The Marines were under heavy enemy fire on June 8, 1968 in Vietnam when Cpl. Stephen Austin broke away from his squad and charged toward a machine gunner concealed in a bunker.
A woman and her young son in the rural community of Porterville, Calif. Last year's earthshaking election brought new attention to rural America.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, five men were sentenced Wednesday for their role in a large methamphetamine trafficking ring. 29-year-old Jose Reynaldo Cardenas of Porterville, California admitted to distributing 221.5 grams of pure methamphetamine to an undercover officer in Caldwell, Idaho.