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Zero Poaching of Rhinos and Tigers in Nepal Last Year
On March 3, the Himalayan country of Nepal celebrated 365 days without a single case of rhino, elephant or tiger poaching. This is the...
Chicago Anti-gang Efforts Tame Street Violence
Chicago's overall crime rate fell last year to a level not seen since 1972, and the number of shooting incidents involving victims 16 and...
U.S. Navy Warship Stops To Help Out Tangled Turtles
Crew members aboard the navy warship USS Rentz recently traded in their anti-organized crime hats to become wildlife protectors for a few hours and...
Target Employee Follows Her Intuition to Find Kidnapper
California Police are praising a Target Store employee for helping bring a child's kidnapping ordeal to an end, before it even started.
“When I first...
Top 10 Good News Stories of 2013
Saying goodbye to 2013 feels bittersweet. When we remember the crime and tragedies of the year, we tend to forget all the good things....
Mystery Donor Erects Batkid Billboard To Thank Him For Saving ‘Gotham City’
Remember the boy with leukemia who donned a batman suit last month and was treated to a day of 'pretend crime fighting' that involved...
Coffee Shop’s Incredible Response To Neighborhood Robberies
Where a string of robberies in local shops might have made Lexington, Kentucky a more sad place, one coffee shop has conjured up a...
College Student Tries to Rent Family for Holidays But Finds New One
A California university student has reformed her old ways of crime and drugs after being abused and neglected as a child. She has a...
City Comes Together to Cheer Bat Kid Whose Wish Came True
A conspiracy of kindness in an American city made a wish come true for a five-year-old battling cancer.
San Francisco turned into the comic book...
Stranger Buys Bike for Student After Angry Note is Left for Thief
A Good Samaritan has stepped in to help a 19-year-old DePaul student whose bike was stolen in Chicago.
After Olguiemar Freyre's bike, her only form...
Microchips to Protect Rhino Horns in Kenya
Efforts to conserve Kenya’s dwindling population of rhinos is set to get a significant boost when WWF-Kenya hands over 1,000 microchips and 5 scanners...
Police Officers Give Their Saturday to Fixing Kids’ Bikes
Officers in north Tulsa distributed 350 flyers in schools encouraging kids to come get their bikes repaired for free. The Oklahoma cops held the...
Six Boys, One Cop on the Road to Restorative Justice
With US Attorney-General Eric Holder announcing plans to curb mass incarceration, could restorative justice transform America’s prison-industrial complex? On a dare, six young men,...
Ex-con Becomes an Honorary Police Officer
At one time he was considered one of the most notorious jewel thieves in the United States. He spent 11 years in some of...
10 Black Child Geniuses You Should Know
If you depended on the evening news or pop culture to paint a picture of young Blacks, you would probably think that the majority...
Broadland: Welcome to the UK’s Most Peaceful Place
The Norfolk area of Broadland has been named the most "peaceful" area of the UK.
The tranquil district, which has a population of about 125,000,...
Mexican drug homicides fall 14 percent in four months
Mexico said on April 11 that killings linked to organized crime fell 14 percent in the first four months of the presidency of Enrique...
A Mother’s Fight Against ‘3-Strikes Law’ Helps Hundreds
Since the November election, 240 California prisoners facing potential life sentences have been set free. That's because voters changed California's tough three strikes sentencing...
How Two Birmingham Gangs Became Allies
A social enterprise founded by former gang members has helped to end a 20-year turf war in Birmingham. The One Mile Away organization...
US Makes Big Strides in Reducing Domestic Violence
The rate of partner-to-partner violence dropped by a stunning 64 percent between 1994 and 2010, a recent Justice Department report has found. The trend,...