Tag: couple

Widow Who Held Joint Funeral for Daughter and Husband Feels ‘Alive Again’ Marrying Widower Who Lost His Son

A mom whose daughter and husband died days apart has remarried a widower who lost his wife and child. She says their bond has helped them heal. Alice Palmer, 68, from Anfield, in Liverpool, England, was a lifetime carer to her daughter, Beth, 20, who suffered from cerebral palsy and other health issues. Alice’s world…


Family of US Couple Kidnapped in Haiti Pleads for Release

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Nikese Toussaint was at church, so she didn’t see the text message from her sister. All she knew at that point was that their brother and his wife, who live in the U.S., had landed safely in Haiti to visit ailing relatives and prepare for Rara, a colorful and boisterous festival born…


VIDEO: Couple Brings Baby Sparrow Home Just to Keep Her Alive—3 Years Later, They’re Inseparable

A couple who took a tiny, orphaned sparrow into their home to keep her alive never intended to make her part of the family. But after releasing her several times, the sparrow always came back, and today the trio shares an inseparable bond. Educator Janja Èerne, 34, and 38-year-old Aleš Zariè, who works in the…


PHOTOS: Couple Spends 5 Years Restoring 19th-Century Rundown Farmhouse—It’s Unrecognizable

When a couple with dreams of buying a fixer-upper found a 19th-century farmhouse for sale in Pennsylvania, they knew it was their ideal project. They devoted five years to the massive restoration, and today, the 31-acre property is unrecognizable. Married 37 years, New Jersey natives DeWitt Paul, 58, and his wife, Jean Paul, have lived…


Mississippi Couple Welcomes ‘1 in 60 Million’ Preemie Quintuplets With 4 Identical Girls

After struggling to conceive, first-time parents from Mississippi have welcomed rare quintuplets and among them, four are identical baby girls. As their babies go from strength to strength in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the delighted parents are looking forward to taking them home. Haylee and Shawn Ladner welcomed five of their babies on…


Couple Welcomes Rare Second Set of Identical Twins 13 Months After Giving Birth to First Set of Twins

The proud parents of naturally-conceived identical twins were blessed twice over when they became parents to a second set of identical twins just 13 months after welcoming their first. Twenty-seven-year-old elementary school teacher Britney Gilbert Alba, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and her husband, firefighter Frankie Alba, 25, were thrilled to discover they were expecting identical twin…


UK Police Search for Infant After Missing Couple Arrested

LONDON—British police said Tuesday they have launched a major search for a two-month-old baby after officers arrested the infant’s mother and her boyfriend who had been missing since January. Constance Marten, 35, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, a convicted sex offender, had been on the run since the baby was born in early January….


Turkey: Couple Saved 296 Hours After Quake, but Children Die

ISTANBUL—A couple and their son were pulled alive from under a collapsed apartment building more than 12 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria, although the child later died at a hospital, Turkish state media reported Saturday. A foreign search team from Kyrgyzstan rescued Samir Muhammed Accar, 49, his wife,…


Nonagenarian Couple That Has Been Inseparable for Nearly 70 Years Is Set to Enjoy a Special Valentine’s Day Celebration

An elderly couple is set to enjoy a special Valentine’s Day celebration this year after being together for nearly 70 years. Archie Kirkland, 93, and his wife Martha, 91, first met in London in the early 1950s through a mutual friend and began dating before tying the knot in May 1955. The pair have been…


Arizona Couple Shares How They Paid Off $52,000 of Consumer Debt in Just 18 Months

An Arizona couple who decided to combine their finances after getting married found out they had a total of $52,000 in debt. They set to work paying it off as quickly as possible and cleared the mammoth debt in just 18 months. Today they are sharing their tips on how they did it and believe…