When I was twelve years old, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, four years later, mom and I reflect on how cancer brought us closer together. Katie Wilhem reports.

Many young, American girls can’t help but anticipate their sweet 16th birthday. For Julie Trell though, her surprise 16th birthday celebration was one she would rather forget. Audrey Trell reports.

Packed in one car, Elaine Manis, her six siblings, and her mother set out on a trip from the small town of Forgan, Oklahoma, to the seaside town of Corpus Christi, Texas. What could go wrong?

Train-Tracks. Metal-Mouth.  Brace-Face. Whatever you call them, getting braces as a teenager seems to be a stereotypical right of passage. However, there is a shocking divide in the perception of braces between 7-year-olds and 17-year-olds.

Today, Americans seem to lack any type of silence in their lives. Silence should be a source of solace, but the modern mind is often discontent when unstimulated. Are you satisfied in silence?

Frank Kostrencich has been working the night shift as a crane operator at the Port of Los Angeles for the past 26 years. Using his precision and expertise at 15 stories high to unload the cargo from ships is no easy task.