Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Elon Musk donates $5 million to the free education platform Khan Academy. – Source
2. A teenage student in Ireland has won a national science competition for developing technology that can more easily detect “deepfake” videos online. – Source
3. The San Francisco Japanese Cultural Center received $30,000 in crowdfunding to replant the cherry blossom trees that were vandalized in SF Japantown. – Source
4. Dwayne Johnson gives a $30k truck to the guy who took him in when ‘The Rock’ was a Homeless Teenager. – Source
5. BioNTech, the firm behind Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab, develops a potential vaccine for multiple sclerosis. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. COVID-19: More people now vaccinated in the UK than having tested positive for the virus. – Source
7. Volunteers remove 9,208 lbs. of trash from the Tennessee River. – Source
8. A former White supremacist store and Ku Klux Klan meeting space is being turned into a community center to promote healing. – Source
9. Upset by veterans who stormed the Capitol, these vets decided to clean up trash the mob left on the streets of D.C. – Source
10. House bill introduced to bring Dolly Parton statue to Tennessee. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. 50 countries commit to the protection of 30% of Earth’s land and oceans. – Source
12. Establishment of second buffalo herd celebrated in northern Mexico. – Source
13. Jogger, experienced in the cold water swimming, save a drowning dog in Pontefract Park before continuing his run. – Source
14. Policeman buys family food instead of arresting them for shoplifting. – Source
15. Massive Illinois Police reform bill ends cash bail, limits deadly force, mandates body cameras, and makes it easier to dump crooked cops. – Source