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Community members all over North Carolina and around the Internet have raised more than $12,000 for a North Carolina state trooper and Marine Corps veteran battling cancer.

A Korean War veteran is being hailed a hero after he saved a ten-year-old girl from a dog attack in Perry Township, Ohio, Sunday. 

DENVER (AP) — A storm dumping heavy snow buried highways in Colorado and Wyoming Tuesday, prompted school closures in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 people to sleep overnight in Denver’s airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as the busy Thanksgiving week travel period went into high gear.

A Florida homeowner fought back against an alleged home invader on Saturday and ended up injuring the intruder’s face during the melee, police said.

Students at Cox High School in Virginia Beach spent time on Friday packing thousands of lunches for delivery to the Union Mission.

Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon was on hand with milk and cookies to sign autographs on Sunday in exchange for donations to a local domestic violence shelter.

A Chicago Cubs player and cancer survivor raised $1.3 million for kids with cancer at a fundraiser on Sunday.

An anonymous donor recently gave a fire department in Sequim, Washington, a much-needed gift that will help their community.

A writer is paying it forward for her 104th birthday this year by gathering 104 children’s books to donate to a local elementary school library.

Community members in East Nashville, Tennessee, are showing a bullied autistic student that there are still many good people in the world.

An 82-year-old woman said she was the target of a home break-in until she turned the situation around for the alleged intruder. Hint — it did not end well for him.

A Utah teen who was the target of vandalism and bullying for years has been showered with support from local athletes and community members.

Community members and fellow firefighters throughout southern California gathered in support of a Los Angeles firefighter recently diagnosed with ALS on Saturday to raise money for a cure for his illness.

A teenager was reportedly killed after subway surfing on top of a train in Queens, New York, Saturday night. 

A rescue dog has become a “breed ambassador” for his kind based on his unique ability to scream, and he’s going viral on Instagram for it.

A Lowndes County Sheriff was shot and killed in the line of duty Saturday night in Hayneville, Alabama. 

Members of a Baptist church in Hampton, Virginia, unveiled a remodeled home for women veterans on Saturday after spending three years renovating the formerly neglected space.

A formerly homeless man in Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a place to call his own, thanks to a work program that began in April. 

An anonymous donor in Savannah, Georgia, who felt very generous this holiday season gave 72 acres of land to a horseback riding facility that works with the disabled.

An anonymous donor gifted 40,000 pounds of pet food and snacks to a no-kill shelter in Oregon on Wednesday.

A homeless man no longer has to worry about where he will sleep at night thanks to a business owner in Canby, Oregon. 

A mother in San Diego, California, said an ultrasound photo of her baby has a deeper meaning upon noticing the image of her late father in it.

At least 58 anti-police demonstrators were arrested Friday evening after they flooded the streets of Harlem in New York City to protest an increase in police officers patrolling the subways to crack down on fare evasion.

A “large disturbance” broke out among hundreds of teenagers gathering at a Queens, New York, mall on Friday afternoon, with police saying many of the teens were acting in a disorderly fashion.

A young man with Down syndrome got a big surprise when he went looking for a job in Hyde Park, Ohio, this week.

A little girl in Gretna, Virginia, got a very special surprise at her elementary school Wednesday afternoon.

A group of 11 foster children found their forever families Thursday during a mass adoption event in Lafayette, Louisiana.

A young man in Fairfax County, Virginia, is showing his support for Trump by adopting highways in the president’s honor. 

Thousands of patients at an Indiana hospital were exposed to HIV and Hepatitis due to a sterilization technician’s failure to properly disinfect surgical tools between surgeries, a northern Indiana hospital announced this week.

A little boy who doctors said would not live past his second birthday celebrated his third year of life Sunday with a parade in Lincolnshire, Illinois. 

An Army veteran is now able to speed through life thanks to the gift of a motorized chair which he received through a donor on Tuesday.

A scruffy dog named Benji was rescued Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, after heavy rains trapped him inside a storm drain. 

There has been an increase in the number of complaints about feces in the streets of San Francisco lately, according to city data obtained by rental site RentHop.

A high school senior in Zimmerman, Minnesota, recently made a touching tribute to her best friend who passed away last year. 

A man ran toward a burning car to rescue a person trapped inside, according to a shocking video released by the Stafford, Connecticut, fire department Wednesday.

A little boy in Plainfield, Illinois, got a huge surprise after only one of his classmates showed up for his birthday party Saturday.