good Samaritan

Chris Jackson is a head custodian at Unity Grove Elementary School in Locust Grove, Georgia, and he loves his job. He makes a sincere effort to do his best work, ...

On Sept. 11, 2021, a young man named Robert Powell was walking next to a road in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a white truck hit him and then sped off. Thankfully ...

Kids and young animals both have a double dose of curiosity that often gets them into trouble. As they learn the ropes, they can get themselves into all sorts of ...

When Karen and Tobias Thompson were married in 2014, they had a combined total of seven adult children, 28 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. "There’s never been a dull moment," Karen ...

Natalie Luvaas understands what it means to see loved ones struggle with health issues, weather countless procedures and hope for better times. A corrections officer in Des Moines, Washington, and ...

Michael Smith, 55, of Malvern, Worcestershire, in the U.K., has never had a pet before, but earlier this year, an animal chose him and the two have been fast friends ...

Over the past year, dozens of people started receiving packages that contained a note and a small jar with their name on it. "Hi, I'm a compliment jar," the note ...

Mark Collum of Rowley, Massachusetts, is a commercial fisherman by trade, but after the events that transpired over the last weekend, he can add "hero" to his job description. His ...

On May 27, Sheila Salazar of Fayetteville, North Carolina, welcomed a pit bull mix named Nigel into her home. He'd made it to a local shelter after being rescued from ...

Terrible things happen constantly, and it's easy to feel helpless to aid those who are suffering when the suffering is so great, but there are people who draw on their ...

Rosa Amonte has worked with the NYC transit system for eight years. She knows the city and her bus well, and that knowledge came in very handy last week when ...

When there's a story about a woman walking a dog near a body of water in alligator country, you can probably figure out what happens next. But a few details ...

If you ask the professionals what the best way for a person to approach and help a moose is, the answer is a simple "don't." Given the sheer size and ...

Starting up school in-person after a summer away -- or for many modern kids, after a year away -- is an exciting but stressful time. Many families hit the stores ...

L/Cpl. Adam J. Marshall has been a trooper with the South Carolina Highway Patrol since June 2015. He transferred to Troop 5 in the Grand Strand area in September 2019 ...

The New York City Police Department has had a rough go of it the past several years. The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has always been hostile toward the ...

On Saturday morning, Waverly, Tennessee, experienced significant flooding. Residents were trapped or displaced and many people lost all their earthly possessions, ruined by water. Tyler Stanley and his mother set ...

Benny Ficeto has lived quite a life. At 100 years old, he continues to live quite a life, as he's made a big impact on his community in Edison, New ...

It's not every day that someone getting your goat is a positive thing, but last week a woman was very thankful for just that. The woman -- who has remained ...

For a nerd like me, a rousing debate sounds like a lovely activity during a first date, but I know I'm the exception. Unfortunately, a Virginia woman, Hadia S, was ...