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• Dogs roam free in beautiful ‘Land of Strays,’ where more than 1,000 abandoned pups enjoy paradise

  
• Texas girl, 10, hailed a hero for aiding father whose heart almost stopped
• Meet Glenn Alan and Cynthia Gordy, the Team Celebrating and Identifying Black-Owned Businesses in Brooklyn
• Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $1 each and a city pledge of $200K for young entrepreneurs
• A four-legged lifesaver: Meet Wrenn the Diabetic Alert Dog
• Vallarta Supermarkets donates $110K for higher education
• €˜It represents hugs from all these strangers’: Humboldt comfort blanket project brings people together from coast to coast. Michele Kane wanted to make a blanket for each person killed in last month’s crash. Now, she says she’s €˜up to her eyeballs’ in thousands of yellow and green squares.

  

• Ecstasy therapy may help service veterans suffering PTSD- Combining intensive psychotherapy with a pure form of the party drug ecstasy is safe and could aid recovery in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to the findings of a study in military veterans
• Nonprofit donates 300 bikes to Mt. Zion Elementary
• Bus drivers in Japan have taken to the streets in an unusual form of protest. While technically on strike, they are continuing to drive their routes while refusing to take fares from passengers.
• Five bucks tip transforms into the biggest tip ever for one uber driver
• C-A-T named D-O-G is star canine trainer
• With girls joining the ranks, Boy Scouts plan a name change

  

• An Air Force Investigator Was Browsing Reddit And Ended Up Saving An Airman’s Life
• CONTROVERSIAL Lawmakers OK ban on the sale of sunscreens linked to coral damage: Despite reservations from some cancer experts, Hawaii lawmakers approved a ban Tuesday on the sale of sunscreens with chemicals that could be harmful to the environment.
• Success story: Teen accepted to more than 100 colleges, earns $4.5M in scholarships
• Now You Can Get Paid to Travel Across America and Take Photos of the Sun
• Watch Bone Marrow Donor Give Special Birthday Surprise to the Man He Saved
• Hotel Gives Best Friends Unforgettable Night Together After Hearing About Woman’s Brain Cancer
• 3 Ways You Can Find More Happiness at Work
• Couple donates $100 million to Fox Valley Community Foundation

  

• Guatemala: Off-grid solar for rural communities
• Scientists May Have Just Overcome the Biggest Obstacle to Mass-Producing Hydrogen Fuel
• Badges, the ‘pawfficer,’ joins Michigan police department
• Police K-9 won’t get into the car without belly rub
• Middle-school hurdler gives up the lead to help her fallen opponent at the finish line
• The Missing Piece – Autistic Boy Blooms Thanks To The Las Vegas Knights
• Man’s act of kindness on airplane goes viral
• Millie Bobby Brown Is Using Her Shaved Head To Uplift Other Girls
• 2 sisters, a bully and the apology 60 years in the making that set them free

  

• Cross-country walkers: Military veteran and childhood friend walk across the country to remind us that America is, indeed, beautiful
• Retiring Police Officer Tears Up as He Delivers Final Radio Call
• SFFD veteran’s donated heart saves the life of Oroville man
• 68-Year-old With Alzheimer’s Staves Off the Disease by Climbing the Same Mountain Every Day
• €˜Vicious’ Dog Call Turns into Friendship Between €˜Pit Bull’ and Police Officer
• Exonerated man on Golden State Killer’s possible role in a cold case
• A student uses Etch A Sketch to help achieve his dreams
• After Almost a Decade of Activism and Protests, Chicago’s South Side Finally Has an Adult Trauma Center Again
• Bald eagles Mr. President, First Lady welcome eaglet at National Arboretum in D.C.

  

• 8 Feel-Good Stories Of Strangers Helping Someone They Didn’t Know
• Good Samaritans carry North Carolina WWII vet to wife’s grave

  

• Community volunteers making home €œsweet€ again
• Random Acts of Kindness: Return of lost cell phone truly appreciated
• California boy, 3, runs bases in ‘slow motion’ in viral video

• New DNA research brings the hope of depression cure

  

• L.A. Budgets $430 Million, More Than Doubling Its Previous Amount, in Effort to Ease Homeless Problem
• A new approach for hard-to-treat BRCA breast cancer shrinks tumors twice as fast
• Drones deliver blood and medical supplies in Rwanda.
• Missing dog ‘miraculously’ rescued from Kentucky river in a dramatic video
• New Maryland law aims to reduce demand for puppy mill dogs
• 42 of the Biggest Food Companies Make Historic Pledge to Cut Plastic Waste
• DNA Day: He found his long-lost brother at school €” then took the trip of a lifetime

  

• Grassroots effort helps students earn their GED’s
• This Nightclub for the Elderly Is Fighting Loneliness with Tea Party Raves
• Massey’s Furniture Barn donated nearly $11,000 Monday to four school libraries along with one community library.
• New York Woman’s Adopted Hound Dog Rescues Her By Sniffing Out Skin Cancer and Saving Her Life
• Legal marijuana could help offset opioid epidemic
• Man Was Told His Rare Gold Coin Was Fake €“ Now He’s Set to Become a Millionaire
• A special sisterhood: Knitting nonprofit aids breast cancer survivors

  

• Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation Enables Paralyzed People to Regain Use of Hands
• ‘We were kicked out for laughing’ – Social media campaign by two friends is making the world smile
• A woman stole from a donut shop tip jar. Now they’re collecting donations for her
• How Bad Is the Labor Shortage? Cities Will Pay You to Move There
• Beer mile raises funds for cancer
• A positive story about mental health care in Colorado
• WW II veteran to graduate 68 years after leaving college

  

• Eight women, children from Central American ‘caravan’ first to enter U.S
• Keene friends to serve up new brews from Bradco Street
• $2.5m in seed funding for Dyn co-founder’s startup Minim to secure ‘internet of things’
• ‘Grandma Cuddler’ soothes NICU babies at New York hospital

  

• The touching story behind George H.W. Bush’s book socks, the man who started it all

  

• Sailing around the world — with three kids

  

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