April 11, 2021 Pandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from home Many laid-off chefs or idle restaurant workers have pivoted to dishing out food with a taste of home. Some have found their entrepreneurial side, slinging culinary creations from their own kitchens.
April 10, 2021 Texas homeless man gets job, support after stranger's generosity: 'God is good' Kenneth Smith, from Fort Worth, Texas, was able to get a job and a roof over his head after a stranger gave him a $100 Outback Steakhouse gift card.
April 9, 2021 New Jersey server receives almost $2G after customer refuses to tip over COVID-19 rules Last week, a customer refused to tip a server because the restaurant has a 90-minute time limit.
April 8, 2021 Woman covers Lyft, Uber rides to help Asian residents in New Yorkers get home safely The account has one goal: to pay the Uber or Lyft fee for any woman or elderly individual of Asian descent in New York in order to help them get to their destination safely if they feel "unsafe taking the train in NYC."
April 8, 2021 Florida man drives lawn mower across state on mission to help Habitat for Humanity Chip Hawthorne, who works at Main Street Mower in Winter Garden, didn't resort to any common method of fundraising.Â
April 3, 2021 Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on the all-women Kurdish-Syrian militia fighting ISIS A best-selling author and expert on foreign relations has highlighted the harrowing work of the members of an all-women Kurdish-Syrian militia, who have come toe-to-toe with their male counterparts in combatting ISIS, Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµâ€™s Shannon Bream reported Saturday.
April 2, 2021 Coinstar fixes Georgia man's oily penny paycheck problem A Georgia man that was shocked to find the amount of his final paycheck in the form of pennies dumped in his driveway last month is getting some help from coin-counting company Coinstar.
March 31, 2021 Ohio restaurant receives $1G tip despite ‘chaotic,’ low-staffed night The Battleground, a Mexican restaurant in Kent, Ohio, received a generous tip on Saturday, despite low-staffing, long waits and mishandled takeout orders.
March 30, 2021 WWII vet knits wool hats during COVID-19 pandemic for Salvation Army Tom Cornish has sent the items to food shelters, hospitals, churches and to the homeless men and women he would see on the streets of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
March 30, 2021 Girl Scout breaks cookie-selling record with more than 30,000 boxes sold An eight-year-old broke the record for selling the most girl scout cookies in one season with a sweet incentive -- donating to charity.