Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. The two teen sisters convinced Bali to ban plastic bags. – Source
2. FDA approves a first generic version of EpiPen. – Source
3. Michigan girls escape kidnap attempt by fighting, throwing hot coffee on the suspect. – Source
4. Two beer delivery men talk a suicidal man off highway overpass ledge with an offer to share a cold beer. – Source
5. Endangered Green, Loggerhead turtles have made a strong comeback in Cyprus thanks to conservation efforts stretching back decades. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. After 17 years of war, a peace movement grows in Afghanistan. – Source
7. Florida cancer patient threw surprise street parade after last chemo session. – Source
8. 15-year-old boy’s organ donation saves 9-year-old girl’s life. – Source
9. When a dad needed a new kidney, his children’s teachers donated theirs sparking a donor chain that saved not only his life but seven others’ lives, too. – Source
10. Every teacher in a northern Kentucky school district was gifted $100 for school supplies by an anonymous donor. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Vogue will no longer hire models under 18. – Source
12. A Harvard scientist thinks he has a gene test for heart attack risk. He wants to give it away for free. – Source
13. Police officer praised for breastfeeding “smelly and dirty” baby. – Source
14. New Zealand’s minister for women has cycled to the hospital to give birth to her first child. – Source
15. Hundreds post messages of forgiveness to a couple who blame themselves for starting deadly Calif. wildfire. – Source
