Mary Chastain

Mary Chastain

Articles by Mary Chastain

College Student Starts Free Lawn Service for Elderly

An Alabama A&M student started a free lawn service for the elderly and to teach younger kids about community service. Rodney Smith, Jr., now runs “Raising Men Lawn Care Service” with “about 20 young men ages 7-17.” They cut lawns

Rodney Smith Jr. Cutting Lawns Free Facebook

Report: Islamic State Drowns Seven in Mosul

A witness in the captive city of Mosul, Iraq, claims that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) drowned seven civilians in an iron cage as a public spectacle.

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Female Suicide Bomber Wounds Eight in Turkey

A female suicide bomber wounded eight people in the city of Bursa, Turkey, on Wednesday. Authorities have detained 15 people with possible connections to the explosion.

TURKEY, Bursa : A woman gives first aid to an injured woman following a bombing, in Bursa,

Wisconsin Town Fines Parents of Bullies

The city of Shawano, WI, can now fine parents who raise bullies. “It creates an avenue for us to work with parents to help find solutions,” explained Shawano Police Chief Mark Kohl. The new ordinace says the city will contact

Mother and Son Bully AP

Al-Qaeda Claims Bangladesh Machete Murders, Including LGBT Editor

The Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh branch of the al-Qaeda in Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS), has claimed responsibility for the death of at least three secular writers hacked to death in the past year, including the murder this week of the editor of an LGBT magazine.

Bangladeshi Muslims carry the body of Xulhaz Mannan who was stabbed to death by unidentifi

Boy Sells Lemonade to Raise Funds for Adoption

A 9-year-old boy sold lemonade at a garage sale to raise funds for his adoption. Tristan’s lemonade was offered at a yard sale at the house where he lives with Donnie and Jimmy Davis. The yard and lemonade sale raised

Tristan' Lemonade Adoption