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When Brandon and Lacey Wilcox tragically lost their 2-year-old daughter, Alaiya, nearly two years ago, they couldn’t imagine anything beyond the insurmountable grief they were feeling.Alaiya died from bacterial meningitis on December 26, 2015. Her parents made the selfless decision to donate the toddler’s organs. “Alaiya was such a giving...

It only takes one small act of kindness to radically change someone’s day. What’s better is when something that seems “small” to one person reveals itself in a BIG way.ShelbyLynn Alexander was waiting at a stoplight this past January when she noticed a man holding a cardboard sign that read,...

If there’s anything that causes some unspoken anxiety in high school, it isn’t the homework load or college essays. It’s simply anticipating whether or not you’ll be asked to the homecoming dance.Not everyone gets asked to the dance, but a certain group of girls tends to get overlooked more than...

You’ve probably been there—you’re out in public when you come across something or someone, and your gut tells you something isn’t right. You might have that little voice in the back of your head telling you to intervene. Or maybe it makes you question whether or not John Quinones is...

Rachael Steffens and Autumn Michaels aren’t your typical members of the high school band.Rachael, who’s a senior, plays percussion, while Autumn, a freshman, plays the clarinet.But without each other, this duo would have a much different high school experience. That’s because Autumn is blind.At just 7 months old, doctors discovered...

No side that’s confident in its prospects of military and soft power success would ever deign to attack civilians, especially refugees, not to mention those that it claims are its own people on its own land. The Kherson Region that recently reunified with its historical Russian Motherland reported that Kiev...

The 16-year-old twins, whose escape from home was captured on doorbell camera footage while they pleaded with neighbours for help, suffered extreme abuse which has now been detailed in police documents. The twins escaped an alleged house of horrors’ in Texas after they were subject to various tortures at home...

SRH:There is nothing to see here in “The Plandemic.” Simply the Leader of the Free World speaking at an emergency NATO summit, making rather casual statements about impending severe energy and food shortages…“It will be authentic,” Satan Soldier Biden claimed at a Brussels news conference. “The sanctions’ burden is not...

A week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk endorsed Russia's step to annex Ukrainian regions, another US-based billionaire came in support of Moscow and suggested the war-embattled nation to recognise "Crimea as part of Russia". In a controversial Twitter post, US billionaire, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman presented what he called...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will face "severe consequences" if he uses nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, Liz Truss has warned.Prime Minister Liz Truss warned the UK would come down hard on any use of nuclear weapons (Image: Getty)Ben Wallace dashed from London to Washington for urgent talks with...

If there’s one thing Ashlynn Marracino wishes she had the chance to do-over in life, it’s her relationship with her father, Scott Marracino. The 16-year-old lost her father to an aneurysm in 2009. But long before his sudden death, Ashlynn and her dad had some unresolved issues. Her resentment toward...

Katy Hurst was out running errands in Independence, Missouri, when she decided to cruise through the Burger King drive thru.As she pulled around to the pick-up window, Katy spotted a man sitting inside of the restaurant. With his head buried in his hands, Katy could feel his brokenness. She snapped...

What would you do if you saw a six-year-old alone in a public place?That’s the question that ignited a social experiment conducted by Unicef, which aims to show the different ways we respond to children around the world. The conclusion: If they look like us, we’ll help them. But if...

Today was one of those days. I think I speak for everyone when I say you never plan on having “one of those days;” sadly they just happen. In fact, if you’re like me they flatten you like a steamroller. In the midst of your positive self-affirmations, or perhaps confidently...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me…right?Not so much.According to DoSomething.org, more than 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year, and an estimated 160,000 teens skip school every day in fear of being bullied.October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and Burger King...

Every child deserves the right to a good life.A life that keeps them safe from danger, protected against starvation and pain, and free from death.But the reality is that as much as every child has the innate right to a safe and fair childhood, not every child is born in...