Not All News is Bad!

“Why couldn’t he be both of ours?”

Source: A boy was never supposed to know his birth mother. His adoptive parents had other plans.

Nice. Why not both, indeed.

Bzeek is a single foster father to the very sickest children in Los Angeles County’s sprawling foster care system.

Source: The heartwarming story of this single dad who fosters only terminally ill children

Wow. Just … wow.

Infusible to patients, antibodies are so powerful neutralizing the coronavirus they could eliminate the need for more vaccine boosters, peer-reviewed research says

Source: Two antibodies identified in Israel can fight all known COVID strains, study finds

Wow!

Todd Hagan and his wife ventured outside their home in Switzerland County, Ind., once the seemingly endless torrential downpour subsided. They were stunned by what they saw. The wooden bridge connecting one side of their driveway to the other — their only access to a main road — was destroyed by flash flooding that hit southeastern Indiana on Sept. 3.

Source: Flooding destroyed a bridge in Indiana. A high school football team rebuilt it.

Nicely done, all.

Quinta Brunson, star and creator of the sitcom, revealed that the studio production team and ABC collectively agreed on allocating some of the show’s marketing money to help real teachers.

Source: Quinta Brunson Donates ‘Abbott Elementary’ Marketing Budget To Buy Supplies For Teachers

It shouldn’t be necessary, but it’s a very cool thing to do.

The United Network for Organ Sharing announced the U.S. recorded is one millionth organ transplant early Friday, a milestone since the program began in 1954.

Source: US records milestone 1 millionth organ transplant

We live in amazing times.

The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin.

Source: How a new hard hat technology can protect workers better from concussion

Seems a little geeky, but it’s pretty cool.

TOKYO (AP) — Three bottlenose dolphins were released into the open sea in Indonesia Saturday after years of being confined for the amusement of tourists who would touch and swim with them. As red and white Indonesian flags fluttered, underwater gates opened off the island of Bali to allow Johnny, Rocky and Rambo to swim free.

Source: 3 rescued dolphins swim free from Indonesia sanctuary

Very nice.

A family is on a quest to thank a stranger who paid for a widow’s groceries.

Source: Family searches for “angel” who paid elderly woman’s grocery store bill in Newton

Love stories like this.

A pair of long-lost brothers who were separated as children in 1945 are to be reunited for the first time after 77 YEARS apart.

Source: Long-lost brothers separated in 1945 are to be reunited after 77 years apart

Wow!