05-29-2018

An image of a Braves fan holding an umbrella over a JROTC member is going viral on social media. The future Marine was standing at attention near a POW-MIA memorial at a Memorial Day game at SunTrust Park in the rain.

In the photo, the fan dressed in a red raincoat is holding an umbrella over the JROTC member assigned to guard the memorial.

The Braves dedicated the Chair of Honor at their ballpark last year.  

05-29-2018

A Texas ice cream shop hires only special needs employees, which not only provides meaningful employment to workers with Down Syndrome and other disabilities but makes good business sense.

05-29-2018

A new video game that lets players re-create school shootings by stalking school hallways and racking up kills is being condemned by parents and lawmakers.

05-29-2018

More and more college campuses are adopting the idea of safe spaces including a Utah university, which recently built a crying closet to help students cope with the emotional stress of college exams. However, there is now a push for churches to create safe spaces for their congregants. 

05-29-2018

Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome.

JoshHoltAP
05-29-2018

A Utah man is finally home after spending two years in one of Venezuela's worst prisons. 

05-29-2018

Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall Monday afternoon in the Florida Panhandle.  Tropical rains extended to the Carolinas where a local news crew covering the storm was killed after a falling tree struck their vehicle.

05-28-2018

A teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student at an Indiana school said Monday that his swift decisions “were the only acceptable actions” to save his seventh-grade classroom.

05-28-2018

Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday on the U.S. Gulf Coast, pelting white sand beaches with blustery winds and stinging rain that kept the usual Memorial Day crowds away.

05-28-2018

One man remained missing after flash flooding tore down historic Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland, and left a community heartbroken at seeing severe damage less than two years after another devastating flood.

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