by Jess Faraday | Mar 3, 2018 | Curious News, Inspiring, New, News, Useful
You saw the photo. A dedicated teacher in Ghana, trying to show his students how to use Microsoft Word… On a blackboard. The hand-drawn pictures of that all-too-familiar (for those of us in wealthy nations) user interface were amazing. But still. It’s sad...
by Jess Faraday | Mar 2, 2018 | Curious News, Dangerous News, Disaster, Inspiring, Nature News, New, News
Amid freezing weather conditions, snowbound Scotland needed a hero. And they found one in Edinburgh bus driver Charmaine Laurie. Britain spent the first day of spring shivering beneath nearly two feet of snow. Up north in Scotland, roads were blocked, schools closed,...
by Jess Faraday | Feb 26, 2018 | Inspiring
Service dogs that help people with disabilities need to be unflappable. They need to be comfortable in different environments, and immune to distractions. Distractions like cats. Our story focuses on the remedy for that, in the form of one cat named D-O-G. Anyone who...
by Victoria Foster | Feb 26, 2018 | Inspiring, New, News, Useful
Imagine sitting at your table during lunch, when all of a sudden someone starts choking. Do you know what to do in situations like that? Would you be able to save them? According to WTVR, that is exactly what 5th grader Benjamin Ford did. His quick thinking saved one...
by Marty Townsend | Feb 1, 2018 | Inspiring, New, News
In a random Facebook post, who would have thought we would find a timeless message that could change the way the world looks? We’ve all seen those posts on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram. Shared by a friend of a friend of a friend that ended up in your...
by Jess Faraday | Feb 1, 2018 | Inspiring
When this Starbucks barista and working mom was at the end of her rope, help came from a very unlikely source. This State Trooper and manager deserve kudos. Angels can come in the most unexpected disguises. Like a Starbucks shift supervisor. Or a State Trooper....