A young American sent a message in a bottle 9 years ago from Massachusetts, throwing it into the Atlantic Ocean. After 9 years, the young man received an answer from France. As a 10-year-old boy, Max Fredenburg threw a letter in a bottle into the Atlantic Ocean in 2010. ...
A string of neat little houses with low white fences. The horizon is slightly cut by proud palms. We are in a small Californian town, visiting the family of our American friend Jim. Morning walk. Two guys, 18-20 years old, immediately attract attention. Tall, slightly stooped. Both in…
Anna Medvedeva, a Russian language teacher, met her love in the USA. She met the successful microbiologist Alexei. Six months later, they got married, and their son Danila was born. Aleksey developed vaccines against HIV and malaria, but he himself was powerless against an incurable disease. ...
When Albert Gilmour needed a birth certificate in order to marry, the woman whom he considered his older sister rather reluctantly gave him the document. When he uncovered the evidence, he understood why. It turned out that the man whom he had known for 21 years as an older sister was his ...
Getting a college degree can be one of the most important accomplishments in a person's life. And this is perhaps doubly important for young people from families who live worse than others. Athena Capo Battaglia has gone through a difficult path from a resident of a hostel to a student of one of the most ...
Probably, everyone at least once in their life spent a little more time at the airport than planned. Someone had a flight delay or an inconvenient and long overnight transfer, and someone, perhaps, simply did not catch the plane and stayed to wait for the next one. But…
The gracefully refined beauty of Nonna Terentyeva destroyed the established stereotype of the Soviet woman - the builder of communism. In Soviet films, she represented the ideal of sensuality, and abroad she was often compared to such Hollywood beauties as Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. Creative life Despite...
Bella Burrellez, an 11-year-old partially blind American whose mother spent almost a month without work due to the federal government shutdown, decided to help her family and set up her own business. Since the government partially shut down in December, Bella, a fifth grader from Gaithersburg, ...
Just minutes after the disconsolate husband made his last, heartbreaking decision to disconnect his wife from life support, when her brain was nearly dead, the woman suddenly began to breathe. It's impossible to believe it, but after four months and despite all the fears ...
The mother, who, after a fierce custody struggle, kidnapped her own daughter in Charleston, South Carolina and spent 20 years on the run, spoke about how she made the decision to flee and why no one has arrested her during that time. IN…