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Amidst all the coronavirus craziness, we could use a lighthearted story.

"It just reminds you that there are still a whole lot of good people out there."

Last month, 14-year-old John Smith was walking across frozen Lake St. Louis with some friends in Lake St. Louis, Mo., near St. Louis when he fell through the ice. He was underwater for 15 minutes before rescuers got to him, KDSK-TV reported. When emergency medical responders got him to St. Joseph Hospital West, the eighth-grader wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse. His body temperature was

For all the times you see schools get hard nosed on punishment and all of the notorious zero tolerance cases that make the national news, this may be the most outrageous case of punishment yet.

In an exclusive interview with BET News, President Barack Obama addressed community concerns and calls for justice and equality after recent grand jury decisions and hopes to find meaningful solutions. "This isn't going to be solved overnight," Obama said in an excerpt of the interview released by BET Networks. BET’s “106 & Park” will air a portion of the interview at 5 p.m. EST Mon

Some people will go to extreme lengths to evade the police, but hitting a building so hard it falls on top of your car isn’t quite the right solution.

On Monday night in Ferguson, Mo., after the grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, predictably, there were riots in the streets.

Here are some reactions from tonight's grand-jury announcement in Ferguson, Missouri, in which Officer Darren Wilson was not charged with any crimes in the shooting death of Michael Brown this past summer.

Ah, the 'ol "me and my roommate's pet pig is missing, we think the neighbor stole it, confronted him and he stabbed us with a screwdriver" scenario. Who HASN'T been there, right?!

East Hills Mall in St. Joseph, Mo., seems like your typical mall. It has department stores, a food court and even mall walkers! But what isn't so typical is the way it advertises.

Megan Bratten, of Independence, Mo., had just gone into the local Kmart to pick up some last-minute school supplies. She was in the store for about 15 minutes and when she came out discovered that her minivan had been stolen. Thinking quickly, she sent a text to her estranged husband's phone which was still in the minivan, pleading with the thief to return the vehicle.

Over the weekend, Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam, the SEC's Defensive Player of the Year, came out and announced that he was gay. Since then, nearly everyone in sports has given their two cents on the situation, commenting on how this will effect his draft status, as well as the future of openly gay athletes in football and all sports.