Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. North Dakota quietly decriminalized marijuana. – Source
2. Parents no longer can claim a personal, philosophical exemption for measles vaccine in Wash. – Source
3. Australian man finds 624g gold nugget worth $37,000 while walking dog. – Source
4. Woman, 88, waved to students from her window for years. They gathered outside her home for one final goodbye. – Source
5. Under a new Pennsylvania program, every baby born or adopted in the state is given college savings account with $100 in his or her name. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Man clones old-growth Redwoods and plants them in safe places. – Source
7. Gilead Pharmaceuticals to donate HIV prevention drug Truvada to 200K uninsured patients for Next 11 Years to Help prevent new HIV infections. – Source
8. Son donates part of his liver to his mom Son jokes he’s off the hook for Mother’s Day gifts. – Source
9. 1 in 5 Americans now lives in places committed to 100% clean power. – Source
10. After a lifetime of learning, Atlanta woman earns a college degree at 93. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. American educator Salman Khan and his Khan Academy online platform that offers free classes worldwide have won Spain’s Princess of Asturias award for international cooperation. – Source
12. The UK goes more than 100 hours without using coal power for the first time in a century. – Source
13. NASA says Earth is greener today than 20-years-ago thanks to China, India. – Source
14. Chobani offers to settle unpaid lunch debt at RI school district. – Source
15. 74-year-old Japanese farmer fills the vending machine with homemade curry rice for hungry travelers every day. – Source
