Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. The Netherlands passes a law Giving unmarried fathers equal child custody rights as mothers. – Source
2. A Florida man just paid off the past dues for 114 families at risk of having their utilities shut off. – Source
3. Scottish clan chief plans to rewild his Isle of Skye estate with 370,000 native trees, red squirrels, and beavers to transform the island from a man-made moonscape. – Source
4. Former gang member is named Missouri’s Teacher of the Year – “I was born to a drug-addicted mother who had two of her six kids by the age of 16. My father was murdered when I was 4, and I began my journey in and out of the foster care system not long after my 6th birthday…” – Source
5. Cameras that students sent into stratosphere 8 years ago to capture Earth’s beauty found near Tokyo and returned to them with video footage intact. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Nevada is simultaneously the first state to repeal a ban on same-sex marriage from its state constitution and the first state to protect same-sex marriage in its state constitution. – Source
7. A 93-year-old veteran is whittling walking sticks to raise money for an Ohio food pantry. – Source
8. The ‘Japanese Bob Ross’: How a 73-year-old artist took YouTube by storm. – Source
9. Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population gets a boost: 2 newborns spotted off US coast. – Source
10. Church pays off $5 million of Iowans’ medical debt for Christmas. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Marijuana is now Maine’s biggest agricultural commodity. – Source
12. Bhutan parliament decriminalizes gay sex. – Source
13. Experimental flu vaccine could last for years, early results show. An early-stage trial shows a universal flu shot protects against all strains of the flu while producing no more side effects than the current seasonal vaccines. – Source
14. Cher turns attention to mall gorilla after freeing ‘world’s loneliest elephant’. Singer calls for the release of Bua Noi, who has spent almost all her life at the zoo in Bangkok shopping center. – Source
15. Tuskegee Airman Brigadier General Charles McGee celebrates 101st birthday. – Source
