The Uplift: America 250
Celebrate the Fourth of July and America's 250th anniversary with inspiring stories about America's rarest artifacts, most resilient small towns and loyal patriots.
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The Uplift: Love birds
A goose who was lonely and grieving after its partner died gets a new friend. A woman's gift to her father becomes a major tourist attraction. Plus, more heartwarming videos.
The Uplift: Christmas Eve slumber party
A 9-year-old boy from Maine has a sleepover at an animal shelter each Christmas Eve to raise awareness for fostering and adopting pets. A group of students is inspired to become a fleet of Secret Santas to help strangers. Plus, more heartwarming news stories.
The Uplift: A Santa to believe in
A man hopes to bring representation and diversity to the role of Santa Claus. A ballerina from Minnesota earns an iconic holiday role in New York City. Julia Roberts tells Gayle King where she thinks some of her most beloved characters ended up.
The Uplift: Hope on the holidays
An organization works to provide holiday gifts for children in foster care. A stranger who helped a boy lost on the street becomes a major figure in his life. Plus, more heartwarming stories.
The Uplift: Presents for the deployed
A family fulfills a mom's legacy to send Christmas cookies to troops overseas each year. A veteran meets the young student who wrote him a sentimental letter nearly 15 years ago – and who she grew up to be is a sentimental surprise.
The Uplift: A home for the holidays
A animal shelter in Virginia pairs rescue animals with foster families for Thanksgiving. A corrections officer makes the selfless decision to take in an inmate's baby. Plus, more heartwarming stories.
The Uplift: Meeting a watchmaker
A woman who lost her baby helps grieving mothers who have experienced the same loss. A couple who tied the knot 56 years ago with no wedding party becomes newlyweds again. And David Begnaud gets an assignment to travel to a surprise city and find a story in 48 hours.
The Uplift: A commitment to kindness
College students use Chapstick to spread kindness. The oldest living chicken is awarded a Guinness World Record. A pack of seven dogs with disabilities, known as "The Unstoppable Dogs," offer inspiration.
The Uplift: A question with Jay-Z
Jay-Z sits down with Gayle King and answers a viral question that has fans debating on social media. A 90-year-old woman who loved riding horses dreams of getting back in the saddle. Plus, more inspiring stories.
The Uplift: The secret to happiness
An expert on happiness reveals what a decades-long study has found about the emotion and the secret to being happy. A California community works to help monarch butterflies rebound. Plus, more inspiring stories.
The Uplift: An odd egg and a giant gift
A man who has saved an egg with a handwritten message goes on a quest to find the mystery writer; The Sacramento Zoo gets its first rhino; A young surfer draws on his passion to help others.
The Uplift: A Savannah surprise
David Begnaud takes a surprise trip to Savannah, Georgia, where he meets a man who is believed to be the last person practicing the craft of shoe shining. A baby gets a life-changing cochlear implant after experiencing hearing loss. Plus, more heartwarming stories.
The Uplift: A LeBron James surprise
LeBron James stops by a high school in Minnesota, surprising their basketball team and giving students a motivational speech. A rescue organization saves beagles who spent their lives in a lab and shows them the great outdoors for the first time. Plus, the answer behind Southern California's bioluminescence phenomenon that has the ocean glowing blue.
The Uplift: A moving mentor
Steph and Ayesha Curry share the steep goal for their "Eat Learn Play" foundation, which helps school kids in the Oakland area. CBS News' David Beganud introduces us to a life-changing mentor he met in high school. Plus, two moms invent adaptable clothing for children with disabilities.
The Uplift: Learning to love
A man who was a foster child adopts five siblings who were separated by foster care. A bus driver instills life lessons in students that stick with them long after they graduate. And a pharmacist in Maui helps deliver medications to people in need after the wildfire, in this episode of "The Uplift."
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Son of couple jailed in Iran "desperately worried" as stepdad's sentence extended
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Behind the "Better in Person" talk show
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