Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. LA County DA to dismiss nearly 66k marijuana convictions. – Source
2. Australia: Rural Fire Service announces all New South Wales bushfires are officially under control. – Source
3. 30,000 pounds of leftover Super Bowl food saved from landfills and donated to charity. – Source
4. Man throws away winning $100,000 lottery ticket, realizes mistake just in time. – Source
5. The class ring lost in Portland 47 years ago is found in Finland. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Western Australia to ban puppy farms and the sale of puppies from pet shops. – Source
7. A couple flew home with their adopted infant. Strangers threw an impromptu baby shower on the plane. – Source
8. A Texas teen bought 170 flowers to give every girl at his school a Valentine’s. – Source
9. In South Africa, there used to be a thicket the size of Cyprus that could suck up the equivalent of three times the US’s annual carbon emissions. These people are trying to grow it back. – Source
10. World’s oldest married couple celebrated their 80th Valentine’s Day together! – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. First responders help deliver the first baby born in Sea Isle City, New Jersey in more than 40 years – “With no hospital in town, a baby hasn’t been born there since 1977, so the city honored both the family and first responders for helping make history.” – Source
12. The photo shows a 2-year-old in a wheelchair in awe when seeing Target ad with boy ‘like him’. – Source
13. Super efficient solar water desalinator created at MIT! – Source
14. Conservationists welcome China’s wildlife trade ban. – Source
15. Boy, 5, saves two-year-old sister and dog from house fire. – Source
