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When Brittany Smith of Manchester, Tennessee requested Starbucks through DoorDash, she wasn’t prepared for what she saw. Her video doorbell caught the Dasher who arrived with her order, an elderly man gingerly walking up her porch stairs to slowly leave her order at her door. Smith was deeply affected by watching an elderly man delivering…

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A pair of Scottish dogwalkers stumbled their way into a stunning archaeological find on the Scottish beach of Lunan Bay. Locals Ivor Campbell and Jenny Snedden were walking their dogs Ziggy and Juno along the beach when they spied “distinct markings” in the sand in late January. A storm the previous night had revealed a…

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A missionary pilot delivering humanitarian aid in South Sudan is sharing how faith guided him through a terrifying midair hijacking — and how he used the moment to share the Gospel with the man pointing a loaded gun at him. Jim Streit, a veteran missionary pilot serving with Africa Inland Mission and frequently flying missions…

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling it “another miracle on the Hudson” after a small plane crash-landed on the icy Hudson River Monday night—and both people on board survived. In a post on X, Hochul publicly thanked God after the pilot and his lone passenger escaped with only minor injuries following the frightening ordeal…

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The continued rise of women’s sports is gaining even more momentum—and now fans will have a new way to experience it live. Ticketing giant StubHub announced this week that it is launching “HerSportsHub,” the first dedicated women’s sports ticket destination in the resale industry. The platform brings together tickets for leagues like the WNBA, the…

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For years, British television presenter David Harper considered himself a contented agnostic, raised in a secular home that valued morality but dismissed religion as intellectually suspect. Faith, he once believed, belonged to another world—one that had little bearing on reason, science, or modern life. But a deeply personal crisis involving his daughter would set him…

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Actor Kunal Nayyar, best known for his role as Raj Koothrappali on the hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory, is using his success in a quiet and deeply personal way—by secretly paying off medical bills for struggling families he has never met. The actor recently shared that one of his favorite nighttime habits is browsing…

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When a 3-year-old boy vanished from his Kentucky neighborhood, police launched an urgent search. Officers combed the area on foot while a drone and helicopter scanned from above. But despite their efforts, they found nothing — until an unlikely rescuer appeared with a wagging tail and a mission. A friendly collie mix, known by neighbors…

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Arman Kaymakcian was convinced his life was over. Years of childhood sexual abuse had spiraled into addiction, crime, and despair so deep he believed death was his only escape. Standing on the brink of suicide at age 27, he says everything changed in a single, unexpected moment — one he now believes was the voice…

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James Van Der Beek died on Wednesday after a long and public battle with colorectal cancer. The disease eventually made it impossible for the 48-year-old actor to continue working, and significant medical bills piled up for his wife, Kimberly, and their six children. Shortly after the news of his death broke, friends launched a GoFundMe…

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