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A Utah man battling coronavirus was unable to thank his caretakers because he was intubated, but found another way to express his deep gratitude.

The Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, is treating an orphaned short-beaked echidna after it fell out of a tree onto a balcony below.

An 11-year-old boy’s dance in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, not only touched the hearts of millions who saw his passion but it is helping make his dream come true. Those who saw Anthony Madu’s leaped and pirouetted without shoes on the rain-soaked street in a video posted by his dance teacher were in awe of his talent —...

A man known as “Miracle Larry” finally walked out of his Manhattan hospital on Wednesday, 128 days after he first was admitted with COVID-19

We know you’ve been hearing a lot about the coronavirus lately so we wanted to give you a much needed break while you’re social distancing. Today’s special report features some of the fluffiest, cutest and least coordinated babies of the animal kingdom.

More than three months without being able to open nearly led to the Greenwich Village symbol of pride closing its doors for good, so the owners put out a plea for help — and got plenty of responses

The Rutledge family of Simsbury, Conn., decided to make a sign for their front yard to thank essential workers during the pandemic – then the requests from neighbors started rolling in. The family of five has now made almost 1,000 signs and raised $11,000 in donations to help make PPE for nearby medical facilities.

Their city is under siege, their age group at particular risk and their lives increasingly isolated — but every Monday morning, one group of older New Yorkers is finding plenty to laugh about

Self-isolating Americans are bringing glimpses of normalcy, decency and solidarity to an uncertain world.

A baby girl in New York City was born three months premature but the miracle of her birth may have saved the life of her mother — who was struggling to fight COVID-19. Tasnim Shaheen’s prognosis was grim when she was admitted to Jamaica Hospital in Queens on March 24 after she contracted the novel coronavirus, said OBGYN Dr. Kavitha…

The Kansas farmer who sent a spare N95 mask to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo became a college graduate after having dropped out to take care of his mother over five decades ago. Kansas State University and Gov. Laura Kelly awarded Dennis Ruhnke with an honorary degree in agriculture on Tuesday. Ruhnke was going to be a first-generation college graduate…

Self-isolating Americans are bringing glimpses of normalcy, decency and solidarity to an uncertain world.

While a lot has been taken away from the class of 2020, learning where they have been accepted to go to college remains a thrill — especially for twin sisters Nicole and Jessica. The Alexander sisters earned acceptance letters from five Ivy League schools: U-Penn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth. “Coming from Clifton, we’re not producing people going to Ivy…

Self-isolating Americans are bringing glimpses of normalcy to a locked-down world. In this week’s edition: Life finds a way.

The grandson of famed sportscaster Howard Cosell has recorded nearly 600 introductions since he began a month ago, and he recently noticed the calls had been coming from a certain group of people

Since March 17th, a daily series called “One Good Thing” reflects the unheralded sacrifices everyday people make to benefit others that might go unnoticed, but deserve to be told.

Self-isolating Americans are bringing glimpses of normalcy to a locked-down world. In this week’s edition: hope on a bus, love in a bucket truck, kindness at the supermarket and music in the air

Michael Che says he will pay rent for all the residents at a New York City Housing Authority building where his grandmother once lived to honor her after she passed away from coronavirus complications. The “Saturday Night Live” comedian made the announcement in an Instagram post on Wednesday, saying “its crazy to me that residents of public housing are still…

A South Florida mother is cheering on a FedEx delivery driver who cleaned and sanitized a delivery box to help protect her immunocompromised daughter against the novel coronavirus.