Uplifting Stories

Her kids fought over one roadside playhouse, so Jayde hunted for a second. A seller’s surprise collection grew it into a playhouse village.

A San Diego machine shop training people after prison says just 3% of its graduates reoffend, against a national rate of about 66% in three years.

After almost a year in a camper and a roach-infested false start, Macy thought she was viewing a rental. Her surprise new home said otherwise.

Months after losing baby Lucas, Jenna and Justin walked into their first scan holding their breath. Then the technician spotted rainbow triplets.

A pair of adopted biological sisters who had never met or had contact with each other were both left gob smacked when they stepped onto the softball field and spotted a familiar face on the opposing team.

A 14-year-old in Georgia scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT after five months of prep, and he is now writing practice questions for other students.

A brown pelican knocks on the door of a Florida federal lab with a hook in its wing, and the biologists inside take it out in 10 minutes.

A couple received multiple security alerts after a girl kept using their driveway to catch the school bus - so they built this.

A blind swimmer has lapped Mackinac Island, taking more than nine hours to cover the 8.2-mile perimeter tethered to a guide swimmer.

A doggy daycare hosts an annual halloween costume contest for dogs arriving by school bus and the results are adorably chaotic.