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A photo collage of a raccoon, a person going through a clothing rack, a sea turtle up close, a person poses next to a pick-up truck, and a solar farm in an open area

Good News This Week: July 25, 2026 - Kangaroos, Gorillas, & Turtles

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

Two workers on ladders install solar panels on industrial buildings under a blue sky with white clouds. A blue tent and red ladder are visible in the foreground.

After Hurricane Helene, one North Carolina town is going solar to survive the next storm

Small-scale solar microgrids for Appalachian communities could help keep communities warm and fed during future blackouts.

Left: A person bottle-feeds a baby manatee in a shallow waterway as it stands in the water with it, holding it like a baby. Right: A man in a blue shirt crouches beside a baby manatee in shallow water while several uniformed officials stand nearby on a sandy bank.

A fisherman caught a baby manatee in his net. When he realized it was too young to be released, he nursed it himself

Local fisherman Goué André Clotaire Gbagou found the baby manatee as he was fishing in the Sassandra Riverbed of the Ivory Coast.

Silhouetted figure on the right facing a red glowing background with small dark shapes scattered across it.

Stray dogs in the Philippines hunt sea turtle nests, so these volunteers stay up all night shooing them away

Local volunteers patrol and protect sea turtle nests each year on Philippine beaches.

Jimothy, a raccoon with short spine, runs across a paved surface with grass and trees visible in the blurred background.

Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds. According to a neuroscientist, thanks to sophisticated brain and devoted mother

Even though the odds were stacked against Jimothy from the day of his birth, he persevered.

Left: hands holding compost material with leaves and debris. Right: woman in light blue shirt gesturing while speaking by a dumpster.

Good Samaritans peeked into a dumpster behind a pet store. They ended up saving an animal's life

They went looking for pet food that they could salvage for animal shelters. Then they saw something moving in the trash.

Polar bear mother with two cubs on a snowy sandbank in northern Alaska

New AI-enabled 'bear-dar' system aims to alert locals to nearby polar bears

The goal of the new technology is to reduce human-polar bear encounters in the Arctic, where warming temperatures lead to more brazen bears.

A handmade sign attached to a street lamp pole reads "KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER" in red and blue marker. Tree branches with green foliage are visible in the background.

Faith communities become 'sanctuary people' for Haitian immigrants facing uncertainty

The broader understanding of sanctuary is rooted in Catholic social teaching, especially the idea of accompaniment, which prioritizes closeness to people who are suffering.

Jimothy, a raccon with a short, rounded spine walks through overgrown grass and weeds in an open field.

Jimothy the raccoon raises over $58,000 for charity

Jimothy the raccoon, who launched a thousand memes, has inspired Amazon, Alaska Airlines, Starbucks and more to donate to a Seattle food bank.

A tabby kitten wears a red and yellow toy construction vehicle costume with wooden blocks attached. Left and right photos show the kitten from different angles in an outdoor enclosure.

This kitten couldn't walk on his own. So a vet made him a custom wheelchair out of Hot Wheels

Because a kitten named Gelato deserves to feel like a Transformer, too.

Two people in an interview setting. Tom Holland on left in beige shirt with text reading "You helped her dad stop drinking." Anne Hathaway on right in yellow top.

Tom Holland chokes up after discovering the impact he had on a man's sobriety mid-'Odyssey' interview

Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, and Tom Holland were visibly moved when a journalist took the time to pass along a personal message on her co-worker’s behalf during an interview for “The Odyssey.”

Woman with long brown hair wearing a white blouse, smiling while seated on a gray couch against a pink and purple gradient background.

Amid divorce, Jen Hamilton donates 100% of merch proceeds to other women in need

The nurse, turned influencer and best-selling author, is using her own challenges to help others.