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A family’s week-long search for their missing golden retriever, Freddy, ended in a heartwarming reunion—thanks to a kindhearted hiker and his own loyal dog. Today’s good news story comes from Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Source: Hiker’s Dog Leads Him To Missing Golden Retriever Trapped In A Deep Coal Pit
Lucky dog. 
Hilda Jackson and fellow residents partied with strobe lights, glowsticks and drum’n’bass from festival-headliner
Source: ‘I’m still dancing’: Derbyshire woman has 105th birthday rave at care home
Lovely.
“He has been in the Army, he’s worked for a trucking company, stuff like that,” she said. “He likes dogs, he likes plants.”
Source: Homeless Army veteran gets help from Woodhaven cafe owner, community
Community. Needed now more than ever.
Over the past 50 years, however, techniques originally developed for oilfields and adapted for “enhanced geothermal systems” (EGS) have offered the promise of tapping deep reserves of natural heat across a broader swath of the planet.
Source: Enhanced geothermal systems promise wider access to clean energy
I’ve always loved the concept of geothermal. It seems a natural source of energy.
Pet miniature donkey being trained as a therapy animal
Source: Seamus the donkey is bringing smiles, good vibes to Bonavista North
Another kind of emotional support Canadian.
Shigeru Ban is a world-famous architect who uses his unique designs to help people in disaster zones.
Source: These paper houses, filled with cardboard furniture, shelter homeless people after disasters
Pretty cool idea.
The baby had been diagnosed with an especially challenging case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Source: Surgeons first in world to perform open heart surgery on baby mid-delivery
Wow.
One year since the launch of routine malaria vaccinations in Africa, over 9.8 million doses of malaria vaccines (in total 12 million since 2023) have been delivered to 17 endemic countries through the Gavi malaria vaccination programme.
Vaccines work.
Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world’s most arid places.
Source: Fog harvesting could provide water for the driest cities
Fascinating.
The late game show host donated $500,000 toward the renovation of a unique homeless shelter in Los Angeles.
Source: LA roller rink now a homeless shelter funded by ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek
Very cool.