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Rivers Reborn: Alewives Continue to Make a Recovery in the Penobscot Watershed in Maine
Alewife fish populations are continuing to journey back home to Maine's Penobscot River thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which is helping to reconnect and restore fish passages.
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John Boyega Reveals First Phone Call With Jamie Foxx After Medical Emergency: ‘He’s Doing Well…Take Your Time, Jamie. We Love You’
John Boyega revealed to People magazine that he was finally able to get ahold of Jamie Foxx over the phone following the latter’s medical complication earlier this year. The two actors star opposite one another in Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi movie “They Cloned Tyrone.” “He finally picked up the phone. Thank you, bro,” Boyega said. “He’s doing well. And then, you know, we just giving him the privacy, and we can’t wait for his return.”
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A child learned his favorite waiter was struggling. He raised $30,000 for him.
Vittoria Hunter and her family have a ritual of breakfast at their local Waffle House in Little Rock every weekend. For about a year, they have requested to sit in the section of their favorite waiter, Devonte Gardner. “He’s the nicest person ever,” said Hunter, 35.
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Dave Grohl BBQs for 450 Homeless People, Cooks for 16 Hours
Dave Grohl is proving once again why he's just as much a rock star off the stage as he is on it ... putting his BBQ skills to work to feed the less fortunate.
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A student needed medical care and a home. His teachers adopted him.
Elementary school teacher Jenna Riccio visited her student in a hospital, and when she learned about his home life, she suddenly said: “Can I foster him?”
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Chris Evans Jokes with Jeremy Renner After His Accident: 'Has Anyone Even Checked' on the Snowplow?
Jeremy Renner can always count on friend Chris Evans to be there for him. Shortly after Renner, 52, posted a message on social media about being on the mend and looking forward with a positive outlook after his snowplow accident, Evans, 41, reacted with a light-hearted response to his Marvel costar.
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This lunar year will be the Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat, depending on where you live
On Jan. 22, 2023, more than a billion people globally will welcome the Year of the Rabbit – or the Year of Cat, depending on which cultural traditions they follow – as the start of the Lunar New Year.
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Jeremy Renner Says He Broke 30 Bones in Snowplow Accident, Grateful for It “Uniting Actionable Love”
Jeremy Renner is letting fans know that he broke 30 bones in the New Year’s Day snowplow accident that led to his hospitalization, but that he continues to be on the road to recovery. The actor took to Instagram on Saturday to share a photo of himself receiving medical attention on his legs. “Morning workouts, resolutions all changed this particular new years...
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Dog protects young girls for hours after getting lost in woods
When Abigail and Cecilia Bourg went missing at the end of November in the woods behind their home, their parents were frantic. Now, Artemis, the Bourg family dog, is being hailed a hero. "I just start like running around the whole property — six acres — and that's when I called [my husband] and said, 'They're gone,'" Mary Bourg said.
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A stranger on a plane gave two girls fleeing civil war $100. Decades later, they reunited.
No matter what shows up under Ayda Zugay's tree this year, she says no present will ever compare to the gift she got in 1999 on one of the scariest days of her life. Civil war was raging in Yugoslavia and bombs were closing in on her family, who lived in Belgrade — then part of the former Balkan country, now Serbia. So Zugay's parents put their 11-year-old daughter and her sister on a plane to the U.S. by themselves.
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SAFD: Woman escapes house fire after being woken up by dog
A dog woke up the owner of a San Antonio home that caught fire early Saturday morning, allowing her to escape safely. Firefighters responded to the structure fire at 2:30 a.m. in the 9100 block of Ranch Corner, according to San Antonio FD.
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The founder of Patagonia is giving his company away to help fight climate change
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, who has previously expressed his reluctance at amassing wealth, is giving away his company. The outdoor apparel company will now be in the hands of a trust and a nonprofit organization. All future profits will be donated to help fight climate change, the company announced Wednesday.
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Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company
Yvon Chouinard has forfeited ownership of the company he founded 49 years ago. The profits will now be used to fight climate change.
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Why Scotland Is Opening a Dementia Center in a National Park
When Gillian Councill and Kenny Wright of the nonprofit Alzheimer Scotland met with people living among their country’s Cairngorms mountains, they heard a refrain: Locals with dementia couldn’t get out into nature as they once loved to do.
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A new start after 60: ‘I became a vegan at 82 and found a new sense of freedom’
Frances Day’s husband died during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, so there was no funeral. “It was a horrid, horrid time. I was on my own. It took a long time for me to get fairly steady,” she says. Her 82nd birthday passed, and as the summer wore on, she thought: “I’ve got to do something. I don’t want my life to end now. I want to have a few adventures. Let’s start with veganism.”
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10-year-old’s mission to rescue dogs earns him a TV show
Roman McConn began helping find homes for shelter dogs at age 4. Now he’s got a Disney XD show.
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'Ebola is defeated,' says Congolese professor who discovered the virus
"For 40 years I have been a witness and a player in the fight against this terrifying and deadly disease and I can say today: it is defeated, it is preventable and curable."
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Benedict Cumberbatch To House Ukrainian Family Who Fled Russian Invasion
"I want to give them some stability after the turmoil that they’ve experienced, and that’s within my home," said the "Dr. Strange" star.
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The Great American Chestnut Tree Revival
More than a century ago, billions of American chestnuts were wiped out by an invasive fungus. Now, scientists are working to restore the tree to its former glory.
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Pet dog rescues family from Big Stone Gap house fire
Not all heroes wear capes — some wag tails. One family dog in Southwest Virginia jumped to action Thursday morning to warn his loved ones of danger — a fire had erupted from the outside front wall of the home.
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