Thursday, May 23 2013 6:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:26:04 GMT
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders votingMore >>
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts...More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:04 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:04:54 GMT
(AP)--The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. LocalMore >>
The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday...More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:35 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:35:28 GMT
(ABC News)--Anyone looking for a sign of British bravery in the face of terror should look no further than Ingrid Loyau-Kennett. A British soldier had been hacked to death on the streets of southeastMore >>
Anyone looking for a sign of British bravery in the face of terror should look no further than Ingrid Loyau-Kennett...More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:24 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:24:21 GMT
(ABC News)--A newly married, mentally disabled couple's dream of living together -- up until now beset by legal troubles and care facilities that refused their wishes -- is about to come true. New YorkMore >>
A newly married, mentally disabled couple's dream of living together -- up until now beset by legal troubles and care facilities that refused their wishes -- is about to come true. New York State is providing them with a home of their own...More >>
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Doctors say a woman fighting a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident will lose her hands and remaining foot to the infection.
But Aimee Copeland's father says the 24-year-old college student is improving.
Andy Copeland told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday his daughter is "coherent and alert." Doctors treating her at an Augusta hospital say there is no indication of any brain damage and her lungs are slowly healing, but her hands and remaining foot will have to be amputated.
Copeland cut her leg after falling from a homemade zip line May 1.
The University of West Georgia graduate psychology student was diagnosed Friday with necrotizing faciitis, a bacteria that destroys human tissue. She lost most of her right leg to the infection.
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