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April 4, 2022

101-Year-Old Man Finally Receives High School Diploma After More Than 80 Years

They say it’s never too late to go after your dreams—and one New Jersey man has proved that to be true by achieving a lifelong goal more than 80 years in the making. Earlier in March, a 101-year-old man named Merrill Pittman Cooper received his high school diploma during a surprise graduation ceremony held in his honor.

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March 30, 2022

Ukrainian Boy With Phone Number Written on Hand Travels 600 Miles To Safety in Slovakia

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 10 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine...

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March 29, 2022

World’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Will Be Built Over 101 Freeway Near Los Angeles

Humans know to stop and look both ways before they cross the street.

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March 28, 2022

Fragment Stolen by Famous Art Thief Over 40 Years Ago Is Finally Returned to Renaissance Tapestry

It was dawn in the small town of Castrojeriz in northern Spain on November 7, 1980. A man named René Alphonse Ghislain van den Berghe crept into the church. Better known as Erik the Belgian, the man made off with six large 17th-century Flemish tapestries by Corneille Schutz, a Flemish Renaissance painter and tapestry.

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March 25, 2022

100-Year-Old Woman Celebrates Milestone Birthday With Older Sisters Who Are 102 and 104

Not many people get to live to see 100.

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March 24, 2022

Bindi Irwin’s Daughter is Turning One and the Irwin Family Is Celebrating in Style

Sometimes it’s hard to believe just how fast little ones grow up right before your eyes.

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March 17, 2022

Single Moms Bought a House To Live In and Raise Their Kids Together

Purchasing a house to call your own is the dream, but with rising costs, it can sometimes seem like an impossible milestone to achieve. However, cohabitation or co-living might make this feat much more feasible. Two single moms found this to be the case when they made the decision to purchase a house together in Washington, D.C.

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March 16, 2022

5-Year-Old Gives All His Money (30 Cents) To Man Experiencing Homelessness

The smallest of kind gestures can make quite a difference and 5-year-old Justus Mateo Smith proved this to his father,...

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March 15, 2022

Little Girl Sings ‘Let It Go’ From Ukraine Bomb Shelter in Viral Video and Is Praised by Idina Menzel

Since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, social media has played a major role in the efforts to raise...

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March 15, 2022

Ukraine Comes Second in 2022 Winter Paralympics With 29 Medals

Embed from Getty Images Even as the Russian invasion continues to wreak havoc in their homeland, athletes representing Ukraine have managed to emerge victorious at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. With the Games just finishing up in Beijing, China on March 13, Ukraine brought home an incredible total of 29 medals between the only two sports it entered—the biathlon and cross-country skiing—coming in second overall, behind China.

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