After 33 years on the route, a New Jersey mailman who loved helping people retires

For the past 33 years, Joe DiTore has really delivered for people in Demarest, New Jersey, both in their mailboxes and their personal lives.

• Feb 13

Truck driver spends decades carving a scale model masterpiece of New York City

Beginning in 2004, Joe Macken carved all five boroughs of New York City out of balsa wood, every site and stadium, and every bridge and building. His creation consists of almost 1 million structures.

• Feb 6

Officer comes to the rescue of woman sleeping in cemetery, finds her a home

When a 55-year-old woman lost her job and got evicted, she took up residence at the only place she felt she owned, her husband's grave.

• Jan 23

Therapy dogs provide comfort to survivors of Nashville school shooting

Sgt. Bo, a therapy dog who has provided constant comfort to survivors of a 2023 Nashville school shooting, was the American Humane Society's 2025 Hero Dog Award winner.

• Jan 16

People mocked his mangled truck, until one resident stepped up

A badly damaged Chevy that turned heads across South Bend sparked an unexpected act of generosity.

• Jan 9

When a regular at his restaurant stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him

Charlie Hicks ate his lunch and dinner at the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida, every day for 10 years. When he suddenly stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him, and ultimately saved his life.

• Dec 12, 2025

When a Lowe's store cat disappeared, staff pulled out all the stops to find her

When Francine the cat went missing from her Richmond, Virginia, store, employees determined she must have wandered onto a freight truck bound for a distribution center 85 miles away in North Carolina.

• Dec 5, 2025

Retired officer turns from fighting crime to doing free laundry for the homeless

Using his own money and donations, Wade Milyard does dozens of loads of laundry a week for people in need.

• Nov 21, 2025

Teen defeats his mentor and high school civics teacher in local board election

In the Surry County Board of Supervisors race last week, 19-year-old Cameran Drew took on his favorite high school teacher and mentor, Kenneth Bell.

• Nov 14, 2025

6-year-old girl comes to the rescue of Harvard researchers studying the axolotl

Earlier this year, a Harvard research team studying the axolotl, a salamander with the superpower to regrow body parts, lost almost all its government funding.

• Nov 7, 2025

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