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Reader's Digest US
“The Mountain's On Fire!”
MATTHEW LAYTON was 20 minutes from home in Sevierville, Tennessee, on a cold November night in 2016 when he got a frantic cell phone call from his mother. “The mountain’s on fire,” she screamed, “and Brian’s up there!”
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
The Case of the Illegal Vegetable Garden
A Florida town tells a couple to move their crops behind their house. Their reply: Lettuce be.
2 min |
April 2018
Reader's Digest US
Letting In Some Light
He warms the holidays for families too filled with grief to celebrate on their own.
3 min |
December 2017/January 2018
Reader's Digest US
How To Survive Anything!
Expert advice on navigating life’s perils—great and small
10+ min |
May 2019
Reader's Digest US
Fighting Trauma The Military Way
Don’t let distress sideline you. Turn it into a strength instead.
3 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest US
Forgiveness Is Job One
The boss had every reason to turn his back. Instead, he befriended a troubled man—and hired him.
3 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest US
Your Amazing Body!
Your fingerprints can predict some health issues. Looking at the sun can make you sneeze. You grow a new skeleton every ten years. Science hasn’t uncovered every mystery, but what it has discovered will blow your mind.
10+ min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest US
The Dog That Came Back From The Dead
On a run in the Rocky Mountains, the author’s dog, Merle, fell 800 feet, injured beyond hope. But he wasn’t done yet.
9 min |
February 2019
Reader's Digest US
Fascinating Facts That Are False!
25 tall tales that are impossibly true …… and 25 facts that are actually myths
6 min |
February 2019
Reader's Digest US
Every State's Best Food!
Reader’s Digest and Taste of Home asked people across the country to pick the most delicious food in every state
10+ min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
Corn - The Most Important Crop In The Land
Say you were to stroll through a quintessentially American landscape one summer morning, looking across vast fields of shimmering, swaying cornstalks a dozen feet tall.
3 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
Help Your Pet Live Longer
With the right care, you can enhance the quality—and quantity—of life for your furry friends
5 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
When Disaster Strands Two American Tourists In The Jungle, They Have One Hope
When disaster strands two American tourists in the jungle, unable to walk and unlikely to be found, they have one hope: a phone with a dying battery
10 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
Keep Internet Spies Out Of Your Home
“Smart” devices equipped with cameras and microphones can be easy targets for hackers
5 min |
November 2018
Reader's Digest US
Bridge Builder
A young man saves a suicidal stranger simply by showing he cares.
3 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
Bald Is Beautiful!
Bald Is Beautiful!
1 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Baby Catchers
The Baby Catchers
1 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Most Handsome Man In The World
The author’s grandmother wanted the world to see her husband not as an aging farmer with false teeth but exactly as she did.
3 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
The Joys Of Keeping An Address Book
​The contacts list in a smartphone is convenient, but it can’t hold memories the way a handwritten directory can.
4 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
6 Keyboard Shortcuts For Faster Web Browsing
No mouse? No problem! Save time navigating the Internet with these quick tricks.
1 min |
September 2017
Reader's Digest US
Avocados A
The plant kingdom contains a staggering array of fruits, nearly every one trading in the same old thing: sweetness.
4 min |
February 2019
Reader's Digest US
Detroit's Proud Tiger
He fought to save his city, and a movement followed him
3 min |
February 2019
Reader's Digest US
The North Carolina State Fair Watermelon Weigh-Off
CHRIS KENT, age 56, Sevierville, Tennessee
1 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
His Crosses To Bear
A carpenter’s memorials have appeared after countless tragedies around the country. This time, the tragedy struck very close to home.
2 min |
July - August 2019
Reader's Digest US
The Boy In the Septic Tank
MADISON WILLIAMS was studying in her bedroom in Dublin, Ohio, in August 2016 when the door burst open. It was her mother, Leigh Williams, with a horrific and incredible story: “A little boy fell into a septic tank, and no one can reach him.” Then she made this request of her 13-year-old daughter: “Can you help?”
2 min |
February 2018
Reader's Digest US
Say Yes to The Ruined Dress
Coming to appreciate that nothing in life is permanent, except maybe that ink stain
3 min |
February 2018
Reader's Digest US
13 Things Mall Cops Won't Tell You
Who Knew?
3 min |
February 2018
Reader's Digest US
A War Dogs Comes Home
On the front lines in Afghanistan, Dyngo was a hero. But retirement for the canine veteran would not come easily.
10 min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest US
Why It's Ok To Snack
Nibbling between meals has gotten bad press in recent years. In fact, snacking can be good for you.
5 min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest US
I Am Milk!
Milk everyone’s first drink
4 min |