The heart-wrenching exchange between a father whose son died in a car crash and the teenage drunk driver who was behind the wheel left witnesses in a Wyoming courtroom in tears on Monday. The victim's father pleaded with the judge to show leniency.
A Brooklyn girl with autism is safe thanks to a fast-acting neighbor who came to her rescue. The 7-year-old crawled out of her window and was dancing and singing on top of an air conditioner before she tripped and fell from the ledge. City bus driver Steve St Bernard, 52, was waiting below with his arms outstretched and managed to catch the girl, preventing disaster.
Everyone has a skill. Now retirees and other talented individuals in London are invited to share their passions by joining The Amazings, a new social enterprise that helps people with skills to teach others by way of group classes and activities. The website explains, We handle the advertising and payments – all the Amazing has to do is decide when they want to run their experience, turn up, be amazing, and then collect the cash.
A Baltimore man spent a lot of his own money to dress up as Batman, even customizing a black sports car exactly like the comic book character. But, this Batman isn't interested in fighting crime. He visits sick children in hospitals, handing out Batman toys and books to up-and-coming superheros who first need to knock-out cancer or other life-threatening foes.
The Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the fate of 2,500 offenders who were sentenced as teenagers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A few blocks away, family members of their victims came together quietly to support the opportunity for young wrongdoers to eventually seek rehabilitation outside of prison.
An autistic boy was having a hard time 'letting go' of his nerves while singing a Frozen song – that's when the audience lent him their voices in support.
A teenager from the West Midlands today told how he led a dramatic rescue of terrified passengers as chaos gripped the stricken Costa Concordia cruise liner. Dancer James Thomas acted as a human climbing frame to help 16 passengers into lifeboats after the luxury liner ran aground off the Italian coast, before toppling on to its side in shallow waters.
The nation's newest Miss America is a 23-year-old Wisconsin brunette who had long conversations with her family mulling whether or not to make her father's jail time for mail fraud the heart of her campaign in the beauty pageant. Laura Kaeppeler said she wants children of incarcerated adults to feel less alone, to have mentoring and as much of a relationship with their parents as possible.
The group of altruistic technology professionals working under the name Apps for Good is now recruiting immigrants or unemployed youths from East and South London to develop phone programs relevant to their needs, and in the process teaching entrepreneurial skills and encouraging confidence.
As a social studies teacher in a Boston public high school for 14 years, Stephen Banno has developed a curriculum called the "Love Course," that present ancient cultural wisdoms coupled with the latest discoveries in modern science to address issues concerning love in our contemporary lives. Students have reported that in small ways, they have transformed themselves, their friends, and the school around them.
When Sam Johnson first picked up a shovel and mobilized 10,000 fellow students to help clean up Christchurch's streets after last September's earthquake in New Zealand, he never imagined his efforts would turn him into an international star.
Young American volunteers marked Independence Day by continuing their remarkable clean up on behalf of Japan's tsunami survivors. And, their American-style celebration helped to lift the spirits of the struggling community there.
A 15-year-old girl from North England has been fighting cancer for four years and now strangers around the world are fighting to help her cross off as many items as possible from her 'bucket list'. To stay in a caravan. To swim with sharks. To go to Kenya. To go to Cadbury World eating lots of chocolate.
While governments can do important work to promote it, peace, tolerance and understanding come mostly from people. That's why these young South Asian Seeds of Peace participants will be important messengers back home in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan since completing the three-week camp in Maine designed to promote conflict resolution and mutual understanding.
I don't know if my time spent with Gus did any good. If he stopped stealing and lying, but I know he will think back to these days and remember them. I did not 'have' to do what I was doing but I'm sure glad that I did. The ripple effect could go far on this one.
In the midst of the worst natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy, these Texans are setting aside their political differences to care for their neighbors.
This small act of kindness made a huge difference for one mom after a hit-and-run accident sent her to a rental car agency in Tulsa, Oklahoma last month.
Hector Montoya dreams of being a firefighter when he grows up – but since he's still only 11-years-old, he settles for saving lives through smoke detectors.
In a random act of culture, Parisians in the lavish shopping mall Beaugrenelle were treated to young musical prodigies suddenly performing the prelude to Carmen by George Bizet. As crowds gathered, a chorus joined in to finish the performance, singing the famous Toreador.
Principal Sherman Padgett was on the lookout for senior pranks last week, so he was reluctant to grant the request of one student to hold a bucket in the hallway. Little did he know they were planning a positive prank for their hardworking administrator.
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