“It’s totally free of charge.” These are words you wouldn’t normally associate with a broken boiler. That was until a plumber in the British town of Burnley, gained internet stardom after a receipt from one of his jobs went viral. James Anderson, originally from Liverpool, is being lauded for his bill of £0 sent to […]
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Sixth-grader Ruben Martinez wants to hold up posters, pass out flyers and promote a challenge on Facebook he thinks will help his Texas community begin to heal from a devastating shooting that claimed the lives of 22 people and injured 24 others. He calls it the #ElPasoChallenge. Here’s how it works: The 11-year-old is challenging each person in El […]
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A Minnesota police officer is being praised for going above and beyond the call of duty — with a lawnmower. Orono police officer Matt Siltala responded to a recent call to check on the welfare of an elderly woman. After seeing she was OK, he asked her why her yard was so overgrown. “She said […]
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Officers were stepping up to help buy a gardener new tools after his truck was stolen, along with his rent money, cellphone, and equipment, making what could have been a heartbreaking story one of goodwill. Adrian Salgado had started his first gardening job of the day at a gated community in the area of Bristol Street […]
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When Richardson ISD school bus driver Curtis Jenkins surprised every one of his elementary school students with a Christmas gift last week, he never expected the gesture would go viral. “I think one of the teachers said let me get a picture of you beside the bus with the presents,” said Jenkins. Lake Highlands Elementary […]
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Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies went the extra mile for a woman after her motorized wheelchair ran out of power. The wheelchair wouldn’t fit in their patrol car and the woman did not want to leave it behind. So in a video posted on Facebook, one of the deputies pushed her back to her […]
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Every Saturday, Bob Williams walks into a Dollar General store in Long Grove, Iowa, and buys a box of Hershey’s milk chocolate bars. He hands two to the cashiers, a third to the person behind him in line and then sets off around town handing the rest out to anyone he sees. The 94-year-old World […]
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An unlikely bond between a Stafford County, Virginia, school janitor and a student has gone viral. Angel Echevarria, a custodian at Stafford High School, says he is used to being overlooked. “It’s normally mean mugs and shoulder shrugs where I come from,” Echevarria said. But in the middle of the high school’s bustling hallway, one […]
