He was once considered one of the biggest jewel thieves in the United States. He spent 11 years in some of the nation's toughest federal prisons, but on Friday Larry Lawton was sworn in as an honorary police officer -- the first time in the nation an ex-con will receive such an honor. He has dedicated his life to keeping kids on a lawful and successful path.
This collection of YouTube clips by Russian Alexandr Mish will give you a bit more hope that there is a lot of wonderful people who care for each other and even animals they've never seen before.
This homeless man found a bunch of my wife's stolen property strewn all over downtown Tulsa, wrote a user called anitasanger on Reddit. He took the time to gather it all up in the rain and call us for retrieval. I just want to recognize him as an awesome human being.
Every day on his way to work Patrick McConlogue passes a young man who lives on the streets. Last week, McConlogue, a New York City entrepreneur, programmer and designer, decided to offer the man a choice: Either he could accept $100 in cash, or he could learn how to code and be given three books on JavaScript, a used laptop and free lessons for one hour each day.
Angela Caballeros, 22, stands in her family's living room in Broadmoor looking out the front door. Her mother and her grandmother are there, too. They can hardly wait to see the letter and meet the man who saved it, treasured it -- even framed it -- and vowed to return it to "the unknown Angela."
One of the most inspiring people in the world, Nick Vujicic, a well-known motivational speaker born without arms or legs, got married in February. He and his 25-year-old wife were married on Valentine's Day and the couple recently reported they are expecting their first child.
A photo of a U.S. Marine's wife carrying her wounded warrior husband has gone viral. When Jesse and Kelly Cottle went to the beach, the family photographer snapped this one after Jesse removed both prosthetics and Kelly carried him down to the water. They had no idea what would happen when the photo was posted online to Facebook.
Rapper Jayceon Terrell Taylor, aka The Game, has found a company to match his $500,000 donation to Flint, Michigan and challenged other celebs to do more.
A lost manuscript discovered 100 years after Beatrix Potter wrote it will be published this fall as the 24th book by the beloved creator of Peter Rabbit.
When two teammates on the Washington Spirit women's pro soccer team, learned where they would live this summer, they thought someone was playing a prank. The one-time Olympic medalists were placed in a retirement community. But it grew on them quickly and surpassed their expectations.
On Monday, the newspaper staff that had been working overtime in Boston to cover the tragic events of their city found a welcome gift from fellow journalists in a thousand miles away. The Chicago Tribune staff overwhelmed them with pizzas delivered at noontime along with a nice note, We can only imagine what an exhausting and heartbreaking week it's been for you and your city.... We can't buy you lost sleep, so at least let us pick up lunch.