Meet the Kung Fu Nuns of the Himalayas, who wake up at 3 a.m., meditate, and practice martial arts for three hours. Plus, a taco shop in Dallas provides free coats to the needy in winters.
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(CNN) — Swords swirl around their bodies, coming perilously close to piercing flesh. Blades flashing in the morning sun, the young women twirl, cartwheel and then kick in unison, finishing their graceful movements in a centuries old kung fu fighting stance. Dressed alike with matching shaved heads, …
As Emilia Flores drove through her native Mexico several years ago, she spotted a stand-alone clothing rack under a bridge with a big sign asking passersby to either take or leave a free coat. The clever charity display stuck in her mind, and she was surprised to also see it in a few other Mexican …
It starts with one stitch, by one woman. A pattern she’s ordered from the back of a magazine, created for the 1976 US bicentennial celebration. A quilt featuring a hexagon for every state in the US, with its state outline, state flower, and state bird part of the design, along with 50 stars. She …
A pioneering irrigation project in North Darfur is bringing people together again In the arid lands that have seen one of the most brutal wars of the 21st century so far, green shoots of peace may finally be appearing. In the hot Darfur fields farmed by Adam Ali Mohammed, these green shoots are …
He said his family was once left in the cold over Christmas and he didn’t want it to happen to anyone else. Decades ago when Mike Esmond was raising his young family, they struggled to pay their heating bill. One winter, their gas was shut off and the family of five was stuck without heat during a …
CHICAGO — Crisp leaves fluttered to the ground as Helen Hoffman made her way out of the nursing home, donned a helmet and strapped herself into the passenger seat of a three-wheeled "trishaw" bike. She chuckled as her pilot guided the bike into town, navigating bumps in the road. The pair glided …
Stronger protections from trade, new vaquita offspring, and other wildlife crime success stories from the year. Optimism can be in short supply when it comes to wildlife and conservation. This year alone, Masai giraffes were declared endangered, fires in the Amazon devastated jaguars, turtles, and …
