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Firefighters Pay it Forward Big Time After Waitress With Heart of Gold Picks Up Tab
A waitress who did a good deed for a pair of firefighters was overwhelmed when they returned the favor—for her father.
Instead of a bill...
Store Manager Camps in Parking Lot To Serve Meals to Battling Firefighters
As wildfires rage in the forests of northern Saskatchewan, one store manager has decided to keep her doors open to feed hungry firefighters, even...
Heroic Dog Buries Her Nine Puppies to Save Them from Fire (WATCH)
With no way to outrun a raging wildfire, a dog dug a deep hole to hide her nine puppies from the smoke and flames....
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
A Splash of Hope: Ice Bucket Challenge Raises Nearly $42 Million
Who knows why videos go viral -- Gangnam style and twerking fads, they spread like wildfire. But, now a worthwhile charitable campaign is tearing...
None of the 900 Evacuees Needed Shelter Because Alaska Residents Opened Their Homes
The Kenai Peninsula wildfire in Alaska grew rapidly from 7,131 acres burning on May 19 to more than 156,000 acres on May 25.
The American...
Community Pours Love on Family of 6 Who Lost Everything
After the wildfire outbreak in Southern California last week, an NBC News broadcast shared the story of one family who escaped with their lives. Everything...
Stray Dog Reunited With Family Missing Him Since 2007
A dog that disappeared during the 2007 wildfires in San Diego, California was finally reunited with his family who were thrilled to hear the...
Rim Fire Near Yosemite is 70% Contained
Near Yosemite National Park the stubborn Rim Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California's history, is 70% contained, the U.S. Forest Service said...
Entire School Given Free Bikes for Proving Poverty No Match for a Great Principal
Tom Shadyac, the director of blockbuster comedies like Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty, became famous for giving up his riches in favor of a...
A Peace Corps for Geeks? Nonprofit Donates Apps to Cities
Code for America is a new kind of public service. Volunteer teams have developed apps that have trimmed Boston's costs for digging out fire...
Trucker Convoy Brings Donated Hay to Oregon Ranches Devastated by Fires
Massive wildfires have blackened about a million acres in southeast Oregon, killing countless cattle and horses and leaving no grazing land for struggling ranches...
Strangers Rally for Dog Rescue at 14,000 Feet
Strangers banded together to organize an impromptu rescue yesterday after a couple, climbing Mt. Bierstadt to Mt. Evans in Colorado, found an abandoned german...
Ellen DeGeneres Helps Heroic Teacher Who Pledged to Work for Free
Last month, teachers in Chester, Pennsylvania were hailed as heroes when they pledged to work for free after their school district ran out of...
Country Stars Raise $500,000 for Texas Fire Victims
Willie Nelson joined George Strait, the Dixie Chicks and other musicians for a mega-concert in Austin that raised more than a half million dollars...
Soldier Tells Dad He’s Gay on YouTube, Inspires Millions
A 21-year-old U.S. soldier stationed overseas called his father in Alabama to tell him he's gay after the official repeal of the military's "Don't...
Custom Tricycles Give Burst of Freedom to Disabled Kids
A retired couple in Michigan believes that every child should have the exalted feeling of riding alone with the wind in their face. So...
Maria Shriver, Aretha Franklin Appear at Oprah Winfrey’s Star-Studded Send-Off (Video)
Oprah Winfrey has made a career our of surprising people but on Tuesday night, the tables were turned as hundreds of her celebrity friends...
21 Extraordinary Acts of Heroism: Carnegie Medals Announced
21 people were named Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund to receive the Carnegie medal, given to those who risk their lives to an...
Mom Returns to Mumbai 2 Years After Attacks to Forgive the Unforgiveable
An online video series begins today telling the story of Kia Scherr, a wife and mother, who has forgiven the unforgiveable.
Her husband and 13-year-old...