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Man Reunites With NY Firefighter Who Pulled Him From Fatal Fire 23 Years Ago
Twenty-three years ago, a firefighter rushed into a burning home in Poughkeepsie with two young brothers inside. One of them died in the fire, but the other, a 3-year-old, was rescued, and over the weekend, he reunited for the first time with the man who saved him.
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Doctor Prescribes Hug to NYC Grandma After COVID-19 Vaccination
After a year of physical distancing, a New York City grandmother finally received a prescription she had been waiting for: a hug.
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Florida Wallet Hero a Mystery Man No Longer
A woman unexpectedly reunited with her lost wallet has met the once anonymous Good Samaritan who went out of his way to deliver it to her home
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‘A Miracle': Toddler Recovers After Spending Life Hospitalized With Rare Condition
Christine Pathak has marked every milestone in a hospital — most of them inside St. Mary’s in Queens. Everything from trick-or-treating to Thanksgiving to Christmas to birthdays were celebrated at the hospital. That all changed Friday. It was during her time hospitalized, when there were moments that standing seemed impossible for the now 2-and-a-half-year-old. The fact that she walked through…
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Good Samaritan Praised for Going Above and Beyond to Return Lost Wallet
A good Samaritan is being praised for his kind-hearted act of anonymously returning a Florida woman’s lost wallet
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Good Samaritan Delivers Lost Wallet
A good Samaritan is being praised for his kind-hearted act of anonymously returning a Florida woman’s lost wallet.
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Jets Fans Reunited With Super Bowl Cutout After Cross-Country Search
One woman’s search for an adorable toddler who was sitting in the stands at the Super Bowl on Sunday as a cardboard cutout is over. Tampa Bay resident Caitlin Katz reunited 18-month-old Jet and his family with his cutout over Zoom on Wednesday after she took to social media in search of the boy and other owners of the...
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NJ Dog Owner Reunited With Pet Who Saved His Life While Suffering Stroke
It was an emotional reunion as 6-year-old German shepherd Sadie bounded into the lap of Brian Myers as he exited his rehab facility, weeks after helping save his life during a medical episode in the middle of the night
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Denver Coffeehouse Helps Young Adults Build Professional Skills
Denver-based Prodigy Coffeehouse has a mission to help young adults who have not found success in traditional school or work structures
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Need an Escape? Watch This $2 Million McLaren Supercar Drag Race an F-35 Fighter Jet
What happens when one of the world’s fastest supercars takes on an $80 million fighter jet in a drag race? The ‘Top Gear’ YouTube channel decided to find out.
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs Released a Free Meditation to Help You Sleep
Sean “Diddy” Combs released a guided meditation on the audiobook site, Audible, that’s meant to help you relax before bed and fight fatigue. Here’s how to start meditating today.
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This Amsterdam Restaurant Set Up Individual Greenhouses to Keep Diners Apart—Take a Look Inside
In Amsterdam, one restaurant will allow visitors to eat inside individual greenhouses as a way to implement social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Billionaire Spanx Founder Loans Out Her Wedding Dress to Strangers—Including Brides Affected by the Pandemic
Sara Blakely, founder and CEO of Spanx, recently made an offer on Instagram: Brides who postponed their wedding due to COVID-19 can borrow her dress. And it’s not the first time she’s done it.
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Delivering Donated Meals to Coronavirus Workers Is Helping Keep These Restaurants in Business
“It came full circle. I could feed people. People are donating. They’re able to sponsor a bowl. That then brings my staff back in to work, and now people have jobs. They feel hope,” chef Joseph “JJ” Johnson, owner of FieldTrip in Harlem, New York City, tells CNBC Make It.
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The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Changing the Way People Celebrate Major Events and Holidays—Here's How They're Adapting
Across the country, Covid-19 is affecting the way people are celebrating events and holidays. Here’s how they’re “getting together” and following traditions over long distances.
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These Golden Retriever ‘Brew Dogs' Help Deliver Beer During Social Distancing—Take a Look
Buddy and Barley, aka “The Brew Dogs,” accompany their humans on beer deliveries, helping Six Harbors Brewing Company in Huntington, New York stay afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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MIT Engineers Designed an Affordable, Reusable Face Mask That's as Effective as an N95 — Take a Look
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have a created a new type of face mask that could be a game-changer for healthcare workers. The new design is reusable, and can easily be sterilized. Plus, in tests, it performed as well as the standard N95 respirators. Take a look at the innovations.
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How ‘the Lasagna Guys' Collected $1.26 Million in Donations to Feed New York City's Hospital Workers
Restaurateur Luca Di Pietro and his team have become known as the “lasagna guys” among New York City’s frontline workers. That’s because Di Pietro has helped deliver more than 64,000 meals to healthcare workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Philadelphia Student Raises $30K for Charity by Selling Pizza From 2nd Story Window
A grad student in Philadelphia, Pa., has raised $30,000 to help combat hunger in the area by baking pizzas and “dropping” them out of his second-story window.
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10 Positive Takeaways From 2020 as the Year Draws to a Close
As 2020 draws to a close, CNBC Make It looks at some of the major breakthroughs achieved this year and the positive shifts they foretell for 2021 and beyond.