Curtis Whitson has two strangers to thank for his family being alive today. Two brave hikers plucked a lime green bottle from a river and alerted authorities about the SOS message they found inside.

The White House has sent a team to California this week for "fact finding" and "learning more about the crisis" of homelessness in Los Angeles, a White House official confirms.

SCOTUS may hear a case in Boise Idaho about whether it's unconstitutional to prohibit the homeless from sleeping in public spaces.

When a young woman in a wheelchair fell off a cruise ship dock in St. Martin, two local entertainers jumped in after her to save her from drowning.

CNN Business' Julia Chatterley explains what an inverted yield curve is, and its eerily-accurate history of predicting recessions.

A driver is lucky to be alive after a tire on his truck blew out, causing the vehicle to go belly-up.

In Los Angeles' Skid Row, tents line entire city blocks. These makeshift shelters for the city's homeless are now an almost permanent fixture of the city's landscape, with barbecue grills and clusters of bikes standing alongside them.