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Thankfully, 94-year-old Betty Reid Soskin is home recovering and will return to work soon. In the meantime, POTUS says he'll send her a new coin.

An arrest has been made in the mysterious slashing of a woman on the New York City transit system, CBS New York reports. Damon Knowles, 21, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody Tuesday when his girlfriend’s grandmother realized he fit the description of a man who attacked a 71-year-old woman and called police. Carmen Rivera was riding the D train […]

Myrtle McKenny was found dead in her apartment in Brooklyn, New York on Nov. 9. Initially, her doctor labeled the death natural -- a result of complications related to diabetes and hypertension.

A Florida woman accused of speeding through a school zone shocked a Palm Beach County police officer when she insulted him during the stop.

There’s a newest oldest person on the block (er, in the world). Susannah Mushatt Jones was deemed “Oldest Living Person” by Guinness World Records today,…

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…

About 4,000 Houston-area seniors receive assistance from Meals on Wheels.  Andrea Fineman is with Interfaith Ministries, which runs the program.  She says volunteers managed to…

Tat tat tatted up! Tattoos are obviously a permanent staple in society seen on people of all ages and backgrounds. Clearly they’re not limited to rappers, rock n roll stars,  and rebellious teenagers. It’s often asked “what are they going to do when they’re older?” Well senior citizen, Isobel Varley shows that she wears hers […]

HOUSTON – Police have arrested a suspect in the "sadistic" rape of an 80-year-old Houston woman.

Via CNN: Doctors are already good at diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in a patient with obvious symptoms, which include memory loss, vision problems and confusion. But the cutting-edge research is looking for the brain mechanisms of the condition at its earliest stages, maximizing the potential for intervention. Two studies published this week that may help pave […]