7-year-old speaks out after school bus driver jumps to his aid: 'She's my hero' (www.goodmorningamerica.com) Raquel Radford Baker, a veteran driver for Dallas Independent School District, had been on a school bus outside Seagoville North Elementary School on the morning of Sept. 29 with several students when one of them began to choke....
Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com) cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1021018...
California State Parks, Miwok tribe agree to pact that preserves parks on ancestral lands (www.sacbee.com)
Poland starts retraining coal workers for burgeoning wind farm industry. (notesfrompoland.com) Wins:...
The annular solar eclipse will cross over North America on Saturday, Oct. 14. How to make a DIY annular solar eclipse viewer using paper, scissors, tape, foil, and a shoe box or cereal box. (kfor.com)
MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water” (scitechdaily.com)
Prime Minister Trudeau backs bill to ban export of live horses for Japanese horse-meat delicacy (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Denver Basic Income Project for the unhoused sees the number of participants who own or rent a home increase from 5% of participants to 40% in 6 months. (drive.google.com) There are multiple groups, the group referred to in the title received a lump sum of $6500 the first month, then $500 every month after that.
8 rehabilitated manatees flown from Ohio to Florida in preparation for release (www.clickorlando.com)
[USA, Nespelem, WA] 23 Buffalo Released on the Colville Reservation. These herds preserve the ecosystems that sustain both bison and tribal communities. (www.tribaltribune.com) These herds preserve the ecosystems that sustain both bison and tribal communities.
Reading Ripples Project Benefits from Book Collection. Books being donated for children and teens in need. To date, United Way has processed and distributed nearly 7,500 books. (gantnews.com)
Postal worker brings dog to vet after snakebite and lets family know on their doorbell camera (people.com) cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1012949...
10,000 Wild Oysters Released Onto Human-Made Reef off Coast of England (www.ecowatch.com) cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1014440...
Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier elected in Manitoba (www.theguardian.com) cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1016220...
‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup (www.geekwire.com) cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1013987...
Make a Difference: Local heroes honoured at awards in Leeds (www.bbc.com) cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1012948...