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EDITOR’S NOTE: Article Spotlight 2 was unfortunately lost. However, the rest of the Spotlights are still archived here.

On this week’s episode, we focus in on efforts to improve quality of life from unexpected places: from Wombats to Lander d.a.d.s.

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Wombat water hole proving popular in drought-ravaged Hunter Valley

New way of recycling plant-based plastics instead of letting them rot in landfill

Green energy could now be cheaper than fossil fuels thanks to breakthrough

'Massive relief': torrential rain douses bushfires across parts of Australia

NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth

Florida to purchase 20,000 acres of Everglades wetlands to protect from oil drilling

Svalbard reindeer rebounding better than hoped after nearly going extinct

Two high school students open food pantry to help their classmates in need

Fungi That 'Eat' Radiation Are Growing on the Walls of Chernobyl's Ruined Nuclear Reactor

Warmth - Home

Dream Sequence - Kendall Miles x I eat Plants for a living

Isabelle’s Story - Zencha

Know News is back! We return to the news show devoted to bringing encouraging, uplifting, and impactful stories that you need to know about.

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A man randomly threw a Super Bowl party for the homeless. 3 years later, he's hosting 20 across the US

Nebraska doctor lets patients pay for surgery by volunteering

Australian lab first outside of China to copy coronavirus, helping vaccine push

Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors

Program teaches prisoners coding so they can land tech jobs once released

CBC: World-renowned violinist performs at maximum-security prison

Seoul’s over-65s disco ‘like medicine’ for seniors

Eleven-year-old girl saves minor from woman trafficker in Mizoram

British carbon tax leads to 93% drop in coal-fired electricity

Scotland is on track to hit 100 percent renewable energy this year

Mother, 40, and her three children survive 34 days in Columbian jungle after getting lost while on holiday and living off of wild fruits

On this final episode of Know News for the school year, Let’s take a moment to reflect on why this show exists in the first place, and to say thank you.

This week we focus on stories that highlight that people themselves are never the truest enemy. Not pirates, not those we disagree with, but we’re not quite sure about Garfield the cat quite yet.

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Sushi restaurant CEO help destroy Somalian pirates

For decades, Garfield telephones kept washing ashore in France. Now the mystery has been solved

Muslim charity gives $5K to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery

“You got your high school diploma?” What happens when you put a classroom on wheels and park it in the poorest neighborhoods of San Francisco

Stanford police licate 9-year-old Texas boy missing since 2017

Little Rock tattoo shop donates proceeds to help rescue pit bull dogs

Spring breaker goes viral for helping clean up Miami Beach

A Texas scientist was called ‘foolish’ for arguing the immune system could fight cancer. Then he won the Nobel Prize

We are finally back with a new episode of Know News, with some awesome stories of amazing people making a difference in their communities, the world, or just for one person.

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Kenyen science teacher Peter Tabichi wins $1m global award

8-year-old living in homeless shelter wins New York chess championship: 'I want to be the youngest grandmaster'

ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces says

Hundreds attend memorial service for veteran with no known family

Blind man runs New York half marathon with three guide dogs

Thousands of measles deaths averted by Indian vaccination campaign

Biker gangs stand guard outside NZ mosques during first Friday prayer since massacre

Kansas city will make its government 100 percent carbon-free by next year

Adidas sold 1 million eco-friendly shoes made from ocean plastic, plans 11 million more

NYPD auxiliary cop goes from homeless to Harvard, hopes to inspire others

104yo woman granted ‘greatest wish’ to be arrested by police

This week is focused all about people who are fighting the stream of hurt however they can, whether they’re a highway patrol officer, a major country, or an egg.

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Calfornia Man Has Talked More Than 200 People Off The Ledge Of The Golden Gate Bridge

This Egg Dethroned Kylie Jenner as Record-Holder For Most-Liked Photo; Is Now Using Its Powers For Good

Human Activity In China And India Dominates The Greening Of Earth, NASA Study Shows

Senate Passes Landmark Bill To Enlarge National Parks

Black Leopard Confirmed in Africa For First Time In 100 Years

Church Raises $100K Through Month-Long Fast So They Can Pay Off Student Debt For 34 Grads

6-Year-Old Makes One Of The Largest Donations To The Humane Society

In this week, we focus on stories of people bringing important help to those in need, whether they are 25, 96, or a black bear.

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Kenya: Roy Allela Invents Gloves That Translates Sign Language To Speech

Three-Year-Old Boy Missing In Woods For Two Days Says Friendly Bear Kept Him Safe (Follow up)

The World’s Oldest Nobel Prize Winner, a 96-Year-Old Physicist, Says His New Invention Will Give Everyone In The World Clean, Cheap Energy

Lyft Is Offering Free Rides To Chicago Warming Centers Through Friday Night; Uber Through Thursday

Good Samaritan Picks Up Hotel Tab For 70 Homeless In Chicago Amid Life-Threatening Cold

Sea Turtles Are Making a Huge Comeback, Thanks to the Endangered Species Act

Germany To Close All 84 Of Its Coal-Fired Power Plants, Will Rely Primarily On Renewable Energy

Yao Ming’s Dedication to Wildlife Is A Slam Dunk

Rainforest Trust has raised sufficient funds for critical protection of Borneo’s Rainforest

Prison Animal Programs Are Benefitting Both Inmates and Hard-To-Adopt Dogs in Florida, Experts Say

Three California Men Granted French Citizenship For Thwarting Train Attack

Barack Obama’s Former Chef To Use $250,000 Lottery Winnings To Feed The Homeless

Girl Raises $62,000 For Arkansas Care Home Residents

Endangered UK Plants Brought Back From Brink By Driving Tractor Over Them

This week focuses on impossible and unexpected stories that somehow come from just the past week, whether that’s with positive political Twitter arguments, firefighting goats, or the cure to Alzheimer’s.

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Patton Oswalt Got into A Twitter War with A Trump Supporter – Then Helped Pay His Medical Bills

California Town Sets Up ‘Goat Fund Me’ Page To Finance Four-Legged Firefighters

We May Finally Know What Causes Alzheimer’s - And How To Stop It

Republic of Congo Names New National Park, Home to Gorillas

Tanzania Is Finally Protecting Its “Globally Unique” Endangered Rainforest

The End Of Plastic Cutlery, Plates And Straws: EU Market Says Goodbye To Single-Use Plastic Products

Hawaii Coral Reefs Stabilizing Following Bleaching Event

Trump Donates $100,000 To Alcoholism Research From Presidential Salary

Autistic Teen Wins A Lifetime Supply of Peanut Butter. He’s Giving Jars Away to Furloughed Workers

Aldi Introduces Wages Higher Than The ‘Real Living Wage’ After Supermarket Has Record Year

New Data May Show Big Cut in Number of Poor

For The First Time In 35 Years, No Children Were Murdered In The City Of Sacramento Last Year

Christmas is a wonderful time for many children, but certainly not all. However, this week focuses three separate stories of how people are making an effort to change that for those in their communities.

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MBMBaM Angels

Helping Kids Find Community Even Without a Home

Arkansas Couple Adopts Set of 7 Siblings Ahead of Christmas

The Globe’s Biggest Maritime Shipping Company is Abandoning Fossil Fuels

Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Giving $1.8 Billion for College Financial Aid

Man Postpones Retirement to Save Reefs After He Accidentally Discovers How to Make Coral Grow 40 Times Faster

Wallsend Village Security Guard Phil Colelough Saves Shop Assistant Kerry Woseen

Woman Uses DNA Kit to Reunite with Mother After Nearly 70 Years

Homeless Man with Terminal Cancer Donates to Holiday Toy Drive

This week is all about the good that gets created in the world, whether that’s for future generations, the people around us, or as a gift for us today.

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India Is Now a World Leader in Renewable Energy

Bus Driver Buys Homeless Rider Dinner, Lets Him Stay on Warm Bus All Night

Here’s Who to Thank That We All Survived the Quake on Friday

Iraq Veteran Battles PTSD After Returning Home, Dedicates Life to Helping Other Vets

Retired Firefighter-Paramedic Spends Savings on Naloxone, Gives it Away for Free

NYPD Finds UK Couple Who Lost Ring (down a grate) During Romantic Proposal

Michael Bloomberg’s Charity Donates $50m to Fight Opioid Crisis

Dark Web Dealers Voluntarily Ban Deadly Fentanyl