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Maria Carlin
A 4-year-old boy is alive today one year after a terrifying run-in with death and a mother’s decision that may have saved his life. In July 2024, Long Island resident Maria Carlin decided to take her son Jack to the hospital. He had awoken in the middle of the night struggling with what appeared to…

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As fear spreads across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, something else is growing too — compassion. In recent weeks, residents have stepped up in remarkable ways to support the city’s beloved street vendors, many of whom are afraid to work amid a sweeping federal immigration crackdown. Since the start of the operation, more than 3,200 people have…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The big red charity vending machines will be in more locations in more cities around the world for the ninth straight year. (See full list below.) The Giving Machines, part of the Light the World initiative meant to help people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ by serving others, allows donors to purchase chickens, sports…

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Love has a way of shining brightest in life’s hardest moments. That truth was on full display at Katharine House Hospice in Stafford, where 52-year-old cancer patient Karl Marsh married the love of his life, Sarah, in an emotional bedside ceremony that moved everyone to tears. Karl, who was diagnosed with tongue cancer last May,…

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A bus carrying members of a Southern California church youth group overturned Sunday night on a narrow cliffside road in the San Bernardino Mountains, leaving more than two dozen people injured — but many are calling their survival nothing short of a miracle. According to officials, the bus was transporting 36 teens and adults from…

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Sometimes the sweetest blessings show up in the most unexpected ways — even in the form of a piping hot pizza box. For Jonny Dawson, owner of Jonny’s in Huntington Station, hitting one million pizzas sold wasn’t just a business milestone. It was a moment he wanted to turn into joy for someone else. Dawson…

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A Selma, California hunter is praising God after spending nearly three weeks lost in the wilderness. Ron Dailey, 65, left his home on October 13 for what he thought would be a day of hunting near Shaver Lake, in the Sierra National Forest. Dailey drove his 2002 Dodge Dakota to the top of the Swamp…

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and this season, the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree carries a story of love, loss, and legacy. This year’s towering Norway spruce hails from East Greenbush, New York, and comes with deep roots in one family’s history. Donated by Judy Russ, the tree stands as a…

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently announced the launch of the faith-based 10:33 Initiative. The initiative gains its name from the story of the Good Samaritan in the Bible, specifically Luke 10:33, which describes the actions of the Samaritan after he comes upon a wounded Israelite on the road. “But a Samaritan, as he traveled,…

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The newly re-opened Notre Dame Cathedral was the host of something it hadn’t seen in 30 years: a wedding. The last wedding held at the cathedral was in 1995, when the Cathedral ceased being a parish church. However, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, issued a special authorization for the wedding of Martin Lorentz and…
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