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A Little Bit of Awesome: 9/14/2020 Edition

Franzia is selling a backpack that holds an entire box of wine, with a spout on the side for easy…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 9/10/2020

Cartier Carey, an 11-year-old in Virginia has raised a ton of money this summer selling lemonade . . . enough…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 9/8 2020 Edition

The creator of Jelly Belly is retiring and giving away a candy factory, Willy Wonka style. He’s holding a contest…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 9/4/2020

A guy in Virginia named Louie Correa started a group called the “Birthday Brigade” that travels around and throws socially…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 9/3/2020 Edition

These officers from Miami are awesome for their efforts at saving this guy. A family from Australia was in the…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 9/2/2020 Edition

A guy in New Jersey named Brian Schwartz was vice-president at an ad agency before he got laid off in…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 8/31/2020 Edition

A mom in Florida named Amanda Simpson-Rojas was reunited with her two-year-old daughter Kaiya after five months apart. Kaiya went…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 8/28/2020 Edition

Like a lot of people, LeeAnn Turner started baking sourdough bread at the start of the pandemic. She never stopped.…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 8/27/2020 Edition

A 14-year-old kid in Tennessee named William Cabaniss has been raising money for charity by bottling and selling his own…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 8/25/2020 Edition

Mayana Lifchitz, 19, and her father, Yosef, from Chicago started a charity in 2009 called Books 4 Cause that takes…

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US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

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Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, died Wednesday after being shot at a college event, Trump said. The co-founder and CEO of the youth organization Turning Point USA, the 31-year-old Kirk is the latest victim in a spasm of political violence across the United States.

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David Bowie archive opens in London chronicling five decades of icon’s restless creativity

When David Bowie died in 2016, he left a vast musical legacy – and a trove of unrealized projects. Tantalizing details of those abandoned and unfinished ideas are revealed in Bowie's archive, which opens to the public this week.

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Star Trek plans packed lineup for the franchise’s 60th anniversary, with Lego sets and YouTube show

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Dick Van Dyke turns 100 in December. Fans can celebrate at the movies

Movie theaters across the country are pulling out the stops for Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday in December. A new documentary about the song and dance man's life, "Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration," will be in theaters over his birthday weekend on Dec. 13 and 14, Fathom Entertainment said Wednesday.