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A “miracle baby” survived two days in a ditch during Hurricane Beryl before a passing truck diver spotted the one-year-old crawling on a roadside. The baby was found near where it’s 4-year-old brother who was found deceased earlier that day, according to a Louisiana sheriff. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory told reporters that the…

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An Ohio police officer has gone viral after bodycam footage showed him purchasing formula for a desperate mother and her newborn. Corporal Hunter Willoughby was alerted by a dispatcher of an early morning call from a mother whose milk had dried up and she had been unable to find formula to feed her 1-week-old baby.…

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Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old track and field star from the U.S., announced on social media that he’s heading to the Olympics. By becoming a part of the 4×400-meter relay team, Wilson will be the youngest track athlete to represent the U.S. in the Games ever. Erriyon Knighton and Jim Ryun, both 17 years old, were…

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Hurricane Beryl is breaking records as it leaves a path of destruction in the southeastern Caribbean. It now holds the title of the strongest hurricane on record in the month of July. The hurricane made landfall on July 1st on Carriacou Island as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, unleashing unimaginable devastation. The storm has destroyed…

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Suppose you get country music legend T. Graham Brown talking about his life and career. In that case, the Nashville-based star and new member of the Grand Ole Opry is sharing his faith in God, his unwavering belief in the USA, and his abounding love for his wife and partner, Sheila Brown, whom he credits…

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It was lost, but now it’s been found. That’s the story regarding a Georgia man’s beloved Bible, which had gone missing for months before a good Samaritan’s persistence changed everything. In January, William Bailey lost his Bible when it fell off his car before he went to church. He told The Courier Herald he prepared…

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The son of Dr. Tony Evans recently delivered a message, telling the congregation at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship that his father didn’t share the nature of his unnamed sin any more than he did with the entire church. Johnathan, who’s helped his father in ministry, is a former NFL fullback and a graduate of Dallas…

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Jamie Acord had a startling experience while she and her husband, Patrick Acord, were walking on the water’s edge of a New England beach. While visiting the Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg, Jamie and Patrick were walking side by side at the water’s edge when she dropped 2.5 feet into what they later found…

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After fighting for her life twice, 20-year-old Megan Stuart is using a personal victory as a springboard for giving back to the hospital that saved her. The Minneapolis woman has already faced her share of challenges. Stuart and her twin brother were born eight weeks early. Then, at only 4 months old, she was diagnosed…

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Good Samaritans recently came to the rescue of a father and two kids who likely would’ve drowned in a Utah river had they not shown up to help. Some might call the rescue a prime example of a chance encounter — a “right place at the right time” scenario. However, Eric Odenthal, one of the…

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