Quadriplegic teen bakes cake as last wish: ‘Her goal is to empower people’

An Oklahoma teenager could’ve thought of many things for what could be her last wish, but she kept it straightforward with a powerful message.

Language of love: Couple meets, falls in love on Duolingo

Duolingo says the unlikely love story is yet another reason “to keep up with your daily practice.”

Emotional video helps hound get forever home after 7 years at shelter

A woman who follows the shelter on Facebook had seen posts about Mitch in the past, but the emotional video "convinced her to give Mitch a forever home."

Gustavus women's hockey player on road to recovery after spinal injury

A player on the Gustavus Adolphus College women’s hockey team is thankful to be back on her feet, a few weeks after breaking two vertebrae in her spine after taking an illegal hit from behind that threw her headfirst into the boards.

Cuban refugee travels by boat, by truck and on foot to get to Minnesota

Carlos Cabrera was a civil engineer in his home country. Granted humanitarian parole, he endured a harrowing journey, traveling at times by foot, to make it from Cuba to Minnesota. Now, he's facing one more roadblock.

Results revealed in girl's request for DNA evidence of Santa

The Rhode Island Department of Health said it would need more DNA samples “from other known Santa encounters” to find a match, but the department noted the lab did find the presence of DNA closely matching reindeer when testing partially-eaten carrots.

Delta flight attendant sits, comforts jittery passenger in touching photo

A Delta passenger said flight attendant Floyd Shannon-Dean sat on the ground in the aisle to comfort a crying woman who wasn’t used to flying.

Alabama farmer secretly paid pharmacy bills for those in need for years

An Alabama farmer secretly paid pharmacy bills of those who were unable to pay or didn’t have insurance for years. It was only after his death that his secret came out.

Oldest living survivor of Pearl Harbor marks 105th birthday

The oldest living survivor of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 celebrated his upcoming 105th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.