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Sergeant Turner's Ride Home
S.SGT. JONATHAN TURNER served his country for 17 years, which included seven tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
America's Children Need You
The well-being of children shouldn’t be a political issue. Their success needs to be the common commitment of our national life.
Snap Dynamite Fireworks Photos
An expert’s cell phone camera tips.
Take Me Out to the Blackberry Patch
A game where the real action took place off the field.
As American As Apple Pie?
Turns out that none of the ingredients in our favorite dessert are native to the United States. Yet history made it ours. How?
The Price Of Freedom
A recovered account of World War II opens a grandson’s eyes to how the sacrifice of one altered the fate of many.
Giving Care Givers A Vacation
Heather McHugh won $500,000 and had an intelligent idea:
A Different Kind Of Genius
When I was young, my father was ashamed of his humble factory job. Years later, when I visited his workplace, I discovered pride.
Folding Like a Genius Will Change Your Life
THE SECRET TO FOLDING CLOTHES is this: Never give up.
Pain Relievers
Steven Pete has broken 70 bones—and never felt a thing. Now scientists hope his freak genetic condition will help people with the opposite issue: constant agony.
She Lifted A Finger
He walks up to her, in dire need of medical attention. She, a young mother, is already feeling overwhelmed. But after she reaches out to this person in need, there is no turning back.
Basketball Cop
A tense confrontation turns into a game changer for one officer and the teens in the community he serves.
“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!”
The Case of the Illegal Vegetable Garden
A Florida town tells a couple to move their crops behind their house. Their reply: Lettuce be.
Letting In Some Light
He warms the holidays for families too filled with grief to celebrate on their own.
How To Survive Anything!
Expert advice on navigating life’s perils—great and small
Fighting Trauma The Military Way
Don’t let distress sideline you. Turn it into a strength instead.
Forgiveness Is Job One
The boss had every reason to turn his back. Instead, he befriended a troubled man—and hired him.
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.
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.
Fascinating Facts That Are False!
25 tall tales that are impossibly true …… and 25 facts that are actually myths
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
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.
Help Your Pet Live Longer
With the right care, you can enhance the quality—and quantity—of life for your furry friends
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
Keep Internet Spies Out Of Your Home
“Smart” devices equipped with cameras and microphones can be easy targets for hackers
Bridge Builder
A young man saves a suicidal stranger simply by showing he cares.
Bald Is Beautiful!
Bald Is Beautiful!
The Baby Catchers
The Baby Catchers
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.