When LaVonte Dell was pulled over by Westland police officer Joshua Scaglione, his first thought was “oh no”. He thought it might be because of his tinted car windows and he was right. But when Office Scaglione noticed Lavonte’s 3-year-old daughter, Lauren, was in the backseat without a car seat, he asked the father what…
Singer, songwriter, and musician Prince died earlier today (April 21, 2016) at his Paisley Park home and studio in Minneapolis, according to his publicist the Associated Press reported. Prince, whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson, was considered one of music’s most iconic, prolific artists. No details were immediately released as to the cause of…
Flash flooding in Houston, Texas trapped between 70 to 80 horses at the Cypress Trails Horse Stables in 2016. The water came up so fast they couldn’t get trailers in to get the animals out. As result, many of the horses were struggling in the high flood waters and became tangled in submerged fences. But…
Aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén dedicates her life to helping neglected and orphaned children in Nigeria. When she found Hope, the 2-year-old boy had been accused of witchcraft and was starving to death. He was abandoned by his parents and shunned by everyone in his village. Hope is one of thousands of Nigerian children who…
A Wisconsin teen thought she had the stomach flu ended up giving birth to a baby in the toilet! Braeley Pettigrew had none of the normal signs to indicate she was pregnant. Over nine months, she had no noticeable weight gain, no movement in her belly. In fact, she finished her entire basketball season at…
This has got to be one of the most incredible rescue stories I’ve ever heard. A 5-year-old girl rushed to save her drowning mother after she suffered a seizure in the pool and it was all caught on camera! Allison Anderwald was swimming with her mom Tracy when Tracy suffered a seizure in the middle…
Following years of widespread criticism from animal advocates, SeaWorld has announced on Thursday (March 17, 2016) that it will stop its captive breeding program, making the current generation of captive orcas at the parks the last. In an agreement with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the amusement park will be phasing out…
Mother Nickie O’Kelly was happy she found a stuffed pink trunk for her 2-year-old daughter while at a Monster Jam truck rally this past January. But she was soon dismayed and disgusted when her oldest daughter spotted the double heart symbol on the toy truck’s roof and told her it was eerily similar to the…
When senior citizen Martin Kay had been missing for over seven hours after going for a walk with his dog, the National Police Air Service were sent out by helicopter to locate him. Using thermal image cameras they located Kay in the boggy marsh where he had gotten stuck. They also spotted a warm shape…
A Texas police officer’s photo on Facebook has gone viral for the story behind the picture. Brittany Beard Hilton is a an officer with the Bridge City Police Department. She posted the photo on February 26, although she took it back on Thanksgiving. The photo is of Brittany sitting next to her husband, Steven Hilton,…
Country music singer-songwriter Joey Feek passed away at the age of 40 on March 4, 2016. She is survived by her husband Rory Feek, two step-daughters, Heidi and Hope, and her two-year-old daughter Indiana. Joey Feek and her husband, Rory first rose to fame on CMT’s singing competition “Can You Duet?” in 2008. Since that…
A 6-week-old puppy is lucky to be alive after he was found bleeding heavily outside of an apartment complex in Rock Hill, South Carolina, by a maintenance worker. The tiny black Labrador mix puppy had been shot 18 times with a BB gun! The puppy was named Brody taken to Ebenezer Animal Hospital for treatment….
Nurse Stacey Wilson usually is the one taking care of patients at the hospital where she works. But after a recent visit to a nail salon, she was the one in the hospital bed. The mom went for what she thought would be a relaxing pedicure but during the appointment, a worker was too rough…
This judge is known for giving sentences that are as unusual as they are creative. Recently, Judge Michael A. Cicconetti of the Painesville Municipal Court in Ohio applied one of his creative punishments on a woman who left her dog, Moose, in a dirty, “hoarder-style” house. He decided to give the accused pet owner, a…
Four-year-old Jordan Drake spent her first few years of life in hospital. She was born with a congenital heart defect and her only hope of survival was a heart transplant. Lukas was 7-months old when he died while under the care of a babysitter and his mother decided to donate his organs to possibly help…
Jason Gibson was visiting Taco Bell when he noticed two kids come into the restaurant and try to sell homemade desserts for money. Also in the restaurant was LTC Robert Risdon, who gestured for the boys to come over and talk to him. “I overheard a soldier ask the kids if they were hungry and…
A mother dog gave birth to puppies on an Israeli army base under one of the buildings but when rains began to flood the ground her puppies were in danger. Soldiers had been feeding the stray dog food and water for some months and when they noticed she had given birth, they came to help…
Imagine waking up to a strange furry creature sleeping on your chest! That’s what happened to a 99-year old Miami woman when she woke to find an unknown animal sleeping with her in bed. The woman and the animal awoke at the same time and “both screamed” at which point the creature fled to her…
Tim’s Place in Albuquerque New Mexico has become somewhat of a historic roadside restaurant in the past 5 years and that’s in large part due to its owner, Tim Harris. Tim is the first restaurant owner in the United States with Down syndrome. For several years, Tim has poured his heart and soul into his…
Ludivine the Bloodhound has made quite the splash in the small town of Elkmont, Alabama, recently when she decided to forgo her morning potty break and instead decided join the Elkmont Trackless Train Trek Half Marathon. Ludivine’s mom April Hamlin had let her outside to do her business when she escaped the yard and went…
Thirty-three years ago, Val Patsiga rescued her then starving Arabian horse. This past week, the horse Aww-Gee faced another rescue after slipping and falling in an icy pasture. “I let him out and he slipped on some ice. I saw him go down. His hind feet fell underneath him and that was it,” Val told…
Anthony Ruelas, 15, is an eighth-grader at an alternative middle school in Texas, who was recently suspended for two days helping a classmate having an asthma attack. Apparently, during one of his classes a student was having troubles breathing and told the teacher she was having an asthma attack. Anthony said this went on for…
A rhesus macaque is turning heads in Erode, India, after the primate was spotted with a tiny puppy. Note: the photos below may take a few seconds to load. Although macaques and stray dogs are not unusual sights in the town, seeing one treat a puppy as if he was her baby, is unusual. Locals…
“We’re on a scene with a 25-year-old male who was found laying in a snowbank. All signs lead to, lead us to believe, he’s been dead for a considerable amount of time.” That’s what Emmett Thomas, a paramedic, radioed in when he and his fellow EMTs first found Justin Smith. Justin was found unresponsive in…
K9 Jethro was laid to rest this week after losing his life with in pursuit of a criminal in Canton, Ohio. The dog was honored in a special memorial service in the Canton Civic Center where hundreds of officers from all over the state and country came out to pay their respects. Over one hundred…
It was hard for me not to get teary-eyed when I learned what Sissy the miniature Schnauzer did for her mom. The little dog was recently caught on the security cameras at Mercy Medical Center in Iowa walking through the front sliding doors and into the front lobby. Security guards didn’t know what to make…
Glenn Frey, founder and frontman of The Eagles, has passed away at age 67. The Eagles announced his death on Facebook, writing in part: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our comrade, Eagles founder, Glenn Frey, in New York City on Monday, January 18th, 2016. Glenn fought a…
Just two days after Céline Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil, passed away, her brother, Daniel has died of cancer at age 59. His passing was announced in a news release from one of Céline Dion’s publicists, who wrote that Daniel died Saturday morning in a palliative care residence outside Montreal. Daniel was the eighth of 14…
A woman was collecting oranges in a Colombian forest when she stumbled across a tiny newborn baby girl hidden in the bushes. The baby was only a few hours old with her mother nowhere to be seen. Officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea arrived and noticed hat the baby had part of her umbilical cord still attached…
Elderly couple Miguel and Ada Rojas were overcome with emotion upon receiving a puppy as a gift after a heartbreaking tragedy that left their previous dog dead and them both in hospital. Last week, the Florida couple were out for a walk with their beloved 3-year-old Chihuahua named Gucci when two stray American bulldogs attacked…
Céline Dion and her family are in mourning today as her husband, René Angélil, passed away following a lengthy battle with throat cancer. “Rene Angelil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer,” Angelil’s rep said in a statement on January 14. “The family…
Talk about the power of social media! One family is thanking the quick spreading of a photo of their newborn baby’s kidnapper with reuniting them with their child just a few hours later. Melissa McMahon and Simon Boisclais had just welcomed their baby girl Victoria into the world when they began living a real-life nightmare….
This story of a stray dog and her seven puppies who were rescued by a troop of National Guard soldiers is very touching. It began when Sheba, the mother dog, wandered onto the soldiers’ base in Afghanistan and soon became a beloved friend and mascot to the soldiers. She bravely chased away other strays from…
A British mother is condemning the cruel pranksters who put superglue on a McDonald’s toilet seat after her 4-year-old unwittingly sat on it. Mother Nicole Langmead and her 4-year-old daughter, Kaya, were enjoying a meal at McDonald’s only have have her daughter hurt by the cruel prank. Kaya went to the washroom while Nicole waited…
Whether or not you believe in angels, this next story will give you hope. Colleen Banton’s 14-year-old disabled daughter, Chelsea, was in hospital with pneumonia and her family believed that they would soon be saying goodbye forever. But that night, something happened that the doctors and nurses could not explain. An hour after Chelsea’s life…
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