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Southern Missouri's Red Cross is training volunteers to provide immediate help to families who lose their homes to fires and natural disasters. The support includes financial assistance, essential supplies, and weeks of follow-up care.
A Michigan military museum is getting a major upgrade thanks to Home Depot volunteers who keep coming back. The Jackson team is donating materials and labor for their sixth project at the museum in a multi-year partnership.
For the first time ever, more than half of Colorado's electricity came from wind, solar, and hydro power in early 2026. The state just set another record with renewables reaching 56.1% in the second quarter.
When flight attendants learned a couple was eloping to Vegas, they organized an impromptu wedding ceremony in the sky. The captain, an ordained minister, officiated while 178 passengers cheered them on.
The NICU Family Collective is hosting Wilmington's first-ever reunion for families whose babies graduated from neonatal intensive care. The free September event celebrates tiny miracles and the community that supported them.
A new nonprofit is bringing together families who've experienced the emotional journey of having a baby in the NICU. The NICU Family Collective's inaugural reunion creates a space where parents can connect with others who truly understand their story.
A flower rescue charity in England just received its biggest donation ever: 17,000 white roses that would have been thrown away. They're selling them for 25 pence each, turning waste into hundreds of pounds for mental health groups and cancer charities.
German researchers created see-through solar panels that could turn windows into power generators. The breakthrough brings clean energy one step closer to every building surface.
Country music legend Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Dean built one of music's most enduring love stories, proving that true partnership can thrive even when one person lives in the spotlight and the other chooses privacy. Their romance, which began with a chance meeting in 1964 and lasted until Dean's passing in 2025, shows how respecting each other's choices creates lasting love.
Australia's women's soccer team is following the men's playbook by giving young players a shot at greatness before next year's World Cup. Two upcoming matches against Colombia will help the next generation shine.
Southeast Missouri's gymnastics team landed in a four-way tie for first place nationally, with every single athlete maintaining a GPA above 3.5. Five gymnasts earned perfect 4.0 GPAs while balancing demanding athletic schedules.
A groundbreaking appointment at Central South University is opening doors for women in mining research. China's first female mining engineering professor is leading the charge to modernize outdated workplace rules that block women from vital research access.
Manchester City legend Yaya Touré just made football history, becoming the first African manager to lead a team into the UEFA Champions League group stage. His Slovakian club Slovan Bratislava sealed their spot with a thrilling extra-time victory.
Nearly a decade after Colombia ended 50 years of armed conflict, researchers are listening to the people who matter most: the communities building peace every day. Their voices reveal both remarkable progress and the work still needed to make peace last.
University of Michigan researchers discovered that combining two existing drugs significantly slowed the growth of treatment-resistant prostate cancer in lab and animal studies. The breakthrough offers new hope for men with aggressive forms of the disease that no longer respond to standard treatments.
The Osage-American writer who traveled 13,000 miles on backroads searching for the real America turns 87 today. His debut book Blue Highways spent 42 weeks on bestseller lists and inspired a generation to explore small-town America.
A University of British Columbia spinoff is transforming sawdust and wood scraps into foam packaging that could replace polystyrene. The innovation tackles two problems at once: plastic pollution and forestry waste that fuels wildfires.
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University successfully tested the country's first fully homegrown electric aircraft in Germany, reaching speeds over 120 km/h and heights above 90 meters. The breakthrough marks Singapore's leap into advanced aviation technology after three years of development by a team from 11 countries.