"The Kindness Mob" has come to the rescue of hundreds of online bullying victims

Started in 2023, "The Kindness Mob" is a group about half a million strong that secretly battles internet spite.

• Oct 23

Why visitors are flocking to Philadelphia's popular pigeon tour

The 90-minute tour, which TripAdvisor now ranks as the third most popular in Philadelphia, answers all your burning pigeon-related questions.

• Oct 16

When 2 dogs went missing in a car crash, a volunteer spent weeks searching

Christine Quaiff has found dozens of dogs over the last few years. She's part of a growing national network of lost pet recovery specialists who offer this service, often for free.

• Oct 9

A valet became a key source of support for cancer patients at a N.Y. care center

Jon Avery, who parks cars at the Roswell Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, says his goal when interacting with patients is to "have a meaningful encounter that's not hollow."

• Oct 2

Twin doctors who grew up in poverty returned to their hometown to co-run an ER

Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper, identical twins, are co-directors of the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, the city where they grew up in poverty.

• Sep 25

Heroes of Flight 93 remembered for their courage 25 years on from 9/11

On Sept. 11, 2001, the passengers and crew bravely decided to storm the cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93, preventing the terrorists who had taken control of the plane from flying it to Washington, D.C.

• Sep 11

Neighborhood comes together to give young boy a memorable trick-or-treat birthday

When a mother posted a note on Facebook asking if anyone in her neighborhood would allow her son to trick-or-treat at their homes in July for his 11th birthday, more than 100 neighbors said yes.

• Sep 4

How a chance encounter gave a struggling ex-football star a new lease on life

On a path in Austin, Texas, a chance meeting changed the lives of two men with one thing in common.

• Aug 28

Why freshmen at one high school give their mothers a goodbye kiss on their first day

For the last 26 years at Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the seniors surround the cars of the incoming freshmen and don't let them out until they do one specific thing: give their mothers a goodbye kiss.

• Aug 14

A boy's simple habit of waving to his neighbors transformed his community

Roman Butzlaff brought together a group of neighbors who say they would have barely known each other if not for a little boy, who lived in a neighborhood but needed a village.

• Jul 10

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