Child’s back seat sign pleading for help was a ‘prank’
When you were younger did you ever look out the car window and make faces at cars passing by or write notes to other children in the back seat? It was such an innocent way ...
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6-year-old boy gets standing ovation from classmates after beating cancer
There’s nothing more difficult than watching a loved one battle cancer, especially when they’re a child. But there’s also no better feeling than seeing them beat the odds and get better. Completing chemotherapy treatments is ...
Man who shot and killed Texas church gunman to receive Medal of Courage
“Don’t consider myself a hero at all. Did what I was trained to do,” Jack Wilson told CBS DFW. Although Wilson doesn’t consider himself a hero, his community and many around the country have called ...
Mom brutally attacked by teen girls as she walked into high school to discuss bullied daughter
Maria Jimenez is recovering after what should have been a peaceful talk at her daughter’s high school turned into a violent confrontation. “They started screaming at us, ‘What you wanna do? Who’s going to fight ...
Pregnant teacher severely injured, unborn child killed in hit-and-run
In just a few shorts weeks Mashayla Harper’s life was going to change. The 24-year-old teacher from Mississippi was eight months pregnant, but on January 4 her life changed in a way that no one ...
11-year-old boy dies from brain cancer while on Make-A-Wish trip
It should have been a trip filled with lots of happy memories, but Mikey Choroszy’s Make-A-Wish trip to the Mall of America ended in tragedy. On January 1, the 11-year-old died. “The biggest thing was ...
Single mother receives symbolic tip from strangers before the new year
"I’m going to build a future because of this. My kids have a future and I have a home."
Uber driver graduates from college thanks to generous passenger
She was his Uber driver, and neither had no idea his random act of kindness was going to change her life.
He was sentenced to death at 19, now the former death row inmate is a college graduate
Ryan Matthews was a teenager when he was sentenced to death, after five years he was exonerated, and now as a 39-year-old, father of four he’s graduating from college. “This is one of my dreams ...
91-year-old receives high school diploma after leaving school to save family farm
In 2017, 2.1 million students between the ages of 16 and 24 dropped out of school–that’s 5.4 percent. What causes students to drop out? A number of reasons: academic struggles, lack of support, illness, the ...