed, Kays' body sat at...

Man Abandoned as Newborn Finds Family After 39 Years

David Volk publicized his search on Facebook

(Newser) - A man who was abandoned as a newborn in a Newark McDonald's restroom has reunited with his biological family, 39 years later. David Volk publicized his search for his birth mother on Facebook in 2014, and now—also on Facebook—he reveals that the search has come to an...

Twins Reunited: 5 Brilliant Stories This Week

Plus, a husband does what he has to do for his pregnant wife

(Newser) - Two sets of notable twins make this week's list of inspiring stories:
  • His Wife in Labor, Husband Jumps in Front of Snowplow : When Stephanie Dawson, 28, went into labor at around 3:30 last Sunday morning in the middle of a winter storm, she and her husband soon realized
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Parents Building a Neighborhood Just for Autistic Adults

Community is going up on 29 acres near Dallas

(Newser) - For years, the parents of a boy on the high-needs end of the autism spectrum have been brainstorming what to do when he enters adulthood. When he was a pre-teen, they hit on the idea of a housing complex designed specifically for adults with autism, and now that he's...

Identical Twins, Separated at Adoption, Find Each Other Again

Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry cried upon reuniting

(Newser) - Audrey Doering and Gracie Rainsberry were born in China, and both were adopted by US families in 2007. Little did they know they're twin sisters—and they were reunited for the first time since they were babies Wednesday on Good Morning America . It all started when Audrey asked her...

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