92-Year-Old Doctor Has Delivered 200,000 Babies and Still Practices Medicine Daily
March 27, 2026 · 4 min read
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From Yale Hospital Janitor to Yale Doctor: Shay Taylor's Extraordinary Journey
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A 13-Year-Old Scout Clambered Across a Raft in the Rapids to Free His Trapped Leader’s Foot
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Indigenous Activists Save Amazon's Tapajós River from Industrialization
March 23, 2026 · 5 min read
Croatia Declares Itself Completely Landmine-Free
March 23, 2026 · 4 min read
BTS Reunites in Seoul: 104,000 Fans Celebrate Historic Comeback Concert
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School Dads Raised Thousands to Surprise a Beloved Crossing Guard With a Car
March 20, 2026 · 4 min read
A Doctor Found Her 5-Year-Old Patient Alone Before Heart Surgery—So She Adopted Him
March 15, 2026 · 5 min read
A Girl Sank Into the Sand and Her Mother Followed—Four Workers With Ropes Pulled Them Free
March 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Heidi Karman Has Certified Over 500 Therapy Dog Teams to Support 150,000 First Responders' Mental Health
March 10, 2026 · 4 min read
Ethiopian-American Teen Heman Bekele Named TIME Kid of the Year for Skin Cancer Treatment Soap
March 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Construction Workers Befriend 4-Year-Old Hospital Patient With Daily Window Messages
March 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Buried in an Avalanche for 4 Hours, He Was Saved by His Wife and ‘Find My iPhone’
March 6, 2026 · 4 min read
Four Decades Later, a Hiker Thanks the Stranger Who Saved Her in the Sierra Nevada
March 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Afghan Girls' Robotics Team Wins International Competitions While Continuing Education From Exile
March 2, 2026 · 5 min read
After 43 Days Lost in the Rocky Mountains, a Dog Was Finally Reunited With His Owner
March 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Grandmother Earns PhD at 87, Inspires Three Generations to Pursue Education
February 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Philadelphia Teacher Channels Personal Tragedy into a Kindness Movement That's Changing Her Students' Lives
February 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Over 700 Children Born in Bangladeshi Brothels Finally Receive Birth Certificates
February 23, 2026 · 5 min read
Syrian Refugee Chef Who Fed 10,000 Homeless People Wins James Beard Humanitarian Award
February 22, 2026 · 4 min read
A Mother Had a Seizure at the Wheel—A Passing Stranger Pulled Her and Three Children From a Canal
February 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Reading Rainbow Returns: LeVar Burton Brings Beloved Show Back to Inspire a New Generation
February 16, 2026 · 4 min read
