R E S P E C T: Aretha Franklin to Pay For Hotel Rooms For Flint Families
The queen of soul is opening her heart and wallet to families in Flint, Michigan. RESPECT.
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Virginia Jeep Club Shuttles 150 Nurses to Hospital During Blizzard (Video)
150 rides have been given to Virginia nurses after the heroic Seven Hills Jeep Club volunteers offered their 4-wheel drives during the snowfall.
Wildfire Evacuation: Doctors, Nurses Stay Behind To Rescue Animals
These medical folks worked around the clock to treat animals from cats to kangaroos injured in a fast moving Australian wildfire.
International Women's Day: Three Women Turned Pennies into Empowerment
Today is the 100-year anniversary of the founding of International Women's Day—a day to celebrate the achievements of women worldwide and to rekindle efforts toward their advancement. With hopes of building a business, three women stand out as examples of how to lift themselves out of poverty.
Music, Socks, Gaming, Angel Investing: 4 Great Projects For #GivingTuesday
Looking for a worthy cause to exercise your philanthropic whims? Here's our favorite #GivingTuesday projects to jumpstart your holiday compassion.
World On Track to Cut Poverty in Half, But Turner and Gates Called in to Boost Other Goals
Despite the global economic downturn, the world is still on track to meet a key U.N. goal of halving the number of people living on less than $1 a day by 2015, according a UN report. Other Millenium Goals are not similarly on track, so UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon created a star-powered committee that will try to spark progress against all eight welfare problems named in the goals.
Nobel Laureate Announces Growth of Micro-Loan Program
Muhammad Yunus gets people out of poverty with the help of small loan-interest loans. The Nobel Laureate announced that his banking organization, the Grameen Bank is set to expand in America and elsewhere.
Chick-Fil-A Manager Offers Blessings to Drifter, Diners Feel it Too
When a young drifter asked for scraps, a restaurant manager gave him a full meal and a blessing instead–those who saw it unfold got a blessing too.
NFL Names Three Good Men as Finalists For Man of the Year
Excellence off the field scores three NFL players nominations to be Walter Payton Man of the Year.
College Kids Surprise Cafeteria Worker with Trip to See Northern Lights-Watch
Cafeteria worker Vicke Davis calls college students she serves her "babies" and they are sending their mom away from home on her dream vacation.
Apple Store Employee Comforts Boy With Autism Right On the Floor
When a boy ran into the glass wall at an Apple Store, an employee got down on the floor with him and set up his new iPad right there–until he felt better.
2 Guys Outfit Their Van With Washer and Dryer for Brisbane Homeless
A young TV news cameraman in Australia and his friend have hollowed out a van to fit a pair of washers and dryers to offer free laundry services for Brisbane's homeless. Lucas Patchett and Nic Marchesi retrofitted the van themselves and bought a generator to run the four machines that were donated by sponsors.
Girls Hang Sweaters Around Florida Lamp Posts For Homeless to Find
A group of Florida girls are warming hearts – and the homeless – by tying cozy clothing around lamp posts for the poor to find during a Southern cold snap.
Shaq Joins Kind Cop After Viral Basketball Video, to Surprise Kids in Rematch (WATCH)
Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal teamed up with a cop to play basketball with neighborhood kids after admiring his treatment of them in a viral video.
Beautiful Snow Sculptures of Birds Appear in Virginia Town After Blizzard (LOOK)
A local artist turned snow drifts into songbird sculptures after this weekend's winter storm swept up the U.S. East Coast.
Family Saves Lost Piglet from Freezing in Blizzard (Photos)
A family stopped to rescue Wee Wee the piglet from a snow bank, right before a snowplow would have buried him.
Kindhearted Repairman Fixes Military Wife's Furnace Then Gives Amazing Bill
A woman with two small kids was shocked when the repairman handed her his bill for fixing the furnace while her husband was deployed.
Tian Tian The Panda Frolicks In Piles of New Snow (WATCH)
If you don't think anything cute can come out of this year's East Coast blizzard, just watch this 264-pound panda roll around on a snowy hill.
Survivors Found 126 Hours After Haiti Earthquake
After surviving more than 5 days in the rubble, two victims were pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed Haiti supermarket late on Sunday to applause from amazed onlookers.
Finally, Diabetes Rates Are Falling Substantially in the U.S.
One in five people in the US population is not developing diabetes like they used to — the first sustained improvement in 25 years.