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After the death of their father, Dan Pelzer, at the age of 92, his children discovered something extraordinary in his things — a very long list of every book he had ever read.
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Arnald Gabriel, now 100, was once the conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band. Under his leadership, it became internationally renowned.
When retired Marine Cpl. Scott Harrison was stationed at U.S. Marine outpost Con Thien during the Vietnam War, it was a music box sent by his sister that brought him hope during his darkest hours. Years later, Harrison used that hope to help and inspire others.
Viraj Dhanda, a nonspeaking autistic teen, spent the first 14 years of his life trying to learn the basics, until his brilliance was suddenly unlocked by his father with the help of Viraj's right thumb.
Molly Schafer spent about 600 hours painting 44 portraits of her peers.
Mykale Baker dropped by Burger King after his high school graduation ceremony for a late meal. When he noticed his colleagues swamped with orders, he jumped in to help.
When his great-grandmother suffered a fall and couldn't get up, courageous young Bridger whispered these three words to himself: "Don't be afraid."
Linwood Riddick had never heard of the Orangeburg Massacre until a few years ago when he stumbled on a campus memorial at South Carolina State University. He says he knew right then what he had to do.
When Kari and Bill Cox of Culloden, West Virginia, lost their daughter to a car crash, they thought they would never adopt again. But a discovery while going through their late daughter's things changed everything.
When Michelle Tuplin decided to relocate her bookstore to larger space, she had no idea how she would transport about 9,000 books, until she found her own literary heroes.
The effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history are intensifying, with flight disruptions and delays across the country. Shanelle Kaul is at Newark International Airport with the details.
A Georgia man is living his dream in a saddle. CBS Atlanta's Brian Unger reports on a real-life urban cowboy.
Thousands of foreign-born faith leaders across the U.S. are finding it difficult to stay with their congregations as visa renewals for religious workers have been backlogged for years. Omar Villafranca reports from Gordon, Texas.
A recent survey shows consumer confidence in the economy is near record-low amid the ongoing government shutdown. Andres Gutierrez is in Burbank, California, with the details.
Thousands of civilians in Sudan have been massacred over the past week by a paramilitary force. It's the latest horror in a civil war that has left millions displaced. Elizabeth Palmer reports from London.