In a pleasant twist to recent stories about social networks being used to prematurely accuse certain Boston Marathon attendees of potential involvement in the bombings, Richard Whalley says he was able to find his injured parents thanks in large part to the Internet.

If there is one thing the Internet loves its cochlear implants. Namely, watching people with cochlear implants react to having them switched on for the first time.

When a Georgia mother's 2-month-old baby suddenly stopped breathing, there was only one thing she could think to do: Scream at the top of her lungs.

Some people (ahem) need to wait until after their son comes out to show their support. Not Nate's dad.

Gavin Robert Stevens is a 4-year-old boy who suffers from Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) — a rare hereditary retina disease that has left him completely blind.

One day last September, Chelsey Feole was in her car blasting some "Runaround Sue" and waiting on her nana.

When Jhaqueil Reagan's mother died two years ago, he was left with no choice but to quit school so he could take care of his siblings.

When 70-year-old James "Jimmy" McConnell passed away last month at a care home in Southsea, Hampshire, he left behind no known family members.

This past Saturday, in a nondescript NYC subway car, something truly extraordinary took place.

An auto shop owner from Harrisonville, Missouri, was on his way out of a local Sutherlands home improvement store when he came across an envelope containing $1,200.

Jenessa Simons has spent the past three years searching for her biological parents.

Though he was unable to meet young leukemia patient Zach Guillot in person, the movie star arranged instead to have a lengthy phone conversation with the boy about his favorite topic: Batman.

A three-legged dog who was spotted by a supermarket's surveillance camera helping himself to a treat from the pet food aisle has become an overnight sensation in his home country of New Zealand.

65 years ago, Betty Billadeau and her kid brother Clifford Boyson were torn apart by fate and sent to two different foster homes.

Employees at the State Department welcomed back Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a month-long absence due to a string of health problems.

Looking to grab a piece of pizza with extra "slut sauce" from Mikey's Late Night Slice truck, Joel Diaz and his friend Ethan got in line with the rest of the after-hours set.

It was 35 degrees outside the night 25-year-old NYPD officer Lawrence "Larry" DePrimo bought a pair of $100 Sketchers boots and some socks for a homeless man on the corner of 44th and Broadway.

This video was tailor-made for Monday mornings.

Though nearly every child knows what they want to be when they grow up, rarely do they grow up to be those things.

Four years ago, Stranger staffer Renée Krulich was celebrating Barack Obama's victory with millions of others across the country when she suddenly received a "random text of excitement" from someone she didn't know.