Not All News is Bad!

Over that time, partnerships with 14 different luxury hotels in the Seoul metropolitan area have seen 120,000 used furniture items get donated

Source: 14 Luxury Hotels Are Donating Outdated Furniture to Low-Income Families in Need

A very cool idea.

The fire, which started Thursday afternoon, rapidly burned dozens of acres, prompting evacuations and threatening homes

Source: Strangers joined Talmadge neighbors to help save their homes from Fairmount Fire

Impressive. (I know many will say never run into a fire unless you’re a trained firefighter, but that doesn’t minimize the heroics here.)

Dozens of people in their sixties, seventies, and even eighties are suiting up to play pickleball at the New Century Fieldhouse, in Gardner, Kansas. However, Lois White is 95 and she dominates the courts.

Source: ‘Keep moving’: 95-year-old pickleball player dominates the courts in Gardner, Kansas

Love it.

Morgan Perigo ’65 never expected to see his McMaster graduation ring again after losing it in the ocean off the coast of Barbados in 1977.

Source: Sunken treasure: McMaster grad reunited with ring lost in ocean 47 years ago

Love it.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to change leukemia cells into leukemia-killing immune cells. The surprise finding could lead to a powerful new therapy for leukemia and possibly other cancers.

Source: Scientists find way to make leukemia cells kill each other

Wow. That sounds pretty intersting.

The US has approved the world’s largest geothermal plant in Utah, which can generate 2 GW of energy, enough to power over 2 million homes.

Source: World’s largest 2 GW geothermal plant to power 2 million US homes

Seems like geothermal has great potential.

Ada Hawkes has longed to join in Halloween festivities but communication barriers have made it challenging in previous years.

Source: Neighbours of deaf girl, 6, learn sign language so she can go trick or treating

Very nice.

A new diagnostic gadget offers faster, less invasive blood testing by employing sound waves to identify illness indicators from a single drop of blood.

Source: Sound wave device provides one-hour blood test results with a single finger prick | The Optimist Daily

Looking forward to this one.

A student at William Shemin Midtown Community School in Bayonne, NJ, was set upon by his peers, only for his teacher to intervene

Source: New Jersey Teacher Uses Body as Human Shield to Protect Teen from Group Attack

The worst in us brings out the best in us.

Delta Air Lines and U.S. regulators confirm in-cabin wheelchair seats could be approved as soon as the end of 2025, but installation will take time.

Source: Delta Air Lines, DOT confirm plans for adaptive wheelchair seats on future flights

Cool idea.