NEW YORK -- Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts aimed to do a lot of good - helping to raise over $100 million for famine relief in Ethiopia and inspiring worldwide awareness for a cause ...

Making charitable gifts via cellphone isn’t just a developed-world phenomenon. The Kenyans for Kenya campaign is raising money to aid victims of that country’s famine, part of the larger humanitarian ...

Forty years ago, music history was made when simultaneous concerts in London and Philadelphia raised money for famine relief. Beyond the dollars, Live Aid supercharged how benefit concerts could make ...

July 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1863, opposition to the Federal Conscription Act triggered New York City riots in which at least 120 people died and hundreds were injured. In 1898, ...

In the summer of 1985, images of emaciated children in Ethiopia shocked the world and prompted one of the biggest charity concerts ever: Live Aid. Megastars like Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Madonna ...

For decades, the U.S. has led the charge in detecting and preventing famines. Washington created the world's first famine early warning system called FEWS NET. But that system went offline in January ...