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Famous for his adorable Instagram posts and music video cameos, Doug The Pug has added a new layer to his platform: raising funds for children battling cancer.

Indigenous groups across Canada have used GPR — along with other site survey technologies such as magnetometry and drones — to identify more than 1,800 possible graves at former residential schools, confirming an open secret.

The city of Vienna started the Reparaturbon as a pilot in 2020 as a way to promote repair and support local businesses. Through the scheme, which has since concluded, 50 percent of repair costs were subsidized by the city, capped at €100.

Mr. Mohammadi is one of more than 80,000 Afghans airlifted to the United States after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last August. He is also one of nearly 360 Afghans being helped through the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghan refugees, a pioneering resettlement program.

Happiness serves as a revolutionary means to survival, but it is also an indicator that a country, group, or region is doing good in the world. These five stories will help shed some light onto happiness research across the globe.

Good News: This “dinner series” company pivoted to providing meals for the elderly during the pandemic

From San Francisco to the Midwest to New York, the pandemic has triggered a policy rethink about the fairness of fines and fees for prison phone calls, overdue library books, and parking violations.

Only 3% of active physicians are Black women. A wave of new digital platforms is trying to make it easier to find them.

Across California, midwives and doulas are working to increase education and access to their services to more Black and Brown women.

Muslim women's group 'Aisyiyah is helping the environment and local communities by restoring forests, tackling climate problems and raising awareness on the need to reduce waste

Long before Covid forced states to take desperate measures to find substitutes, schools often struggled to cover teacher absences. Now, school districts want more than quick fixes.

Five Lincoln Public Schools teachers have been tasked with educating Nebraska youth while they’re detained and awaiting court decisions.