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The salon chair is a place where many are inclined to open up about their personal lives

Source: Salon workers will get domestic violence training thanks to new law

What a great idea.

This restaurant owner has a real heart for others. His restaurant serves food to anyone in need to honor his mother’s legacy.

Source: ‘No judgment’: McKinney restaurant owner continues to serve free meals to those who need it to honor his mother

Great legacy.

Scientists are now able to collect and analyze DNA pulled from thin air, and the groundbreaking new techniques used to do it could transform the way endangered animals and natural ecosystems are studied and protected.

Source: DNA can now be pulled from the very air we breathe. It could help track endangered animals

Yes, I know, there’s potential for abuse as this technology matures, but still… pretty darned cool.

A letter penned by a young Army sergeant in Germany to his mother in Woburn was lost in the mail for 76 years until finally being delivered last month.

Source: WWII soldier’s letter from Germany finally delivered 76 years after sending

Very cool.

The DeafBlind Institute at Western Oregon University recently received $2.1 million to help train interpreters in Protactile, a language created by DeafBlind people.

Source: A new language has been born in the Northwest

Fascinating.

A baking company came to the rescue of dozens of people stranded on the interstate in Virginia.

Source: Truck Driver Delivers Bread By Foot To Stranded Motorists On Interstate

Nicely done, both company and driver.

A pet German shepherd led New Hampshire authorities to a crash scene involving serious injuries to two people, including the dog’s owner, troopers say.

Source: Police: Dog leads troopers to serious crash scene to help save owner

Wow.

The team’s owner gave employees $2,000 for every year they had been with the minor league baseball team, for a total of $600,000. “My jaw dropped,” one worker said.

Source: Minor-league Iowa Cubs owner surprises workers with ‘life-changing gesture’ after sale

Very cool.

When the Canucks were at Climate Pledge Arena on Oct. 23, the Kraken’s home opener, Popovici — sitting behind the Canucks bench — typed a message out on her phone, knocked on the plexiglass and got Hamilton’s attention. “The mole on the back of your neck is cancer,” the message read.

Source: Kraken fan Nadia Popovici lauded for pointing out Canucks equipment manager Brian Hamilton’s cancerous mole during game

Awesome.

With a touch of chutzpah and “a little help from God,” Braulio Rocha, a Roman Catholic Portuguese immigrant, traded in his mop for a camera.

Source: Once a Janitor, Now the Bar Mitzvah Photography King of Montreal

Quite a story.