Not All News is Bad!

Residents in Greater Fifth Ward can now get their cars tuned up at a new neighborhood auto shop — staffed by Houston ISD high school students training as mechanics at the Barbara Jordan Career Center.

Source: HISD opens student-run automotive shop for the public in expansion of career, technical education

Great experience.

The new technology aims to prevent microplastics from entering the Atlantic Ocean.

Source: Princeton alumni remove microplastics from Atlantic City wastewater

Sad that it’s needed, but very cool that it’s working.

South Africa’s school-based HPV vaccination programme is delivering measurable population-level benefits.

Source: South Africa’s HPV vaccination drive to protect girls from cervical cancer is working – what we know after 10 years

Excellent.

Marilyn Hampton was known to buy school supplies for kids in need and help students study for exams

Source: Custodian of 39 Years Breaks Down in Tears Learning District Will Name Elementary School After Her

Awesome. Better than a politician any day.

“She’s just an awesome kid, and she deserves all the kindness, and I wish more people would do things like that,”

Source: Couple Notices a Girl Waiting by Their Driveway Every Morning. When They Realize Why, They Step in with a Surprise

Nice.

He Ziqi was in middle school when he was sitting an English language exam and saw a question he found rather odd.

Source: A Farmer Didn’t Know His Cell Number Was on an Exam Question, Now Uses the Calls He Gets as Opportunities to Inspire

Nice.

A nurse at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital brought Halloween cheer to families in the NICU by crafting handmade costumes for every baby.

Source: Pittsburgh NICU nurse creates handmade Halloween costumes for babies

Nice.

What if we could use a cancer’s own byproduct to make drugs that destroy tumour cells from the inside? That is exactly what Katsunori Tanaka and his …

Source: Cancer cells killed with their own carbon monoxide – ecancer

Pretty cool concept.

A hotel in Sicily transformed a distressing situation into a delightful experience when a young girl, Julia, left her stuffed animal, Rosie, behind. Instead of simply returning Rosie, the hotel sta…

Source: Hotel Staff Find Girl’s Missing Teddy And Give It VIP Treatment Before Returning It With Heartfelt Note

Cute.

A Tucson pickleball player survived cardiac arrest at Udall Park after bystanders performed CPR and used an AED, now reuniting for a Carondelet honor ceremony highlighting CPR awareness.

Source: Bystanders save pickleball player’s life with CPR, AED at Udall Park

One very lucky guy.