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At least two people were killed on Thursday, 12 were injured, and 35 are still missing after a landfill in the central Philippines collapsed and buried a village beneath an avalanche of garbage.

A sweet little dog was saved in the nick of time thanks to a police officer on duty just days before Christmas in Gardena, California.

Firefighters in Westerly, Rhode Island, rushed to aid a neighbor’s dog on Thursday when it became trapped in icy waters.

A homeless man is being praised for rescuing a mother and her baby from an extremely dangerous situation in Dickinson, Texas, on Thursday night.

Police officers and good Samaritans rushed to help Thursday when a mother and her baby were involved in a rollover car wreck in Fort Worth, Texas.

A huge blizzard swept the slopes of Mount Everest over the weekend, trapping hundreds of climbers and forcing rescue workers to conduct high-altitude evacuations.

A dog in Huaral, Peru, is getting lots of praise for taking swift action recently when its journalist owner was in danger.

A little boy is safe after a brush with danger at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon.

A mother in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, is grateful to her 11-year-old neighbor, who saved her 5-year-old son’s life on Friday.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) rescued three Americans overnight on Tuesday from Antarctica during a risky operation.

At least four people are confirmed dead, and almost a hundred are missing, after a flash flood wiped out the small riverside village of Dharali in northern India.

A whale died after boaters saw it make contact with at least two boats in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay on Saturday.

Nine-year-old twin girls and a maintenance worker are being praised for saving the life of a four-year-old in Wixom, Michigan.

A little boy in Newaygo County, Michigan, was pulled back from the brink of death on Saturday thanks to the quick action of a state trooper.

Five hikers were swept away by a flash flood in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles this weekend but luckily were rescued by firefighters, according to a report.

A 13-year-old boy became a hero when a child was in extreme danger in Everett, Washington, on Monday afternoon.

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard is being hailed a hero for saving lives during his first rescue mission in the aftermath of the deadly Texas floods.

Detroit public safety officials are praising four brothers as heroes for rescuing two toddlers who wandered onto the roof of a home in their neighborhood.

A father took immediate action when his daughter fell overboard from a Disney cruise ship on Sunday.

Police officers in Sacramento, California, recently put their lives on the line to rescue a suspect from extreme danger.

Allegations of negligence and incompetency surround the death of a Brazilian female tourist who fell off a cliff next to an active volcano in Indonesia and efforts to save her proved futile.

A baby was rescued from a hot car on June 17 thanks to the swift actions of two police officers in Corona, California.

Law enforcement on Sunday saved a 68 year-old woman after they rescued her from a vehicle fire when her car flipped over during a crash in New York.

A 14-year-old girl dove into the frigid Delaware River in suburban Philadelphia and saved a nine-year-old boy from drowning this holiday weekend, police say.

Over 180 miners remain trapped in a South African gold mine after its hoist system was damaged in an accident.

When a tractor-trailer’s driver was in desperate need of rescue on Sunday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, first responders jumped into action.

A patriotic American did not hesitate to put his life in danger when he saw an injured bald eagle drowning in a Florida lake on April 19.

An elderly man was rescued early Saturday in Canton, Michigan, when community members and police officers rushed to help after he fell from a second-story window.

An Arizona rancher’s dog made sure a missing toddler was safe after he spent the night in mountain lion territory.

The search continued on Monday after the U.S. Coast Guard was alerted to a boat capsizing off the Florida coast.

A policeman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, did not let his fear of heights keep him from making a rescue in December when a young resident could have been hurt.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake slammed Myanmar and nearby Thailand on Friday, and video shows the moments buildings collapsed and people ran away in fear.

A golden retriever in Lebanon, Tennessee, knew exactly what to do when a missing child was in need of rescue on March 17.

First responders rescued a woman from extreme danger late Monday in New York City.

A good Samaritan helped rescue a senior citizen who fell overboard a fishing boat in Camden County, near the Florida/Georgia line. 

A dog in Coventry, Rhode Island, is being praised for helping save her entire family from extreme danger on Tuesday.