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Baltimore Pays Teens to Shovel Snow for Elderly and Disabled
Armed with a shovel and a smartphone app, hundreds of young people fanned out across Baltimore, Maryland in the wake of last weekend’s winter...
Tiny House Built by Homeless Offered as Model for Ending Homelessness
A tiny house, built from scrap and donated lumber by volunteers and homeless people, could be a model for ending homelessness in South Carolina. A...
Virginia Jeep Club Shuttles 150 Nurses to Hospital During Blizzard (Video)
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Even Snowmageddon has it's heroes. The Seven Hills Jeep Club has volunteered its wheels to shuttle back and forth from work the...
Cool Tiny House Village Opens With Electricity to Care for Seattle Homeless
A little village of tiny houses for the homeless is taking shape on a plot of land owned by a Lutheran church in Seattle,...
World’s Sexiest Doctor Raffles Himself for Date to Raise Money for Charity
How much would you pay for a date with People magazine’s “Sexiest Doctor Alive?” Well, it only costs $10 to get a chance to glimpse the...
Cher and Muslim Groups Deliver Water to Flint City in Crisis
Clean drinking water is flowing into Flint, Michigan again thanks to volunteers and celebrities like Cher. Flint’s tap water became contaminated with lead after the...
Gas Prices Slashed to 47 Cents In Michigan Last Night
Would you believe gas prices dropped down to 47 cents per gallon last night in Michigan? GasBuddy.com has the photo to prove it. Filling stations...
POWERBALL Dreams: 79 Winners in $1.6 Billion Lottery Jackpot
Three lucky winners will split last night’s $1.6 billion American Powerball jackpot, with winning numbers reported in California, Florida, and Tennessee. But 76 others won...
Boston Reduces Veteran Homelessness by 85%, Housing 533 Vets in 18 Months
Boston, Massachusetts has moved 533 homeless veterans out of shelters and into permanent homes in the past 18 months, since “Boston Homes for the...
Christian College Kids Raise $800K in 2 Days for Women’s Hospital in Syria
When Christian college students set out to help build a hospital for women and children in Syria, they didn’t need a miracle to raise...
Volunteers Turn Abandoned Buildings into Apartments for Homeless Vets
Volunteers have started remodeling hundred-year-old apartments in Ohio to serve as new homes for homeless veterans. Iron Soup Historical Preservation is reworking old buildings in...
Hope for California Drought: Sierra Snowpack is 136 Percent of Normal
State surveyors in the Sierra Nevada delivered some welcome news on Wednesday amid California's worst drought in more than a century.
Largest Desalination Plant in Western Hemisphere Opens in Thirsty California
A billion dollar desalination plant is turning salt water into drinking water for drought-plagued Southern California. The Claude "Bud" Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant named for...
For 2 More Days, Kids Can Talk to Santa or Mrs. Claus Toll-Free
Would your children like to speak to one of Santa's elves, or his wife or even Kris Kringle himself? From now until Wednesday Dec...
Congress Quietly Ends Federal Medical Marijuana Prohibition
Buried in the 1,600 pages of Congress’ new spending plan is a quiet little passage that radically alters the way America treats medical marijuana. The...
Rockford, Illinois Ends Veteran Homelessness, Sets Higher Standard
Roughly 73 veterans have moved off the streets and into permanent housing in Rockford, Illinois, making that city the latest to end veteran homelessness....
US to Cover Cost of Robotic Legs for Some Paralyzed Veterans
American veterans with spinal cord injuries may soon be back on their feet, thanks to robotic legs and the Veterans Administration (VA). The VA has...
Philadelphia Eliminates Homelessness Among Veterans Who Want Housing
The “City of Brotherly Love” is showing a lot of love for homeless veterans. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania city
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