Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still was moved to tears after the New England Patriots paid tribute to his 4-year-old daughter, who is battling a rare form of cancer, during the teams’ match-up on Sunday Night Football. New England Patriots cheerleaders donned Still’s jersey and sported pink pom-poms to honor Leah Still and the many others […]
In what can only be a bittersweet moment for residents in Ferguson, Missouri, the city has witnessed a surge in voter registration following the shooting of a black unarmed teenager by white police officer Darren Wilson. Since Michael Brown’s death, 3,287 people out of the 4,839 in St. Louis County who have registered to vote are […]
At the height of unrest after an unarmed Michael Brown was gunned down by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo., one little voice made sure he was heard above the rest at a St. Louis County Council meeting. Just 10 days after Brown’s death, 11-year-old Marquis Govan stepped up to the podium, lowered the mic, […]
Here’s some news that’s sure to restore your faith in humanity. Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University student and rape survivor who vowed to carry a mattress around campus until her attacker was banned from school, has been receiving a lot of help from her classmates. “Mattress Performance: Carry That Weight,” was created after the now-senior was raped […]
Who run the world? Girls! And this little league baseball star proves just that. Pitcher Mo’Ne Davis, 13, struck out six batters and allowed just three hits on Sunday, leading Philadelphia’s Taney Youth Baseball Association to the Little League World Series — and that’s just half the story. The reason why Davis is making waves […]
It was just too easy of a birthday wish for these people to pass up on, especially for this 6-year-old boy. Daniel Nickerson of Foxboro, Mass., who was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in October 2013, has only one thing on his wish list for his sixth birthday — cards — and he probably got […]
Kevin Stonewall, 19, could be on his way to curing cancer. The Chicago teen, who works at a Rush University lab in Ashburn, discovered a critical age-related drawback in an experimental vaccine to prevent colon cancer in mice. Stonewall’s revelation has led to the development of a vaccine that could work on seniors. He has spent the […]
The web has surprised us once again with amazing viral moments. Miles Scott, aka “Batkid,” and filmmaker Dana Nachman have teamed with crowd funding site IndieGogo for the documentary “Batkid Begins,” a film that follows Scott as he turned San Francisco into Gotham City for a day. Batkid, who has battled leukemia for most of his […]
A 3-year-old Filipino girl, who was pronounced clinically dead, woke up at her funeral service at a church in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur. According to The Phillippine Star, Police Senior Inspector Heidil Teelan confirmed the incident, citing reports from the personnel he dispatched to verify the case at Barangay Bayabas. A video of the sleeping toddler has since gone […]
Flight delays can be the worst, but one pilot made sure his passengers were well taken care of after they were stuck on a plane tarmac for hours. According to NBC News, Frontier Airlines pilot Gerhard Bradner ordered over 30 pizzas for his passengers on Monday night after their flight from Washington, D.C. to Denver was […]
Police have arrested six Jewish youths in the death of Abu Khadier, the Palestinian teen who was burned alive last week. Officials claim the suspects are from Jerusalem and that they found the car the teens used to kidnap Khadier. Surveillance cameras have also captured parts of the abduction. [NPR] Well, it looks like your extramarital […]
Always has addressed the pesky ‘like a girl’ stereotype with their new social experiment that has rightfully so, gone viral. According to Mashable, Procter & Gamble’s Always brand and famed director Lauren Greenfield asked several young adults and young girls to reenact motions that a girl would do. As the young women ran, hit, and jumped in […]
