A raging wildfire has forced 32,000 residents to evacuate their homes near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Extreme heat and winds gusting to 65 mph fueled the Waldo Canyon Fire as it broke through containment lines Tuesday afternoon.
Neighborhoods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, are evacuated as the Waldo Canyon wildfire continues to spread.
I was walking down 125th Street in Harlem last week when my iPhone beeped to alert me that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had proposed saving obesity-prone urbanites from themselves by banning restaurant sales of large sugary sodas and teas.
Nicole came to the United States from Indonesia on a temporary fiancée visa, fully expecting that she would enjoy life in a new country with the U.S. citizen she intended to marry. Instead, she found herself trapped as a victim of sex trafficking.
Severe storms tore through the Midwest and South on Friday, killing at least 32 people. Tornadoes were reported from Alabama to Ohio.
Severe weather tore through the Southeast Sunday night and Monday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 100.
Salvation Army bell-ringers are a familiar ornament outside local retailers during the holiday season, but over the past month it hasn't been the rings from their bells that are catching people's ears.
This time of year, familiar Salvation Army volunteers don a Santa's hat and stand on the street corner collecting loose change to feed the needy -- and every now and then they strike gold, literally.
CNN's T.J. Holmes talks to Maj. George Hood of the Salvation Army about using virtual bell ringers to collect donations.
The Salvation Army is well-known for its ubiquitous red kettles and bell-ringing change collectors.
A sneak peak at 'Beyond Bravery - The Women of 9/11,' premiering September 5th at 11 p.m. ET.
One weekend out of the year, the tiny town of Dennison, Ohio, is transported to the 1940s. The brassy tones of swing music drift from the town center on an evening breeze. Children giggle as they weave through the legs of men in World War II uniforms while women serve lemonade and cookies at town's canteen.
This year's historic flooding of the Mississippi, Missouri and now the Souris rivers has forced thousands across the Midwest to evacuate -- leaving some with a fear of losing everything.
CNN's Jessica Yellin talks to nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen about the safety of nuclear power plants in the U.S.
Kathy Dennis of the American Red Cross talks about the damage caused by the tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri.
Severe weather this weekend spawned tornadoes that devastated the country's heartland.
The severe storms and tornadoes that ripped through the South and Midwest killed at least 327 people, making it the third deadliest outbreak in U.S. history.
The storms that devastated the South are gone, but the survivors are just beginning to realize how much they've lost.
She was a mother of three living in a small apartment and working four jobs. And then, as if in a fairy tale, she won her state's lottery last year. But the story doesn't have the happy ending you might expect.
A Washington state couple comes forward to claim their share of the $380 million Mega Millions jackpot.
We are right in the middle of the most spectacular display of economic activity all year -- holiday shopping season.
It's rare that buying yourself clothes actually benefits others, but one apparel maker aims to change that by helping thousands of unemployed workers in one of the hardest hit areas of the country.
Cold weather frosting much of the country spared Florida's citrus crop Tuesday, but more near-record lows expected overnight will pose another challenge.
Wintry weather from Maine to Florida.
Police say part of a Salvation Army store and warehouse has collapsed in Grand Junction, Colorado.
A loft office collapsed at a Colorado Salvation Army thrift store, sending debris onto people below and launching a frantic search for someone who may have been missing, authorities said Friday.
A loft office collapsed at a Colorado Salvation Army thrift store, sending debris onto people below and launching a search for someone who may be missing, authorities said Friday.
After growing up in a Salvation Army rescue shelter, Jameel McClain didn't view going undrafted by the NFL as a major hurdle.
Donations to the country's 400 biggest charities plunged last year by 11 percent, the worst decline since the Chronicle of Philanthropy started ranking the fundraising organizations two decades ago.
Cynthia Morrison purchased her first home on August 1, 2005. Hurricane Katrina wiped her New Orleans East home off the map before she could make her first house payment.
Some areas of New Orleans are still struggling after Katrina. CNN's John Roberts spoke with the city's mayor.
An early-morning hazardous material spill has been contained, but officials in Morehead City, North Carolina have closed its port and recommended evacuation of its downtown area after nine containers of high-explosive materials were punctured.
Another band of frigid weather will blanket the eastern two-thirds of the nation Wednesday, battering states already dealing with record-low temperatures that have been blamed for at least five deaths.
A Salvation Army Major was killed in front of his three children outside a Salvation Army facility in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A Salvation Army major was shot dead in front of his three children on Christmas Eve in North Little Rock, Arkansas, authorities said.
Nancy McCauley Branstetter, a former communications executive at Ford Motor Co., is passionate about a cause that feels especially urgent lately: helping disadvantaged children and families who live in the economically stricken Detroit area.
More people are learning to live small by trading their big homes for financial freedom. CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reports.
Thousands of people have converged in the center of London for the first major protest ahead of next week's G-20 summit.
Demanding jobs, climate control and social justice, about 35,000 protesters marched in London ahead of the G-20 summit.
Charities are just as vulnerable, if not more so, to economic weakness as are corporations.
Winds whipping across southeastern Australia's countryside continued to fan deadly brushfires Wednesday, spreading flames through rural towns and ravaging scores of homes.
On a Wednesday afternoon in late December, the average wait to sell clothing at Buffalo Exchange, a Manhattan consignment shop, was about 25 minutes. Beyond the front counter, where the consignors sought pocket cash and tax deductions, nearly a dozen shoppers squeezed themselves between overstuffed racks in the 450-square-foot space, seeking bargains amid used designer jeans and last season's cashmere sweaters.
It's naptime in the manger. The rosy porcelain baby is sleeping quietly beside his mother, who dozes on her back on the barn floor, despite her permanent bent-kneed posture and a broken-off right hand.
With the economy tanking, it may not be a surprise that nuisance crimes like petty theft and vandalism are on the rise. But even police departments are scratching their heads over the latest hot loot: Christmas trees.
Jerrye Lail's heart attack took her by surprise, but when overwhelming medical bills forced her and her husband, Dan, to ask for help from the Salvation Army, that was a real stunner.
Officials wait to see if the only remaining levee in Winfield, Missouri, will hold.
Sodden and crumbling, the Pin Oak levee was the only thing standing between Winfield, Missouri, and the flood-swollen Mississippi River on Wednesday.
How the candidates define their love of country may help determine the election's outcome. TIME asked each for his view of the meaning of patriotism. Here's how they responded
Should members of the bridal party attend all the pre-wedding events, Rebecca Dolgin of theknot.com with the answer.
The TV no longer sits on a moving box, but she's still using filing cabinets as end tables. Desiree Jacobsen graduated from college years ago, so why does her apartment resemble a dorm room? It's hard to save for the finer things when you've had to shell out money to be in five weddings in one year, three times as maid of honor.
Atlanta was scrambling back to normalcy Monday, but city officials warned it could take time to clear the devastation left by a tornado that swept through the city's downtown Friday evening.
Rising oil and gas prices are putting the squeeze on everyone's budget. Here are top tips on how to save money on energy.
Republican leaders in the House are supporting a bill that would let employers set an English only policy on the job.
With millions of toys recalled this year, charities across the country are struggling to play Santa
The night was quite chilly (by Southern California standards, at least). But that didn't stop more than 5,500 fans from coming out to support David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy and a slew of soccer-loving celebs like Superman Returns's Brandon Routh and Without a Trace's Anthony LaPaglia for their charity match Sunday.
The National Hurricane Center is forecasting an active year for storms, but a new poll shows that people living in coastal areas still aren't prepared
As a group, Americans are pretty philanthropic, but we also love to overstate our generosity. Especially when it comes time to filling out our annual tax return.
Question: Where can I find an inclusive list of items (do's & don'ts) that affect my FICO score? - Anita
Fortune: Strange bedfellowsupdated: Wed Feb 08 2006 02:47:00
An unlikely coalition of evangelical Christians, FORTUNE 500 executives and environmentalists is coming together to press the U.S. government to take action to curb global warming.
Punxsutawney Phil is predicting six more weeks of winter, and that isn't good news for your gas bill. This is especially true since home heating bills are up about 35 percent this season.
There truly is no rest for the weary on the Gulf Coast, nor for the aid organizations that have been providing life-saving assistance for them over the past month.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - More than $60 billion in federal government aid and more than half a billion dollars to the Red Cross alone have been earmarked to date for relief to those from the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - More than $60 billion in federal government aid and more than half a billion dollars to the Red Cross alone have been earmarked to date for relief to those from the areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Want to help?updated: Tue Aug 30 2005 09:55:00
The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists these organizations for those seeking to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina:
Donald Trump can handle dirty laundry.
The difference between owing taxes and looking forward to a refund check often comes down to one word -- deductions.
The children's home that inspired the Beatles' hit song "Strawberry Fields Forever" is to close.
Although you wouldn't necessarily know it by the urgent tone of many fund-raising appeals, not all charities are in dire straits. The Salvation Army, for example, announced in January that Joan Kroc, widow of the founder of McDonald's, had bequeathed a whopping $1.5 billion to the nonprofit, or more than it raised from all private contributors last year.
CNNMoney: Holiday gift hellupdated: Mon Nov 15 2004 13:42:00
It happens every year. Despite parents' best intentions to downplay the commercial aspects of the holidays and infuse celebrations with the true spirit of the season, the festivities deteriorate into a big, fat gimme-fest.
Way back when, groups like Scout troops and the Salvation Army raised money by picking up old newspapers, bottles, and cans, and reselling those commodities in bulk for pennies.
Fortune: Tip Off news of noteupdated: Mon Feb 09 2004 00:01:00
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE SHENANIGANS In the last month or so we've seen sketchy accounting from Switzerland's Adecco, a shady last-minute deal by Canada's Conrad Black to sell his interest in Hollin...
Firefighters battled a massive fire Friday that broke out at an apartment complex in Edison, New Jersey, claiming at least one life.
The estate of McDonald's Corp. heiress Joan Kroc will donate more than $1.5 billion in cash to the Salvation Army, in one of the largest individual charitable gifts ever, the charity confirmed Tuesday
Sure, you could decide whom to vote for by listening to the candidates speak and reading their position papers, but wouldn't it be easier if there were armies of political-science majors who did all the sorting and thinking for you?
When Liza Prior Lucy, a quiltmaker and author in New Hope, Pa., writes checks to charities every December, three groups are top of mind: Beyond Pesticides, an organization that monitors pesticide m...
Money Magazine: Wise giving guideupdated: Wed Nov 27 2002 14:13:00
When Liza Prior Lucy, a quiltmaker and author in New Hope, Pa., writes checks to charities every December, three groups are top on her mind.
What's the biggest charity in the U.S. after the Salvation Army (No. 1) and the YMCA (No. 2)? Would you believe it's Fidelity's Charitable Gift Fund, one of a growing number of so-called donor-advi...
Faced with such tragedies as poverty in America, Hurricanes Bertha (below) and Fran, the TWA and ValuJet crashes, the Olympic bombing and the war in Bosnia, many Americans share the same impulse: T...
STOP! Before you seal that envelope and run off to the post office, take a look to see if you can save yourself a few bucks with these last-minute tax tips:
'TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE TO YOUR FAVORITE charity. Problem is, 'tis also the season to give to the mail carrier, your nieces and nephews and perhaps your doorman--which might mean you're a little sh...
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THE WORTH OF THE PENNY, BUT THE plucky little copper-coated coin is doing its bit to reduce the federal budget deficit. Because of an arcane concept called seigniorage (dati...
IRONICALLY, THE LATEST CHARITY SCANDAL, involving an alleged Ponzi scheme at the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy, could benefit donors to all charities. The case could put pressure on charity b...
Now that you've mailed in your 1994 tax return, you'd probably like to take a well-deserved spring break from deductions, exemptions, depreciation and the general depression of grappling with the t...
If you want Thanksgiving to mean more this year than pumpkin pie and football games, try helping those who are less fortunate than you are. Thousands of charities need people to donate, prepare, de...
Scrounging around for year-end tax deductions? Empty your attic and donate old clothes and household goods to charity. We asked Goodwill Industries and the Salvation Army how much the 20 items belo...
He aqui siete organizaciones que son gratuitas o cobran un cargo nominal. Para localizarlas, consulte su guia telefonica, o vea la seccion en ingles para hallar las direcciones y telefonos. Usted t...
Money Magazine: HELPING HANDS updated: Thu Mar 11 1993 00:01:00
A resource list for parents and kids These seven organizations run free or nearly free special programs for kids nationally or in major cities. You can find out about other programs by asking at yo...
If the bottom line on your 1991 tax return makes you wince, here's an offbeat write-off to consider for '92 or beyond: the next time you're ready to sell your car, donate it to charity instead. As ...
First you panic. Then you feel guilty. No matter how honest you are, your heart sinks when you get a letter from the Internal Revenue Service, as I did six months ago, announcing that you've been t...
When you dump four bags of your old clothes on the Salvation Army, workers there will give you a receipt for four bags of old clothes. But the value of the pile as a charitable tax deduction is lef...
BILOXI, MISS. -- The Salvation Army violated a woman's constitutional right to freedom of religion when it fired her because she practices witchcraft, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Dan...
ROSS PEROT is giving away his $2.5-billion fortune. He says it is all going to charity, ''the best and highest use.'' Over the past two decades he has parted with more than $100 million, and in the...
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