Dreams do come true. Lauren Hill, a Mount St. Joseph University college freshman, got the chance to step on the court and play an epic game of basketball against Hiram College in Cincinnati on Sunday. The event, while normal during NCAA season, was special for one reason — Hill was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer last November […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has a lot to be happy about. Apple is killing the game with the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, per usual. Apple rules the world, no surprise there. And on Thursday, Cook publicly acknowledged for the first time that he is gay. “Let me be clear: I’m proud to be […]

The young activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban two years ago for promoting education for girls in Pakistan became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala Yousafzai, now 17, and India’s Kailash Satyarthi, whose efforts to amplify young people’s rights and end the exploitation of children, were bestowed […]

This will definitely bring a smile to your face. The Utah Jazz signed 5-year-old JP Gibson to their roster for a day to fulfill his ultimate wish of playing for his favorite team. Gibson was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2012. But thanks to the kind folks on the Jazz, he was given a […]

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 […]

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 […]

President Obama is no stranger to the fist-bump. He does it with his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama. He does it with awkward politicians before he delivers the State of the Union address. And apparently he hands them out when someone makes a really great joke. That’s just what happened during the President’s trip to […]

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On Monday, President Obama announced that his administration will be working vigorously on an executive order to protect federal employees from workplace discrimination based on their gender identity. The announcement is a step in the right direction in the push for equal rights in the LGBT community. This new executive order would expand the protections already outlined for federal employees, […]

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If you loved Bruno Mars before, this will make you love him even more. The pop star recently sang his hit song “Just the Way You Are” to Zumyah Thorpe, an 11-year-old who suffered a traumatic head injury in a car accident last March. Zumyah’s world was turned upside down after losing both her mother and two […]