A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
The Portland woman lost her job for giving a stranded customer $20 to fill his gas tank on Christmas Eve. The story went viral, Community First Credit Union heard about it and thought she is exactly the kind of worker they want.
Well done. Love small local businesses for just this kind of difference.
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Source: Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic | MIT News
So cool.
Brian Bononi says he found more than 100 photographs in a closed store; now he’s hoping to get them in the hands of families who own them.
Source: Family working to reunite people with portraits left behind in closed photo shop – ABC News
What a neat thing to do.
When Kwane Stewart first decided to become a veterinarian, he had no idea his job would become less about the animals he treats and more about the humans who own them.
Touching.
After suffering serious frostbite, Dymka is now living large with new titanium limbs.
Source: Dymka the Cat | This Hero Cat Has 3D-Printed Titanium Limbs
The accompanying video’s pretty cute to watch as well.
The guide dog owner received a phone call from the teen, who said his friends had taken Lucca and he knew it was wrong.
Source: A group of teens stole this man’s guide dog. Then one of them had a change of heart
A change of heart can be a very good thing.
“I don’t think there’s any officer in the world that would have acted differently. We all got in this job for different reasons, but all the officers I know just want to help people.”
Source: ‘I went into full panic mode’: Mom who desperately needed baby formula called 911 in middle of night
They said it was “just part of the job”, but it seems more like “above and beyond” to me. 
You’re gonna want to grab this tissues for this one.
Source: So sweet: 2-year-old caught on camera hugging pizza delivery man
Indeed, there is a very touching twist…
A car crash left a Clinton County resident fearful of driving long distances. But she braves the roads twice a month to donate food to those in need.
Source: This Clinton County woman buys groceries in bulk and donates it all
Wow. How cool.
A Morse High School class ring, lost in Portland in the fall of 1973, just turned up under 8 inches of soil in a Finnish forest. How it got there is a mystery that began 47 years ago on Valentine’s Day.
Amazing!