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Two photos side by side. On the left is a 9-year-old girl with short blonde hair wearing a lavender shirt. On the right is a poster for "Wicked: For Good."

Arts & Culture

9-year-old with stage 4 cancer given early screening of 'Wicked: For Good:' 'Checking off her bucket list'

“I hope that this film has made you believe you can fly,” Cynthia Erivo told her.

A close-up of a baby's botton in a diaper

Health

This nonprofit provides free diapers to parents in need, aims to be a nationwide model

Diaper banks are a lifeline for low-income parents.

Animals

This creature found off the coast of Antarctica looks like something straight out of 'Stranger Things.' It's a new species

Russian scientist Mikhail V. Nazarkin has added a new species to the scientific record, four decades after it was fished from the freezing waters of Eastern Antarctica.

A modular tiny home sits on planks in a village in Hawaii

Housing

Two years since Maui fires, 900 Hawaii residents move into historic tiny home village: 'Second largest in the nation'

The homes are specifically for wildfire survivors who were not eligible for FEMA assistance.

A photo collage of a woman's photo encircled with a car in the background, a solar panel farm, a man standing in front of a small crowd, an aerial view of a field as a moving machine cuts through it, and a little girl seated at a table with a plate of food in front of her

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Stonehenge, pcitured at night, with a crowd of people blurring past.

Housing

You can raise money for homeless veterans by sleeping under the stars at Stonehenge

UK charity Alabaré’s flagship fundraiser is approaching, and they set their sights on one of the most visited sites in England.

On a blue background are cutouts of toilet paper, candles, soap, and spray bottles, interspersed with white arrows

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A pile of colorful knitting patterns, yarn, and yarnballs.

People Doing Good

For premature babies, hand-knit clothes may be all that fits them. One woman has made and donated thousands

When her local hospital requested clothes for their NICU, Kim Franks immediately stepped up to help.

Two photos side-by-side. On the left is a young Jamaican man named Rayvon Stewart. On the right is a white, half-moon shaped device on top of a bronze doorknob

Tech & Innovation

Student invents self-sanitizing door handle for hospitals, receives award from prime minister

Rayvon Stewart is revolutionizing disinfection technology across the Caribbean.

Marc Maron, a white male in his 60s with a beard, mustache, and glasses is mid-sentence in a frame from the documentary "Anxiety Club."

Mental Health

Stand-up comedians open up about anxiety and depression in new documentary. Streaming profits will go to mental health support

In the new documentary, now available to stream, Marc Maron, Aparna Nancherla, Eva Victor, and more are opening up about their relationship with anxiety and depression.