Youth Crime in the U.S. Has Plummeted 78% Since 1994, Which Counters the Usual Narrative
Analysis of the data from the FBI found that people age 17 and younger accounted for just 7% of all arrests for violent crime in 2020.
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12 of The Greatest Things to Love About America
What makes America great? On this, the 235th birthday of the nation's founding Declaration of Independence, it seems like a question we need to answer. America is a great country for many reasons, big and small. Here is a list of top 12 things to love.
Farmer Returns 700 Acres of California Coast to Native American Tribe
A tiny Native American reservation will expand to reach the coast once again, thanks to a family's willingness to return hundreds of acres to the tribe.
Prison Inmates Learned to Quilt and Now Make Amazing Personalized Gifts for Foster Care Children (LOOK)
Prison inmates in Missouri learned to quilt and now they make the most amazing gifts to donate to foster children in need.
Vending Machines Are Now 'Giving Machines' Where People Can Donate Chickens, Blankets, Boots, or Basketballs
A new type of vending machine, these Giving Machines allow passersby in US cities to make charitable donations to local and global causes.
Couple Stuck on Highway for 21 Hours in Snowstorm Asks Bakery Truck to Give Away Their Supply to Hungry Drivers
The stranded motorists on I-95 in the recent winter storm had involuntary 24+ hour fasts broken when a bakery truck gave away all their bread.
Man Needs to Make Friends, So He Nervously Makes Pancakes for Dozens of Neighbors - It Was a Huge Hit
Attempting on orders of the wife to make new friends, a nervous San Franciscan hosts a pancake party Saturday morning, and it blew up.
For a Man's 80th Birthday, a Wrong is Made Right Six Decades Later
A red stamp reminding him of his D-minus passing grade hung on Billy Macon's heart of decades, until his granddaughter did something special.
A Stranger's Kindness Helped Boy Escape the Nazis Who Would Go On to Win Nobel Prize-And He Never Knew it
Known for discovering the Cosmic Microwave Background, Arno Penzias' father escaped Nazi Germany largely with the help of one, unknown man.
Holocaust Survivors Reunite in Florida After a Labor Camp Friendship was Broken 80 Years Ago
Jack Waksal and Sam Ron, imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, survived, moved to the U.S., and just saw each other for the first time in 79 years.
Nebraska Man Makes World's Longest Journey by Pumpkin Boat on 60th Birthday
On the morning of August the 27th, a Nebraska man woke up on his 60th birthday with a single goal-to raft the Missouri in a giant pumpkin.
6 High School Football Players Combine Their Strength to Rescue Injured Woman Trapped in a Wrecked Car
Together they leant their strength to pry open a jammed door which allowed the rescuers to access the badly injured driver.
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