Hero

A little boy in Mobile, Alabama, donned a Superman costume this week -- not an unusual thing for a kid his age to do, but the reason behind it was ...

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 ...

When someone experiences a "foster fail" with a dog, he or she usually ends up benefiting from that "failure" through a lifetime of love and companionship instead of just providing ...

Many people like to think of their dogs as man's best friend, but North, an eight-month-old Alaskan malamute from Croatia, has proven that he is. North was hiking with a ...

On Dec. 5, two friends and their dogs went out for a walk at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, New York. In a move that one owner now deeply regrets, ...

Not many can boast that they've saved a life before they were even two years old, but Milo can. Milo is a beagle who was adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift ...

Just a few days after Christmas, on Dec. 28, an 85-year-old woman in Coventry, Rhode Island, found herself in a life-or-death situation. A police report referenced by WJAR stated that ...

When Sirizani Butau of Kadoma, Zimbabwe, came across a horrific crash on Christmas Eve, he didn't hesitate to throw himself into danger to help save the victims. Butau, a truck ...

Cecilia Morales is no stranger to danger. She's made a career out of helping people in desperate situations, and has 10 years of experience as an EMT in New Jersey ...

When a family pet starts to behave oddly, it can be concerning. Are they sick? Did they get into something they shouldn't have? Are they trying to tell you something? ...

On Sunday, a family was on their way to a Christmas event when they spotted something disconcerting as they drove. Joseph Wells and his wife, Lauren, of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, ...

On Dec. 11, three officers with the Austin Police Department (APD) helped rescue a family from an apartment fire, but then went the extra mile to ensure they would have ...

Anyone of any age can be a hero, including an 11-year-old boy from Oklahoma who saved two lives in one day this month. Muskogee sixth-grader Davyon Johnson began his day ...

St. John police officer Darrell Shaffer has seen some horrible things during his 24 years on the job, but what he saw on Dec. 12 left him choking back tears. ...

Everyday heroes appear in the times and places where we least expect them, and often with backgrounds that astound us. Take Sydney Raley of Edina, Minnesota. The 15-year-old was making ...

When Henry the Boston terrier kept disobeying his owner's commands, Kelly Dowling thought it was just a streak of naughtiness, but she soon discovered he was trying to tell her ...

People who have faced deep loss are often unable to share their grief with those who have not experienced something similar. That's certainly true for the women and children of ...

Earlier this year, a medium-sized dog wandered in the heart and yard of Charity Golloway of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He was friendly and made it clear that he wanted ...

A dog named Boo is being hailed a hero after saving owner Mark Morris from what would have been almost certain death. Early Sunday, around 3 a.m., Morris, the former ...