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A woman farms in tall crops

An innovative backpack aims to save farmworkers from extreme heat. It only costs $20

A nurse and professor borrowed the idea from the military – and now it’s being tested in North Carolina’s scorching fields.
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A honey bee rests on a finger, sucking up nectar.

This man went viral online after he calmly let a bee sting him and 'unwind' its stinger: 'I had no idea they could survive this'

Chris Park said that honey bees can unwind their sting “if we give them safety, time, apology and love.”
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A large body of water with a cityscape of Camden, New Jersey in the background

Last year, this New Jersey city experienced its first 'homicide-free summer' in 50 years. Police reform is to thank

Community and activist groups, as well as local media, played a major role in better policing by the Camden County Police Department.
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From left to right: A woman in a red hoodie gasps at something off camera. A close-up of a green sea turtle washed ashore. The same woman from the left panel on the beach when its pitch dark, bundled up in a coat

This woman refused to leave a sea turtle’s side until rescuers arrived. Thanks to her, it got a second chance at life

It’s illegal to touch a sea turtle, but Clara Macciocchi quickly realized she was dealing with extraordinary circumstances.
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A Black mother kisses her baby on the cheek

Social activists refuse to give up on Black mothers, even as the word 'Black' is removed from life-saving bills

Black women in the U.S. have long suffered from inadequate health care access, structural racism, and a disturbing history of medical abuse.
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A wooden restroom sign split down the middle, with a "male" symbol on the left and a "female" symbol on the right

This activist refuses to let intersex people be erased: 'We're not exotic, but we are exhausted'

Alicia Roth Weigel has been fighting outdated societal standards since 2017.
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A green sea turtle covered in barnacles gets barnacle removal help from a marine biologist wearing gloves.

See these ‘crusty green’ sea turtles after two months of rehabilitation: ‘The difference is remarkable’

Sir Barksalot, Shih Tzu, Cavalier, Boykin, and Rottweiler were all rescued sea turtles dubbed the “Crusty Greens."
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A black and white image of two women behind a giant 2,000-pound sea turtle

Scientists fit tracking device onto 2,000-pound sea turtle to protect rare species

Fewer than 1,000 leatherback sea turtles remain in the Eastern Pacific. Lucero is one of them.
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A boat photographed from a distance, on the water, called El Escudo

A boat trip can emit the same carbon as an 186-mile road trip. So this captain made his whale-watching boat emission-free

Captain Dan Salas of Harbor Breeze Cruises has been working on the project for five years.
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Amanda Drag, a drag queen newscaster, stands on a television stage with her arms outspread.

This newscaster is making LGBTQ+ history in Mexican television by delivering the news in drag

Guillermo Barraza hosts “La Verdrag,” a news program “where minorities turn into a majority.”
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A photo collage of a wind turbine, actor Belmont Cameli, a gray wolf, and a river dam with a row of big logs in the water

Good News This Week: May 30, 2026 - Wolves, Libraries, & Queer Gardens

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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A sea turtle with thick algae coated to its shell is in a net being carried by a team of volunteers

Endangered sea turtle makes full recovery after being covered in algae and barnacles: 'She’s unrecognizable now in the best way'

Chlorophyllis required over sixty days of rehabilitation after she was rescued from the Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier in Florida.
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