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Resulting from a decade of work from a dedicated mother, bills known as “Kyra’s Law” passed both the senate and house and is on Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk for signing.

Activist Wins 10-Year Battle to Ensure That Child Abuse Is Considered Above All Else in NY Custody Trials The law is named after Franchetti's daughter, Kyra, who was killed by her father in a murder su***de at the man's home years ago

The two posts are estimated to have lined up like a gun sight to the rising solstice sun. ☀️☀️☀️

A 'Stonehenge Prototype' Aligned with the Solstices Is a Once in a Lifetime Find for These Archaeologists It was essentially two post holes in the ground and a couple of trash dumps: but it's still one of the greatest finds in Phil Harding's career.

Katie Tinkler always wanted to ski, but lupus was too much of an impediment. ⛷️⛷️⛷️

'Groundbreaking' Potential Lupus Cure Sends Patients into Remission, Allowing Dreams to Be Fulfilled The trial of CAR T-cell therapy for lupus recently concluded in the UK showing that the disease's permanence may be at an end.

“Given that I was a sports reporter, you would have thought I would have had more of a smile on my face on the Leeds card.”

Man Enjoys 'Accidental Time Capsule' After Recovering a Wallet He Doesn't Remember Losing For 63-year-old Mark, it was a strange and serendipitous reason to take a moment and appreciate a life well-lived.

The insects can grow up to 4 inches (9cm) with a wingspan just as long. 🪰🪰🪰

A Golden-Ringed Jewel: Britain’s Longest Dragonfly Hitches Ride on Woman’s Thumb (LOOK and LEARN) Sarah Hawkes was stunned when a Golden-Ringed Dragonfly–Britain's longest, at 4 inches–stopped to hitch a ride on her thumb (LOOK)...

The police chief in nearby Providence, Rhode Island, where an estimated 6,000 Scots were staying, admitted “We simply don’t want them to leave!”

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30,000 Scottish Descend on Boston for World Cup–And the Amazing Viral Videos Remind Us We're All Neighbors Thousands of Scottish football fans descended Boson last week, with shenanigans so generational that folk songs are being written about it.

Given Just 8 Months to Live, Teen Graduates Cancer-Free 4 Years Later Thanks to Doctor’s Promise (Watch)

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/given-just-8-months-to-live-teen-is-cancer-free-4-years-on-thanks-to-doctors-promise/

Nature’s microbes generate an unending trickle of power—but by stringing the prototypes together engineers can generate a stream. 🔋🔋🔋

UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil - Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day A UK startup, Bactery, says its battery powered by bacteria uses nature’s microbes to generate an unending trickle of power from the soil.

The nonprofit Direct Relief, now in its 69th year, shipped the aid from its warehouse in Santa Barbara headed for DRC.

Quarter Million N95 Respirators Headed to DRC as California Group Eases Ebola Strain on Health System A California relief group is sending 250,000 N95 respirators to help protect health workers amid the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo.

After a number of initiatives to save the “climate change hotspot” located in the Central Anatolia plateau, the lake is now hosting a new generation of chicks. 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback From Climate Disaster in Turkiye (WATCH) In a conservation triumph, 5,000 flamingo chicks have hatched at Lake Tuz, a key breeding ground that had nearly dried up five years ago.