Category: People

3 Generations of an Arizona Family Beat the Odds Sharing the Same Birthday

Upon learning that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, an Arizona woman had a strong intuition that the baby would be born on her birthday. A birthday that she already shares with her 95-year-old mother. And, she was right. Great-grandmother Gail Loos-Ross, 60-year-old grandmother Shelley Loos Parkhurst, and baby Birdie Eve Mendoza Parkhurst were born on Sept….


Teen Starts Hot Dog Business to Raise Money for Dental School: ‘Lit That Flame of Entrepreneurship’

A teen with a dream of becoming a dentist got ahead of the game at just 16. Forming his very own LLC with his parents’ help, he became the proud proprietor of a popular hot dog stand and is now raising money for medical school. Ryan Fouts of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has been running Ryan’s Dawgs…


Warren Harding’s Historic Speech on Race: How Black and White Americans Responded

No matter which major party won America’s presidential election in 1920, the country was destined for another chief executive from Ohio. Both major party candidates, Republican Warren Harding and Democrat James Cox, hailed from the Buckeye State. The likable Harding emerged as a landslide victor, died in office two and a half years later, and…


Fort Lauderdale Firefighters See Family Has No Crib for Infant—So They Drop Off Brand New One

A Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crew is offering up some good news—after responding to a home and potentially saving a young life. Fire Rescue Crew R246 went to a home in Broward County to offer medical assistance to an infant in need. After providing care, the officers saw a potential hazard that could threaten the child’s…


‘A Walking Skeleton’: Horse Left to Fend for Herself in Desert Saved in Nick of Time, Making Recovery

An abandoned racehorse left to fend for herself in the Arizona desert is making a miraculous recovery thanks to a team of local rescuers who found her in the nick of time. A local passerby on Sept. 20 spotted the extremely malnourished horse at Gila Bend, and made a call to Hope Ranch Arizona to report…


Police Stop Distraught Elderly Man for Speeding—Help Connect His New TV Instead of Giving Ticket

Law enforcement officers know that handing out a ticket isn’t always what keeping the peace and serving the community calls for. It sometimes means stopping by an elderly neighbor’s house to connect a new 50-inch flat-screen, because they’re not a tech-literate—or just having a bad day. Such was the case late September, when Officer Coates…


Photo Shows 2 Soaking-Wet Dogs in the Rain, Traffic Officer Sheltering Them Under His Umbrella

Thanks to social media, a photo taken in West Bengal, India, on a rainy day made our day. It was raining cats and dogs in Kolkata in mid-September, when local reporter Sayan Chakraborty, who was on assignment for Bengali daily Bartaman, spotted a pair of sopping-wet canines outside seeking shelter but unable to find any….


Firefighter Photographed Reading Storybook to Little Girl at Scene of Accident, Goes Viral

In a moment of trauma, a calm voice can be as invaluable as any medical care first responders can provide at the scene of an accident. In Billings, Montana, one firefighter on Sept. 29 encountered a little girl at the scene of a motor vehicle collision near the intersection of Broadwater Avenue and Second Street;…


Driver Mesmerized by Swarm of Thousands of Mobula Rays in Baja—and the Photos Are Surreal

A young 27-year-old divemaster from Thailand was leading an expedition off the coast of Baja California when she witnessed a breathtaking sight—and managed to capture it on her underwater camera. Hoping to swim with marlin in Magdalena Bay last November, Pier Nirandara and her group stumbled across a few thousand mobula rays swarming in perfect…


Severely Beaten and Left Alone to Die, Boy Becomes ‘Happiest Child’ After Rescue and Rehab

A battered child, outcast by his family on suspicion of being a witch, was on death’s door when an NGO found him alone on the streets of Nigeria. The child was so weak and sick, his rescuers feared he would die. Yet today, almost two years since Saviour’s rescue and rehabilitation, he is one of…