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An Idaho Secret Santa surprised a pregnant mother who lost her husband and her 13-year-old sister in a car crash with a headstone for her husband and a car.

A Secret Santa, who is a wealthy businessman, got creative this year in handing out his presents to people in need by mailing packages to select essential workers across the country.

A Secret Santa walked into a Bristol, Tennessee, Walmart on Monday and donated $64,995.51 to cover the cost of layaway items.

Authorities say two brothers have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery and fatal shooting of a Louisiana gas station clerk who was on his knees when he gave the money from the cash register to the suspects.

A World War II, Purple Heart veteran from Westchester County, New York, who survived the coronavirus, received a special surprise for his 99th birthday on Tuesday.

A California father-of-four has been charged with murder for allegedly decapitating his 12-year-old son and his 13-year-old daughter while his two younger boys were forced to view their dead siblings’ bodies.

A boxer dog named Dexter is going viral for leading his blind canine companion, Ginger, safely down a flight of stairs, according to a video.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims that he has moved to Texas following months of battle with California’s government over coronavirus restrictions.

A young woman in Ammon, Idaho, got a very special delivery recently from a secret Santa who wanted to let her know she is loved.

The Hernando County, Florida, fire department said a dog woke his owner in time for them to escape the blaze coming from their home Monday morning.

An Idaho Secret Santa surprised a woman whose mother and husband died within the past few months with a gravestone for her husband, $2,000 in groceries, and a $5,000 check.

An anonymous citizen is making sure police officers in Ormond Beach, Florida, have what they need to serve their community.

An unidentified Minnesota resident received an anonymous message on Monday shaming them for putting up a Christmas display that has a “harmful impact” to the community.

A residential building scheme in Birmingham, England will feature a slew of woke street names, including “Diversity Grove” and “Equality Road” after the city council approved the names on Tuesday. The names were selected out of submissions from the public

An 11-year-old’s wish to make sure every deceased veteran laid to rest in Yorktown Cemetery has a wreath for this holiday season will come true.

A man died Friday during a freak accident as he tried to get a vehicle through a car wash in Irving, Texas, according to police.

An anonymous 91-year-old Korean War veteran walked straight to the customer service counter at a North Carolina Food Lion and donated $1,500 to the store’s “Holidays Without Hunger” program.

Police are investigating after a vandal allegedly struck an 89-year-old Minnesota woman’s house for the ninth time Sunday night.

A charity that collects and distributes toys to needy children in Charlottesville, Virginia, at Christmastime got a huge surprise recently.

An anonymous donor dropped $1,600 into a Salvation Army’s Red Kettle in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, area on Thursday.

A secret Santa gave a father in Saint Anthony, Idaho, a few much needed gifts last week to lift his spirits this Christmas season.

An Idaho Secret Santa gave a total of $10,000 to an elementary school special education teacher in need of cataract surgery to see properly.

A man in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is using his talent for carpentry to help children doing their schoolwork at home.

A shooting and a slashing attack occurred in Philadelphia late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, critically injuring two people, police said.

A 26-year-old armed suspect was arrested for fatally shooting a mother and an infant in their Florida home, police said.

Police arrested a 23-year-old Georgia man last week after he allegedly punched a woman in the face and kidnapped her and her baby from a Walmart in September.

A little girl found her forever home this summer with a police officer and his family in Kingman, Arizona.

A Staten Island, New York, bar declared itself an “autonomous zone,” defying state and local coronavirus restrictions to stay open for two hours Friday night.

A police officer took time out of his day recently to buy a special gift for a homeless man in Carrollton, Texas.

More than 1,000 paratroopers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, jumped from C-130 aircraft and helicopters this week to help donate toys to needy children.

A veteran who repaired bomb damaged trains in France during World War II beat the coronavirus just before his 104th birthday Thursday in Birmingham, Alabama.

A Cleveland, Ohio, man accused of kidnapping a nurse and murdering her mother was killed in a Louisiana shootout with authorities.

A community has pitched in to save a historic café in Washington state from closing.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti addressed the city’s 4 million residents on Wednesday and suggested that they “just be smart and stay apart” and “cancel everything.”

At least ten men have suffered from unprovoked attacks in the Boston, Massachusetts, suburb of Waltham since November 10 by an unidentified perpetrator, police said.

San Francisco has banned smoking tobacco inside apartments due to secondhand smoke concerns but residents are still allowed to smoke pot.