Good News Headlines 9/4/18
Nonprofit Lifts Spirits Of Lonely Seniors, Logging More Than 1 Million Phone Calls
from Good News Network
For more than two decades, Eskaton, a nonprofit organization serving seniors for 50 years, has reached out to homebound elders via its Telephone Reassurance program… Read More
Ruby Rose Cast As The First Openly-Gay Superhero To Headline A TV Series
by Tod Perry, Good Magazine
Rose will make her first appearance as the character this December in the Arrow-verse Crossover Event which brings together characters… Read More
Centuries-Old Plant Collection Now Online — A Treasure Trove For Researchers
by Susan Phillips, NPR
There's a new effort underway make hundreds of thousands of dried and preserved plants collected along the East Coast available through a digital database… Read More
Mother Of Parkland Victim Wins School Board Seat: ‘I Won’t Stop’ Until Kids Are Safe
by Emma Bowman and Ian Stewart, WBUR
Before Lori Alhadeff ran for a seat on her local school board, she had no experience in politics. That changed when her daughter, Alyssa Alhadeff, died in the Parkland school shooting… Read More
Electric Shock Collars For Pets To Be Banned
from BBC News
Electric shock collars for cats and dogs will be banned in England, the government has announced. The training devices deliver up to 6,000 volts of electricity or spray noxious chemicals to control animals' behaviour… Read More
Scotland Becomes First To Make Sanitary Products Free For Students
by Aris Folley, The Hill
Scotland has reportedly become the first country in the world to make sanitary products free for students at all schools. The Guardian reported the Scottish government approved the $6.7 million initiative earlier this month… Read More
In San Francisco, Opioid Addiction Treatment Offered On The Streets
by Abby Goodnough, New York Times
The addiction treatment program at Highland Hospital’s emergency room is only one way that cities and health care providers are connecting with people in unusual settings… Read More
Supersized Solar Farms Are Sprouting Around The World
by Mark Harris, NBC News
When it’s completed next year, the $4 billion Benban solar park near Aswan will cover an area 10 times bigger than New York’s Central Park and generate up to 1.8 gigawatts of electricity… Read More
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