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Harry Smith, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, has had a black beagle mix named Sarah Jane for seven years. Though he uses an electric wheelchair to get around, he diligently ...

Pasadena Fire Capt. William Basulto is a huge Los Angeles Rams fan, so naturally he took the day off work last Sunday so that he, his son and his father ...

Mail carriers are some of the best built-in neighborhood watches you can get. They get used to people and places and can generally tell when something is "off." Kayla Berridge ...

Abraham Montes was driving across the Brazos Bridge on FM 1462 in Texas on Jan. 24, completing an errand to pick up some firewood for a family bonfire. He took ...

Cohen Stahl of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, has made a name for himself for being a good Samaritan in his community. While plenty of teenagers are busy with their social lives, ...

Staff with the Currituck Animal Services discovered a heartbreaking scene when they got to Bentwood Labradors in Moyock, North Carolina. When they arrived, they were met with sad dogs in ...

For weeks, a small tan Chihuahua mix was on the lam in San Diego. Citizens would spot him occasionally and try to rescue him or call the Humane Society, but ...

During the winter, coaches often have to pivot their training exercises to adjust for inclement weather. High school football coach Brian DeLallo with Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park, ...

On Jan. 19, a 70-year-old woman in Newark, Delaware, was seriously injured when she forgot to put her SUV in park and became trapped under the vehicle after stepping out. ...

On Tuesday around 5:30 p.m. in Harris County, Texas, the chase was on after authorities spotted a stolen truck on a toll road. The driver of the truck refused to ...

In early 1943, Donald Huisenga was attending Auburn High School in Iowa, looking forward to graduating that year. But in March 1943 at the age of 18, he was drafted ...

Shortly after Abbie Bayless, a student at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, got set up with her roommate, a stray dog walked into their house and their lives. "I had ...

When most people come across an abandoned wallet, they'll at least open it up to see if it contains any money, any important cards or any identifying information. Most upstanding ...

Many people don't think about the possibility that they might run into a bear -- or vice versa -- when they take their dogs out for a walk in their ...

When locals in Jacksonville, Florida, near the corner of Cahoon Road and West Beaver Street heard a huge crash Friday evening, many of them rushed out to investigate. The scene ...

Early Sunday morning while most residents of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were asleep in their beds, a man, woman and child were in a dire situation in the Susquehanna River. At around ...

There are few things more Australian than the story that took place on New Year's Eve in Iluka, New South Wales. Lillian Bee Young, 17, a rookie lifeguard and aspiring ...

Shortly after midnight on Dec. 29, Pasco Sheriff's deputies responded to a chaotic scene on the state Route 52 overpass in Land O' Lakes, Florida. A car traveling in the ...

On Sunday, Dusti Talavera of Arapahoe County, Colorado, looked out the window of her apartment and saw several kids on the ice of a nearby pond. The siblings were out ...

One of the things that weigh heavily on the minds of the elderly and terminally ill is the well-being of their beloved animals after they pass. There are many programs ...