Phoenix coffee shop offers jobs, life skill training for kids aging out of foster care

Cultivate Coffee, a Phoenix coffee shop, is helping them prepare for success by offering them more than a job - they're preparing these teenagers for adulthood.

UFO and alligator sightings, flipping the bird, creepy dolls: This week's heartwarming, offbeat headlines

Need a break from bad news? Here's some stories about reports of an alligator in a Glendale lake, a mysterious UFO sighting, and a plane giving a state the middle finger to brighten your week.

Grandson & 92-year old Grandma duo on quest to visit every U.S. National Park

A D.C. man is taking his 92-year old grandma Joy on the road trip of a lifetime. The two have set out to visit every national park in the United States.

Volunteers come together to take Maricopa County shelter dogs on walks

Volunteers in Mesa are coming together every month to take dogs at the Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shelter on a morning walk.

Dixon Butts, dinosaur prints, Tesla key implants: This week's heartwarming, offbeat headlines

Need a break from bad news? Here's some stories about joke political signs in Arizona, a shelter training dogs before adoption, and newly-discovered dinosaur tracks to brighten your week.

Minnesota man opens heart and home to 'misfit' dogs

Lary Schuette packs his home with fourteen dogs that all were chosen because they face some big challenges. Many are in wheelchairs with only two legs that work, others have no legs at all.

Giant panda twins born in China as vulnerable species struggles to survive

Chinese veterinarians have been using artificial insemination to boost the population of vulnerable giant pandas, which rarely reproduce in the wild.

California author shares moving account of reunion with teacher credited for changing his life

A Northern California author and Stanford writing fellow has shared a moving story about a long-awaited reunion with a teacher he'd been looking for for almost 20 years. Jamil Jan Kochai said he'd been looking for his 2nd grade teacher so he could thank her for everything she did to change his life.