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Good News This Week: August 29, 2026 - Cookies, Playgrounds, & Seahorses

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

Woman in a light pink gingham dress holding a pink flower near her face, smiling with eyes closed against a white background.

Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival raises $10M for reproductive rights

The donation will be split among 10 nonprofits “dedicated to advancing and advocating for women and girls.”

A three-toed sloth hangs upside down from a blue rope, surrounded by green foliage and branches.

Camera traps capture adorable images of Costa Rica's 'sloth bridges,' built to help the slowpokes cross roads safely

The canopy wildlife crossings are a lifeline for the mammals native to Central and South American rainforests.

Large electrical distribution cabinets with colored wiring and circuit breakers line a concrete floor beneath an industrial ceiling with cable trays and fluorescent lighting.

New NJ law requires data centers to report water and energy use: 'They will not operate in the shadows'

The law requires operators to disclose total energy consumption, energy used for cooling and IT equipment, peak daily water use, water sources, and backup power supplies to the state Board of Public Utilities twice a year.

Two side-by-side photos of an orange and white cat wearing a yellow hard hat and yellow safety vest with reflective stripes. The cat has blue eyes and is looking directly at the camera in both images.

An environmental restoration company rescued a kitten from an excavator. Now she's their newest 'coworker'

Sue was barely a week old when she tumbled into a construction excavator.

Orange crab with white-rimmed eye stalks and dark pupils, viewed from above against a black background.

Scientists discovered 149 new deep-sea species near a collapsed volcano: 'It was a massive hole in the data'

Marine scientists from Museums Victoria in Melbourne recently wrapped a deep-sea expedition near the remote Christmas and Cocos islands.

A white and brown kitten walks through yellow and black Lego equipment while being held by a person's hands.

Toy store employee makes 'wobbly head' kitten a custom wheelchair out of Lego bricks

“Our goal each day is to create our own slice of LEGO magic for our customers,” the toy store said.

Men at a solar farm, fixing and tending to solar panels

Amid Europe's record-breaking heat and drought, solar power made it possible to cope

Europe’s solar panels produced 17% more power during the summer’s heat waves than they normally do, stabilizing the grid as afternoon cooling demand climbed.

Inside a retail store, a mannequin wears a blue plaid shirt and olive pants while standing near display tables with folded clothing. A large red directory sign on the left lists store sections numbered 1, 2, and 3. Large windows show a parking structure outside.

West Virginia gives 54K low-income families a $200 school clothing allowance

In a new twist in the handling of the program, some low-income children who didn’t apply for the money have now received the back-to-school financial assistance.

A woman in a blue flight suit sits in a leather chair speaking to a group of children seated on the floor in a wood-paneled room with green walls. A man in a dark suit sits nearby. American flags are visible on a table between them.

Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch answers elementary schoolers' burning questions

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch spoke with two dozen elementary schoolers in North Carolina on Wednesday.

A small box turtle with a dark shell patterned in yellow and orange markings is held in a gloved black hand against a blurred light background.

The Bronx Zoo rescues 800 endangered turtles from 'unprecedented surge in trafficking'

In just two years, the Bronx Zoo has helped rehabilitate hundreds of turtles that are believed to have been collected from the wild for the illegal pet trade.

A large wild cat (lynx) with two younger cubs rests on the ground, with the adult's eyes closed and the cubs looking toward the camera.

Trail camera captures rare sighting of endangered lynx kitten and its mother in Colorado

The rare cat has been endangered for half a century.