What went right this week: the good news you should know about - Positive News (www.positive.news)
Postal worker brings dog to vet after snakebite and lets family know on their doorbell camera (people.com)
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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup (www.geekwire.com)
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10,000 Wild Oysters Released Onto Human-Made Reef off Coast of England (www.ecowatch.com)
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Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier elected in Manitoba (www.theguardian.com)
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Pakistan resumes issuing 'X' ID cards to transgender people (www.washingtonblade.com)
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Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com)
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Watch: Police Officer Nearly Gored While Freeing Bull Elk from Swing (www.outdoorlife.com)
Can homegrown carbon offsetting tackle dodgy ‘far-flung’ schemes? (www.euronews.com)
Indiana Police Officers Rescue Suicidal Woman in Daring Overpass Save (yugmarg.in)
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Make a Difference: Local heroes honoured at awards in Leeds (www.bbc.com)
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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.
Mauritius Supreme Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex in Landmark Decision (www.advocate.com)
The Supreme Court of the East African country of Mauritius decriminalized same-sex sexual relations Wednesday when it declared the country’s British colonial era anti-sodomy laws relations were unconstitutional....
Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon (apnews.com)
'Happy news' as endangered Sumatran rhino, the smallest and hairiest species, is born in Indonesia (www.abc.net.au)
An endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Indonesia last week in a conservation area, the country’s government said on Monday....
Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....
LeVar Burton to Lead 2023 Banned Books Week [October 1–7, 2023] as Honorary Chair | Banned Books Week (bannedbooksweek.org)
Leave Texas and other Draconian states and risk getting pulled over for driving pregnant? Nope, just have the pills mailed from California. (www.cbsnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned. California already has a law protecting doctors who provide abortions from out-of-state judgments.
A new era for Arecibo: legendary observatory begins next phase (www.nature.com)
Spotted-tailed quoll thought extinct in South Australia caught at Beachport after 130 years (www.abc.net.au)
Global solar installations projected to jump 56% this year!! (slrpnk.net)
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Announcing ‘Be My AI,’ Soon Available for Hundreds of Thousands of Be My Eyes Users (www.bemyeyes.com)
Texas church defies government crackdown by blessing drag queens (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The Cathedral of Hope — an LGBTQ±affirming United Church of Christ in Dallas, Texas — has made a concerted effort to defend the queer community from “persecution,” as the state government targets drag queens and transgender people....
Anti-Trans Canadian March Outnumbered By Huge Trans Rights Crowds, Teachers Unions (www.erininthemorning.com)
Anti-trans group, 1 Million March 4 Children, planned massive protests against the rights of trans students. They were largely drowned out by huge crowds of supporters for trans rights and unions....
Good news in history: On this day, 133 years ago, Congress established Sequoia National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
