Lassana Bathily, the grocery clerk who has received international accolades for his heroism during the recent hostage crisis at a Parisian kosher market, was detained for 90 minutes by Paris police after alerting them that several customers were alive and hiding in the basement. » 1/12/15 12:45pm 1/12/15 12:45pm

This weekend, an upstate New York 911 operator took a call from a woman whose sister in law was about to give birth. And by that I mean she was literally two minutes away from giving birth. » 11/17/14 4:30pm 11/17/14 4:30pm

Colin Powell is a true American hero. » 11/13/14 2:30pm 11/13/14 2:30pm

Bea Cohen, now 104, used to "collect black widow spiders and sen[d] them to the University of Southern California so that their strong webs could be used in the crosshairs in the sites of submarine periscopes during the Second World War." » 11/11/14 3:00pm 11/11/14 3:00pm

Everybody does it. We obsessively watch TV shows that we kind of despise, and then we mock them, and complain about them on the internet afterwards. "Hate-watching" is a thing now. What's going on — are we just masochists? Are we doing serious damage to our bodies? What's the worst thing that could happen to us? » 11/03/14 4:29pm 11/03/14 4:29pm

A woman is alive today thanks to a quick thinking surfer. » 10/12/14 11:15pm 10/12/14 11:15pm

A cat in Australia is being hailed as a hero after she rescued her owner from a house fire. » 9/02/14 9:30pm 9/02/14 9:30pm

Good news, East Anglia!!! Get stranded in the Chiltern Hills or grievously wounded in Norwich City Center (too much pedestrianization, imo), and a handsome literal prince might LITERALLY COME RESCUE YOU. Literal Prince William has taken a job as a medevac helicopter pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance, which means… » 8/07/14 12:00pm 8/07/14 12:00pm

When she saw that her car was being towed, the first impulse of the Russian woman in this video was to hop up on the car, take off her clothes and turn the crane of the tow truck into a makeshift stripper pole. Apparently, her performance was not well-received. » 7/25/14 5:15pm 7/25/14 5:15pm

Carelessly knock those candles over, ladies: FDNY's 2015 Calendar of Heroes has arrived. Is it getting hot in here or is it just my embarrassment over opening a post with a tired cliche? » 7/15/14 4:15pm 7/15/14 4:15pm

A police officer responding to a burglary wound up lending a helping hand to a curious cat found at the scene. » 6/24/14 10:30pm 6/24/14 10:30pm

A baby plummeting from a second-story window was caught by two passers by and the whole thing was caught on video and what a strange, weird world we live in. Lanky babies falling from the sky. Crowds standing around to watch the infant swan dive. People helping each other in weird, terrifying ways. » 5/23/14 10:20am 5/23/14 10:20am

A meteorologist in Ohio saved a helpless kitten after a devastating tornado and reunited it with its family. » 5/21/14 8:30pm 5/21/14 8:30pm

Since saving her owners' four-year-old son from a dog attack earlier this week, Tara the Hero Cat has become America's favorite celebrity virtually overnight. And everyone wants a piece. » 5/16/14 12:00pm 5/16/14 12:00pm

This morning, everyone lost their shit over Tara, the hero cat of Bakersfield who saved her owner's 4-year-old son from an unprovoked dog attack in one of the greatest cat videos of all time. Now, Tara finally speaks. Kind of. » 5/14/14 5:00pm 5/14/14 5:00pm

A Bakersfield, California boy suffered only minor injuries after what could have been a tragic dog attack was thwarted...by the family cat. » 5/14/14 12:00pm 5/14/14 12:00pm

Three women in their early 20s were arrested in Beaverton, OR on Monday after they were spotted twerking in front of municipal court windows. One of them allegedly peed in between two cop cars while her friend filmed it. They were stopped by police, who reportedly discovered the girls were in possession of coke, meth… » 4/29/14 4:00pm 4/29/14 4:00pm