Video captures police officer saving clucking chicken from fire
“I was trying to move the tanks away from the fire, and there it was — a chicken was just sitting there,” Officer Patrick McGovern told TODAY. His unusual act...
Homeless vet asks for nothing. His town gifts him anyway.
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Steve Arnold, a 66-year old homeless veteran, is known for his quiet demeanor and polite attitude. He doesn’t bother anyone, and refuses to ask for help. “I don’t...
School installs vending machine that dispenses free books to kids who read
BUFFALO, N.Y. — “One of the biggest issues we have in this district is literacy. If our children can read, they can survive,” Buffalo School Board member Sharon Belton-Cottman told...
Town overturns century-old ban on snowball fights thanks to 9-year-old boy
SEVERANCE, Colo. — “The children of Severance want the opportunity to have a snowball fight like the rest of the world,” said Dane Best, 9, according to local newspaper The...
Metallica has been donating thousands of dollars to food banks on every stop of their world tour
Metallica is donating thousands of dollars to food banks and charities on their WorldWired tour. The donations are being made by the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation, which “is dedicated...
Photographer captures rare white baby reindeer while hiking
OSLO, Norway — Photographer Mads Nordsveen was hiking in Oslo, Norway when he spotted an extremely rare, white baby reindeer. “I was walking in the mountains looking for nice landscapes for my travel...
Secret Santa pays for $45,000 worth of layaway items
LONGMONT, Colo. — “I was at work, and I got an email saying that someone had paid off my layaway,” says Lisa McMillan. “I just froze and was like oh my...
A cotton farmer is battling cancer and couldn't harvest his crop. So his neighbors did it for him.
“He would not have asked anyone for help, but he would have been the first one out if somebody else was sick,” said Aaron Hendricks, the General Manager of Floydada...
Watch NASA scientists’ emotional reaction to successfully landing robot on surface of Mars
“Today, we successfully landed on Mars for the eighth time in human history,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “InSight will study the interior of Mars and will teach us valuable...
It’s now easier than ever to give to charity on Giving Tuesday
WASHINGTON — “There are already these two days surrounding the retail community — Black Friday and Cyber Monday — where everyone is looking for the best shopping deal, and talking...