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A Wisconsin teenager is being recognized for her generosity after she raised money to ensure police officers in Chicago are equipped with life-saving tourniquets.

A Nebraska firefighters union is making sure children stay out of the cold this holiday season by handing out hundreds of coats to children in need.

An off-duty firefighter with the Danbury, Connecticut, fire department went above and beyond his call of duty on Sunday to rescue a car crash victim.

A little boy in Phoenix, Arizona, is being called a hero after he helped save his mother’s life October 1. 

An eight-year-old boy from Maryland has raised more than $50,000 and has helped nearly 3,000 homeless veterans over the past four years by making “hero bags.”

A father in West Virginia has admitted that he married and had sex with his daughter after the two killed her boyfriend in February.

An injured New Jersey veteran who served in the Iraq War was gifted a mortgage-free home thanks to the Military Warriors Support Foundation and Wells Fargo.

The owner of a Newark, New Jersey, grocery store was sentenced to prison for running a $750,000 food stamp fraud benefit scheme.

A teacher in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was arrested Friday after a violent altercation with a student inside a classroom at Largo High School.

An anonymous donor’s generous gift will make Christmas extra special this year for needy children in Del Mar, California. 

Paradise High School’s football team in California is rising from the ashes after the deadly Camp Fire hit the area to score an 11-0 undefeated record.

A pastor in Orangeburg, South Carolina, has announced big plans for veterans who need homes in his community. 

A Tesla Supercharger located at a Wawa convenience store in Parsippany, New Jersey, burst into flames on Sunday.

Sports car enthusiasts lined up Sunday to honor a young boy who died of cancer recently in Washington, Missouri.

A 63-year-old Missouri man realized he had become a half brother to seven different siblings 51 years later, after he took a DNA test using ancestry.com. 

A doctor saved a football referee’s life after he had a sudden heart attack while on the field recently. 

Christmas came early for some children in Chesterfield, Missouri, with special needs who received custom bicycles from Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis.

Rev. Al Sharpton received more than $1 million from his own charity last year, the National Action Network’s (NAN) latest tax filings reportedly show.

Seven employees at a Milwaukee Popeyes lost their jobs after a massive brawl broke out at the fast-food chain, according to a video of the incident.

The owner of a restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has apologized after he denied entry to a Marine veteran and his service dog Thursday.

The Boston Bruins are donating the proceeds gained from their 50/50 raffle to a fallen firefighter’s family.

A homeless woman who was living out of her vehicle with her two dogs has finally found a home thanks to two strangers who posted on a local social media site to find out more about her.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Five members of a family, including three young boys, have died and another boy was hospitalized with injuries in an apparent murder-suicide in San Diego.

Two police officers are being hailed as heroes after they pulled an unconscious woman from a burning vehicle in Farmville, Virginia.

A high school robotics team in North Dakota recently created a special set of wheels for a little girl in need. 

A service dog was honored in a unique way by an elementary school in Gravette, Arkansas.

A young student is being praised for helping save a homeless man stuck inside a manhole Wednesday in Corpus Christi, Texas. 

CHICAGO (AP) — A purported street-gang leader from suburban Chicago who became radicalized in prison faces federal charges accusing him of seeking to provide money to Islamic State militants in Syria, according to a complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

New Jersey lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to establish a task force that would explore the possibility of slavery reparations.

A paralyzed Army veteran’s backyard in Colorado Springs, Colorado, got a huge makeover Wednesday thanks to volunteers with big hearts and willing hands. 

Two couples brawled with each other in a Temecula, California, Popeyes drive-thru on Friday, according to a video of the incident.

A school bus driver was arrested Wednesday after he crashed a bus into a ditch while allegedly driving under the influence in Washington County, Oregon.

Marine Corps veteran Richard Dunn donated his Marine Corps uniform on Tuesday after he learned that Marine Corps veteran Samuel Jackson lost his life to a hit-and-run driver on Sunday, making the donation so he could be buried in honor.

Baltimore’s Democrat mayor says that local leadership is not to blame for the increasing homicide rate in the city, telling reporters Wednesday he is not the one “committing the murders.”

A former teacher was indicted Wednesday for alleged sex acts with a 13-year-old male student she was tutoring in Franklin County, Ohio.

An 88-year-old woman is suing Lyft after tripping over a rental scooter and fracturing her hip in Santa Monica, California.