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Texas teen shot and killed for defending classmate from bully days before, police say

Samuel Reynolds, a 16-year-old boy shot and killed at his apartment complex, had defended a fellow student from a bully at school just days before, according to police. Reynolds, a student at Arlington High School, ...

Kirk Douglas was ‘forever changed’ after surviving event that killed two people

Today the world mourns the loss of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, who died Wednesday at his home in Beverley Hills, California aged 103. Douglas‘ life was a long, successful and storied one, underpinned by the ...

Life returns to scorched Australian lands: Here are 27 hopeful photos

For the last few months, the bushfires in Australia have caused untold devastation, burning through more than three million hectares of land. Thousands of homes have been destroyed and the animal populations have been ravaged. Unfortunately, ...

Veteran collapses in disbelief after learning the value of his 1971 Rolex

How would you react if someone told you a watch you purchased decades earlier was worth several hundreds of thousands dollars? Would you gasp? Yell? Jump up and down? Shout in disbelief? Perhaps you would ...

Lawmakers push to posthumously award Waverly Woodson the Medal of Honor

On June 6, 1944, Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s landing craft was fired upon while landing on Omaha Beach. The man next to Woodson died, and Woodson, a medic, believed he was going to die as ...

9-year-old charged with attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing little sister

A nine-year-old Florida boy has been charged with attempted murder after his mother discovered him stabbing his younger sister in the back. According to reports, the stabbing took place Monday afternoon in Ocala, Florida. The ...

Kobe Bryant’s daughter Gianna was a talented basketballer like her father – rest in peace

The death of retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant has shocked the world, not least for the fact that his daughter, Gianna, also perished in the helicopter crash near Calabasas, California. 41-year-old Bryant and his daughter ...

Chill Canadian guy cracks open a beer in the middle of massive blizzard

There’s no such thing as a bad time for a beer… not even during a severe weather emergency. If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that even in times of crisis people will still go ...

5-year-old girl attacked on school bus while driver did nothing

A Dallas mother is calling for action after her daughter is shown on security footage being attacked by several students on the school bus. The bus driver did nothing. The incident occurred in November, but ...

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 ...