Three young men are being hailed as heroes for their old-fashioned chivalry and courage under fire in saving the lives of their girlfriends. While using their bodies as shields, Matt McQuinn, 27, Jonathan Blunk, 26, and Alex Teves, 24, were killed in the worst mass shooting in US history.
A mother whose son was stabbed to death by four members of a hooded gang plans to sell her family heirlooms to help his killers. Fatemah Golmakani, 56, also said she wants to "tell them that someone loves them".
JK Rowling penned a hand-written letter in purple ink to a teenager who found strength in the words of a Harry Potter film after her family was killed. Cassidy Stay, 15, from Texas, quoted Rowling's fictional headmaster Albus Dumbledore at her family's memorial service
70 Australian and New Zealand firefighters arrived in the US last week to help their brothers, ready to go wherever wildfires were burning.
Volunteers have been working around the clock to take over 2,000 pounds of pet food and supplies into rural Oregon, where wildfires are burning homes.
Two teachers are being recognized as heroes for their response during a tragic shooting inside a Lafayette movie theater July 23.
Muslim groups came together to raise money to help rebuild Southern black churches that were burned in recent arson attacks.
During an emotional eulogy for the pastor killed in Charleston, President Obama led the congregation in the classic Christian hymn, Amazing Grace.
Israel has pledged to fully rebuild a village in Nepal that was destroyed by last Saturday's earthquake.
When disaster struck, twenty of Nepal's most impoverished--and most fortunate--young ladies immediately stepped in to help their neighbors.
An anonymous donor has paid off a man's $360K mortgage after reading how Tim Ward lost both his wife and house during last year's Oso, Washington mudslide.
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