Author: Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY

“We can never express how grateful we are for his kindness,” wrote Sheila Kane, 78, in a letter to Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources.

“We can never express how grateful we are for his kindness,” wrote Sheila Kane, 78, in a letter to Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources.

In the wake of the Monterey Park mass shooting that killed 11, Lutheran Church Charities deployed five trained golden retrievers to offer support.

Elaine Kuper, who celebrated her 100th birthday in November, devoted 61 years to volunteering at Texas Children’s Hospital before retiring in 2015.

When a home nursing shortage prevented newborn Amir Keys from going home, his mother began training to become a NICU nurse.

More than 50 million Americans are under a wind chill warning as brutal cold and a blockbuster blizzard approach a huge swath of the nation.

“We’re trying to make sure kids see the things we didn’t grow up seeing so they can pass that on to their kids,” said Chris Kennedy, a Black Santa.

Frigid temperatures and a significant winter storm could threaten holiday travel plans for millions from the Plains to the Eastern Seaboard.