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A 90-year-old woman is inspiring others to reach their academic dreams with a good attitude and hard work.

A 65-year-old woman was attacked recently while walking through a Publix parking lot in Riverview, Florida, and law enforcement have identified the suspect.

An 88-year-old man in Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio, recently got a huge Christmas surprise from his community.

China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday reported hospitals are bracing for a surge of respiratory infections among the elderly, beginning in mid-December and peaking “around New Year’s Day in 2024.”

A 93-year-old woman in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has reached a massive fundraising goal as she fights to keep her land on Jonesville Road out of a developer’s hands, the Island Packet reported Friday.

A first grader in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, is honing her reading skills thanks to some very special friends.

A Florida golfer has been arrested on a manslaughter charge regarding the death of a man who was 87 years old at the Glenview County Club in The Villages.

A husband and wife in Oxnard, California, who are in their 90s, celebrated their love in an unexpected place.

A senior citizen in Buckeye, Arizona, did something extremely brave Thursday to celebrate her 90th birthday, simply because she can.

A former Circle K worker is suing the company after it fired her for an encounter with an armed thief in Westminster, Colorado.

Caregivers and loved ones are robbing elderly Americans of $20.3 billion annually.

An elderly woman with a walker allegedly robbed a bank in New Orleans Friday morning, years after a similar attempt in 2014.

The New York Times faced massive backlash online after publishing a response to an inquiry about escaping one’s “obligation” to continue visiting a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, noting that “other considerations” such as oneself and “emotional well-being” can “matter more.”

Missouri law enforcement was called on Wednesday when an elderly woman allegedly robbed a bank and handed the teller an interesting note.

A ceramics teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii, knew exactly what to do when a fellow citizen desperately needed help on Tuesday.

A woman in Los Angeles is celebrating a milestone birthday while she also keeps family and friends smiling.

A beauty school graduate in Minnesota is perfecting her craft at a local nursing home whose residents adore her.

A 25-year-old illegal migrant from Senegal was arrested in Marseilles after allegedly raping a 64-year-old woman who had allowed him to come into her home from the street.

Macron has vowed to go ahead with the bill, which aims to raise the country’s minimum retirement age, despite nationwide demonstrations and strikes and opinion polls consistently showing a majority of French people oppose the change.

When a car fell through the ice on Iowa’s East Okoboji Lake, a teenager immediately jumped into action.

A hospice center in Urbandale, Iowa, is accused of mistakenly presuming a 66-year-old patient was dead when she was not, NBC News reported Thursday.

A woman named Maria Branyas Morera is confirmed as the world’s oldest living person, Guinness World Records announced on January 19.

A pair of Waste Management workers in Port Charlotte, Florida, are getting a lot of attention for their heroic actions.

The Irish government has banned retirement homes in the country from becoming migrant accommodation after a conservative publication published an exposé into the practice.

A 92-year-old man who was brutally attacked in Paris, allegedly by a transgender crack addict, has been given six months to live by doctors.

An elderly woman in Gulfport, Mississippi, is feeling accomplished after receiving an honorary GED certificate thanks to help from several people.

Two suspects are accused of forcing an elderly couple into their closet at gunpoint during a home robbery in Portsmouth, Virginia, on Wednesday.

Citizens took swift action when an elderly woman was in dire need of help Tuesday in the Middlesex Borough of New Jersey.

Pope Francis reiterated his appeal for an intergenerational alliance between young and old Wednesday, insisting the elderly “possess the wisdom of dying.”

A homeless man who assaulted and allegedly attempted to rob an elderly man at a Hollywood restaurant was chased down and subdued by a good Samaritan until authorities could arrive.

Pope Francis warned Wednesday that the pursuit of “eternal youth” is a dangerous pipe dream that prevents people from focusing on things that really matter.

A police officer in Tennessee is getting a lot of positive attention for assisting an elderly neighbor who was walking on the highway get to the salon.

An Ohio couple recently celebrated turning 100 together at the same church they met at 81 years ago after celebrating their 79th-anniversary last month.

An elderly woman died Friday after being attacked by alligators in Englewood, Florida, according to Sarasota Sheriff’s authorities.

Pope Francis warned Wednesday that today’s throwaway culture cancels the elderly, keeping them out of sight to avoid having to deal with them.

Three illegal migrants from Algeria have been arrested for the murder of a 70-year-old woman who was killed at her home.