Human Stories
Human-interest stories about real lives and real impact.
Golden Retriever Pulled Alive From the Rubble Three Days After a Landslide Buried Her Home
Lexa's family had already been evacuated from their General Trias, Cavite home when they heard her barking beneath the wreckage days later, and volunteers spent hours digging her free.
Uganda Moves 12 Endangered Giraffes 65 Miles to Keep Them Safe From Oil Drilling
Rangers darted and trucked the giraffes from Murchison Falls National Park to a reserve once emptied by poaching, part of a conservation effort that has helped the country's Nubian giraffe population grow from under 300 to more than 2,400.
A Spokane Bootmaker Is Handing Out Free $600 Boots to Wildfire Crews Whose Own Are Held Together With Tape
JK Boots opened its headquarters as a rest stop for wildland firefighters battling the Spokane-area fires, offering hot food, a place to cool off, and new boots at no charge.
Students Just Built the World's First Solar-Powered Ambulance — And It's Headed to Kenya
Stella Juva can travel more than 700km on sunlight alone, carrying X-ray and ultrasound equipment to places that don't have paved roads, let alone power lines.