Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Chicago Public Library says eliminating fines has paid off – After eliminating overdue fees late last year, Chicago Public Library employees saw something that made everyone smile: a jump in the return of books overdue for six months or more. – Source
2. New HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men at their lowest in 20 years. – Source
3. World’s largest fur auction house will close as demand for animal pelts drops. – Source
4. Veterans and Gold Star families granted lifetime passes to national parks. – Source
5. Financial hurdle gone: Alberta first province to eliminate fees for addiction recovery programs. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Vaccine alliance raises $2 billion to buy COVID shots for poor nations. – Source
7. Dave Grohl wrote a song for a 10-year-old drumming phenom after she challenged him to a musical duel. – Source
8. New York City to try responding to mental health calls without police. – Source
9. System of a down’s new singles raised over $600K for the Armenia Fund. – Source
10. Joy as a critically-endangered baby black rhino born in Chester Zoo. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Enslaved people rescued from illegal Brazilian gold mine: Authorities raided a mine run by Raimunda Oliveira Nunes, who is on Brazil’s ‘dirty list’ of people using slave labor. – Source
12. Donations to local children’s hospital in memory of Buffalo Quarterback Josh Allen’s grandmother now exceed $500,000 with 25,000 individual donations. – Source
13. America’s longest-serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner set to be released. – Source
14. Israel to legalize, regulate the recreational cannabis market within 9 months. – Source
15. Link between Alzheimer’s disease and gut microbiota is confirmed. – Source
