The cabinet is considering closing a further four prisons because of falling prisoner numbers, the AD said on Wednesday.
Source: Dutch to close four more prisons as crime rate continues to fall: AD – DutchNews.nl
What a great problem to have.
These parents hoped to raise $1,500 for separated migrant families. They raised $12 million and counting.
The money will be used to bond parents out of immigration jails and to provide lawyers to parents and children as they fight in court to stay together and in the U.S.
Amazing. Just amazing.
Teenagers Design ‘Electric Rain’ Machine To Produce Energy | OilPrice.com
A ninth-grade Azerbaijani student has come up with an idea to develop a device that will produce energy from rainwater
Source: Teenagers Design ‘Electric Rain’ Machine To Produce Energy | OilPrice.com
Pretty cool idea, particularly in wet regions.
His dog was stolen by ‘monsters’ months ago. He just drove 900 miles to get him back
A Texas man had his pit bull Titan stolen nearly 4 months ago but got a call from an animal shelter in Greenville, SC that it had the dog who had been abused. The man drove over 1,000 miles roundtrip to get the dog and started a gofundme.
Source: His dog was stolen by ‘monsters’ months ago. He just drove 900 miles to get him back
Happy ending, thanks to a microchip!
Toronto shoplifting teen gets the job
A policeman who bought a youth the interview outfit he tried to steal says he starts work on Monday.
Source: Toronto shoplifting teen gets the job
Great result!
Deaf woman’s video at St. Augustine Starbucks goes viral
A new technology is getting a lot of attention — and for good reason — at the brand-new Starbucks by the outlet malls in St.
Source: Deaf woman’s video at St. Augustine Starbucks goes viral
Great idea.
Bystanders in Nanaimo, B.C., lifted car off woman’s chest, saving her life
Claire Surgenor, crushed by a car while riding her bike last Saturday, later learned how nine people lifted the sedan off her body − including two Mounties
Source: Bystanders in Nanaimo, B.C., lifted car off woman’s chest, saving her life
My favorite quote: “People will help you when you need them. There’s a lot of real, good, caring people out there.” — Indeed, there are.
A Texas man felt sympathy for 54 immigrants discovered in a tractor-trailer. So he bought them all pizza
He was worried authorities wouldn’t let him give the pizzas to the immigrants, but two detectives escorted him past the yellow crime scene tape, where a third detective handed the pizzas off to a fireman, who distributed them to the group.
Regardless of circumstances, treating fellow humans like humans. Well done.
A Macy’s Goes From Mall Mainstay to Homeless Shelter
As traditional retailers fade in the era of Amazon, a vacant department store near Washington becomes a refuge for people struggling to find affordable places to live.
Source: A Macy’s Goes From Mall Mainstay to Homeless Shelter
A neat idea.
In Jerusalem, backgammon becomes peacemaker between Jews and Arabs
This is not a competition between enemies. We just want to come and play,
Source: In Jerusalem, backgammon becomes peacemaker between Jews and Arabs
How very, very, inspiring.