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A wheelchair user drinks a beer at a table next to a box full of fries.

A restaurant table was too low for his wheelchair. Then the staff surprised him: 'It reminded me that kindness is everywhere'

Cory Lee has been all over the world. But it’s the small things, like a restaurant table, that can change the trajectory of an entire trip.
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A person fans out ten 100-dollar bills

In a new pilot program, this city will give homeless young adults $1,200 in cash every month for two years

A new guaranteed income pilot program in Boston aims to set an example for future policies.
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A charcuterie board with a white brie cut into pieces across the top.

Auction breaks records, raises thousands to cover the cost of emergency medical care through the power of cheese

At the Great Yorkshire Show in the North of England, cheese lovers have an annual tradition of bidding on award-winning wheels.
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The front of a brick building reads "American Red Cross Donation Center"

This man has donated a total of 100 gallons of platelets to the Red Cross every two weeks for 30 years: 'Because I can'

The 62-year-old Portland, Oregon bus driver has been visiting the Red Cross every two weeks for most of his life.
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A photo collage of a mother and daughter hugging with their back turned away from the camera, a guy poses for a photo-op while holding a certificate in his hands, a field of wildflowers, Mr. Beast posing while he shows off his t-shirt that says '#TeamWater', and a lady stands on the sidewalk with her back turned away from the camera

Good News This Week: August 9, 2025 - Books, Butterflies, & Water

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A zoomed out shot of a city street in Helsinki, Finland. It is daytime and the road is sparse with cars and people.

Helsinki just went a full year without traffic fatalities — here's their secret

The Finnish capital went 12 months without a traffic-related death. It’s a milestone in the European Union’s mission to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2050.
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A row of multi-colored tiny homes.

Seattle announces plan to build 100 tiny homes, combatting city's homelessness crisis

The development of these new tiny home villages comes from a $6 million investment from the city.
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A group of six teenagers smile and take a selfie together inside a restaurant as they hold up small balls of dough.

This restaurant prides itself on exclusively hiring teenagers. When their boss fell ill, those same teens stepped in to save the business

Carol Trainor was the bedrock of Wisconsin’s local restaurant Urban Olive & Vine. When she was hospitalized, her employees came together to help save her business.
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A person's forearm is covered in a 3D-printed turquoise cast

This student's life-changing injury made him realize how 'outdated' traditional casts are. So he 3D-printed a better one

The design student invented Morphapaedics after the restrictive and isolating experience of his own painful injury.
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A closeup of a building with sage green, bubblegum pink, and yellow brick details

Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.
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Two activists – one dressed in a polar bear costume – are shown holding up protest signs

Local climate activism really does work, new report finds

Efforts to pass laws and advance clean energy projects can significantly reduce emissions, and at a low cost.
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On the left, the subtropical forests of eastern Cuba. On the right, a Polymita tree snail with a bright orange snail climbs on a branch.

British scientists join global effort to save 'world's most beautiful snails' from extinction

All six species of Polymita tree snail are in danger of extinction due to illegal shell trading — and two scientists from across the globe are on a mission to save them.
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