BAGHDAD (AP) — For nearly a decade Abu Omar has been fleeing Iraq’s many conflicts, but they always seem to catch up to him. In his Sunni family’s ancestral home in Fallujah it was the heavy shelling ...

MADRID, Spain, April 12 (UNHCR) - In a country where anyone can become a victim of violence, minorities in Iraq feel especially threatened. Among those forced to flee the danger was a family who had ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Veterans in South Georgia are being recognized for their service to this country, with tables built in their memory. One family who lost their son to a life of service can now ...

FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. (WTRF) — In recognition of Veterans Day, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid off the mortgage for the family of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Michael Smith Jr., a Follansbee ...

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RICHMOND, Sept. 8 -- He was the big brother who always had the right advice to give, who called to make sure his little brother was getting along all right and turning into a good man. That's how ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tyler Simmons’ family says his smile was unforgettable. “He had a million-dollar smile. When people see my cousin they'd be like, that smile is gonna take him places and it took him ...