Category: People

NJ Police Officer Rescues Homeless Wounded Pit Bull Pup and Adopts Him the Same Day

When a New Jersey police officer rescued an injured pit bull puppy, it was love at first sight. Officer Matthew O’Hanlon with the Mount Laurel Police Department was in a business district of Mount Laurel when he and his colleague found an injured puppy wandering around. The 14-week-old dog, which they rescued on Jan. 2,…


Parrot With No Beak Gets Second Chance at Life After Rescuers Craft New Prosthetic Beak

An animal rehabilitation center in Brazil is being hailed for its innovation in helping an injured parrot with a missing beak found in the wild. The bird was admitted to the center, and a handmade prosthetic beak was contracted, allowing the parrot to be able to eat again and fully recover. Experts at Renascer ACN,…


Business Owner Gifts New Car to Struggling Single Mom of Four After Hers Was Stolen

A struggling single mom of four has received a life-changing gift: a new set of wheels, almost one year after her car was stolen from outside her home in Chicago, Illinois. Iashiskala Sims, whose liability insurance would not cover a replacement, was left asking others for favors. “I work at Walgreens,” Sims, 40, told WGN-TV. “I…


Happiness Even on Death Row: The Power of Forgiveness

At age 28, Sunny Jacobs was sentenced to death for a crime she didn’t commit and spent five of her 17 years on death row in solitary confinement. Her life was completely upended, her children were put into the foster care system, and it would take nearly two decades to appeal her wrongfully convicted case….


Swimming 100 Miles for the American Legion

Social distancing and lockdown measures have made charitable functions such as marathons, galas, and other fundraising events more difficult, if not impossible to hold. At the same time, the financial needs of nonprofit organizations haven’t gone anywhere. Fortunately, the good Samaritans among us haven’t stopped caring. Charlie Parker of Murrieta, California, is one of them….


The Harlem Hellfighters: The Incredible Story Behind the Most Decorated US Regiment in WWI

In his commencement address at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University in June 1924, almost six years after World War I ended, President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute to African Americans who had fought in it: “The colored people have repeatedly proved their devotion to the high ideals of our country. They gave their services in the war with the…


It’s Never Too Late to Dream Big: Q&A With Country Singer Kimberly Dawn

LA-based singer Kimberly Dawn’s newest country music single, “‘93,” is a nostalgic look back at the pre-smartphone age of the ’90s when times were simpler and worries few. It speaks to any generation who harken back to the good old days. Dawn’s career has taken a different path than the typical music star, beginning after…


Career-Driven Mom Takes Year Leave to Focus on Son’s Speaking Woes, Shares It Never Held Her Back

When her son started having trouble at school, career-driven mom Ifeoma Chuks-Adizue made the difficult decision to take a work break to focus on him. Years later, her decision to prioritize her son has not only changed his life, but it hasn’t hindered her career path in the slightest. Ifeoma, from Lagos, Nigeria, shared on…


Garbage Truck Drivers Throw 4-Year-Old Girl Birthday Parade After Party Canceled Due to COVID

Many children are fond of trucks, and watching the garbage trucks on trash day can be an exciting event for the little one. But for 4-year-old Louisiana girl Margie, watching the garbage trucks became something much more. She reached out and made a heartwarming friendship with the sanitation workers, and in return, when her recent…


Couple Buy 70s ‘Time Capsule’ Home With Retro Appliances and Wall-to-Wall Shag Carpet for $161,000

It isn’t unusual to see home-for-sale photos that have gone viral because of highly unique or personalized features, which set them apart from the blasé, cookie cutter norm. When one couple from Orlando, Florida, saw a truly unique home in Indiana, with much of its original 70s décor and features still intact, they knew they…