Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Bill to ban the trade of shark fins in the United States is reintroduced in Congress. – Source
2. LeVar Burton to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’ – Source
3. The country’s largest coal miners union indicates it will accept a switch to renewable energy in exchange for jobs. – Source
4. Alabama will allow people with past convictions for certain low-level crimes to apply to have their records wiped clean, under a bill passed by the Alabama Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey. – Source
5. Son sells thousands of cheesesteaks to give mom the last dream trip to see the Egyptian Pyramids. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. The state will give a $100 savings bond to each West Virginian from age 16-35 who takes a COVID-19 vaccine. West Virginia will use federal COVID-19 stimulus funding to finance the program. – Source
7. For over 10 years, an Indian man has kept a lake litter-free at 12,406 ft. – Source
8. California woman fosters more than 80 infants in her home over the past 34 years. – Source
9. Youngest council member in Los Angeles County skateboards around his city, meeting his constituents. – Source
10. Suez Canal workman finally gets his overtime pay and bonus. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. A Sikh temple aids India’s COVID patients battling for breath. – Source
12. Bloomfield NJ high school senior David Odekunle, who grew up in Nigeria, receives acceptance letters from 7 Ivy League Schools: ‘It’s like a once-in-a-lifetime feeling’. – Source
13. Teenager who completed his secondary education from a hospital room to receive Quebec’s Medal of the National Assembly. – Source
14. ‘Humanity first’: Pakistan offers support to India in the Covid fight. – Source
15. Meet the scientists building a prison-to-STEM pipeline New programs aim to help formerly incarcerated people enter careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. – Source
