Not All News is Bad!

A unique student has applied for admission at the University of Utah medical school. He stood out not because of his scores on the entrance exams, but because of the year he took them.

Source: Never giving up on dreams: 85-year-old Holocaust refugee applies to medical school

Love it!

Their relationship feels like “father and daughter,” said Jenni Tekletsion.

Source: She became friends with her Uber passenger. They became like family, and she took a large pay cut to be his caretaker.

Very touching.

Marty Rogers and his volunteers go on “Hope Walks” three times a week, delivering homemade food to people in their South Bronx community.

Source: This Bronx dad feeds the homeless every Thanksgiving. Now he’s taken his meals on the road, feeding people every week.

Nice.

“She spent her whole life looking for this child,” said Dena Morris.

Source: A baby was taken from her mother’s arms in the Holocaust. The family just reunited.

Very cool.

Mark Abbott spent time sofa surfing and in a homeless hostel, now he wants to raise cash for a Norwich charity with his home light show

Source: Ex-homeless man decorates house with 17,500 Christmas lights for charity – The Big Issue

Nice.

This is the first year the magazine has given out honors beyond “Person of the Year.”

Source: Time Magazine names vaccine scientists ‘Heroes of the Year’

Heros indeed.

A playful Labrador lived up to his “retriever” name after a FedEx driver dropped off a package at the front door — by promptly picking it up and returning it to him.

Source: Playful dog returns package to delivery driver

Cute.

A boater who was found Sunday clinging to his sinking vessel far off Florida’s Atlantic coastline told U.S. Coast Guard officials he didn’t think he would make it back to shore alive.

Source: ‘I Didn’t See Anybody’: Florida Boater Found Clinging to Boat at Sea Describes Ordeal

Lucky!

The novel prosthesis, called the Phoenix99 Bionic Eye, is designed to restore the sight of patients with blindness caused by degenerative conditions.

Source: Bionic eye may soon restore vision in patients with certain types of blindness

Cool.

After more than 70 years, two women living in different states found out they are sisters. On Tuesday, they met for the first time at Denver International Airport.

Source: Lakewood woman meets sister after 73 years

I love seeing these.