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Officers join in peaceful protest demonstrations in downtown Phoenix
A small number of protesters were outside of the Phoenix Police Headquarters around 5 p.m., hours before the curfew at 8 p.m.
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US woman, 96, speaks Welsh for first time in 40 years
An elderly Welsh woman now living in the United States has spoken Welsh for the first time in 40 years after a lockdown social media appeal. Ray McDermott, 96, who is originally from Carmarthenshire but who has lived in the US for 70 years, was worried she would never speak it again. But Ray, of Ohio, has now been able to connect with Welsh speakers after her son, Keith, asked for help online.
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Doggy diploma: Therapy dog to receive honorary degree from Virginia Tech
This dog is more than just a good boy -- he’s an honorary doctor of veterinary medicine.
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Great-grandmother gets to hug family thanks to granddaughter's "hug time" invention
Rose Gagnon says she hasn't been able to hug her family members for months – probably any grandmother's worst nightmare. The 85-year-old, who lives in Rockford, Illinois, usually sees her granddaughter and her kids every day. Due to social distancing guidelines, that has proven to be difficult.
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Dog that went missing during tornado reunites with family 54 days later
After a devastating EF-4 tornado ripped through the heart of a Tennessee neighborhood, a lost dog who saved her family has finally been found -- 54 days later. On the night of March 3, around 1:15 a.m., Eric Johnson woke up to his miniature Australian shepherd, Bella, whimpering under the bed. Johnson said he knew something was not right.
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An Albuquerque teen found $135K next to an ATM. Instead of walking away with it, he called police | East Idaho News
Jose Nuñez Romaniz was on a mission to buy socks for his grandfather. He’d just helped him find the right ones online, after the elder man had no luck finding them in stores. The 19-year-old Nuñez just needed to deposit money into his bank account to make the online purchase. When he tried, he made an astonishing find — and what he did next has earned him praise and a bit of fame in New Mexico’s most populous city.
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Strangers share post-lockdown aims on 'hope board'
People have been filling up a "hope board" with everything they are looking forward to once the UK lockdown is over. Almost 200 people have shared their hopes for the future on the board outside a Leicester family's home. They ranged from meeting up with friends and family, fish and chips and "pints". Matt Long, the father-of-three who set it up, said he had wanted it to be a "symbol of hope" in difficult times.
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Dog missing for 54 days after tornado reunites with Putnam County family
More than a month after tornadoes tore apart Middle Tennessee, a beloved pup made reunited with her family in Putnam County. WTVF reported that Eric and Faith Johnson had been searching for their Australian Shepherd named Bella for 54 days after a tornado destroyed their home in Cookeville March 3.
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'My 99-year-old auntie recovered from coronavirus'
A 99-year-old woman is recovering at home after being admitted to hospital with coronavirus. Carrie Pollock tested positive at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, in early March after she was admitted with hallucinations and suspected pneumonia.
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Try universal basic income now, NYC: Andrew Yang says coronavirus makes the city an ideal testing ground for a bold idea
The novel coronavirus that’s reached pandemic proportions has already seen more than 13,000 U.S. cases, close to 4,000 of them here in New York. Neighboring New Jersey is seeing one of the highest death tolls, with one family hit particularly hard. And in an attempt to curb the spread of the disease despite a late start, social distancing has become the catchphrase most Americans are living by.
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Celebrities rally around boy in bullying video
A viral clip of bullied Australian boy Quaden Bayle has triggered an outpouring of support globally.
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One Woman and Thousands of Lego Bricks Are Building a Town Much-Needed Wheelchair Ramps
In an effort to undo decades of building design and urban planning that’s made spaces inaccessible to those with mobility challenges, 62-year old Rita Ebel is spending part of her golden years building wheelchair ramps out of colorful Lego bricks in an effort to improve the small German town she calls home in several different ways.
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Michigan man returns $43K he found hidden in couch bought at Habitat for Humanity store
A mid-Michigan man found more than $43,000 in cash hidden in a couch he bought from a secondhand store, and though he had no apparent legal obligation to do so, he decided to return the money to the family who donated the item. Ovid resident Howard Kirby recently bought a set of furniture for $70 from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso. After the couch spent a few weeks in his “man cave,” he started to think something was off.
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Stray dog cuddles kittens in snow keeping them alive on freezing night
A stray dog was found keeping a litter of five kittens alive by cuddling the newborns, who had been abandoned in the snow on a freezing cold night in Canada. A passerby who spotted the dog and kittens alerted the Pet and Wildlife Rescue shelter in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, who rushed to the scene.
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Koala saved from fire is reunited with hero grandma
A koala in Australia has been reunited with the grandma who saved his life, after being badly burnt in ongoing widespread bushfires.
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This gran picked up roadkill to create an armchair
How Nanny Pat's homemade labour of love made her the internet's favourite grandmother.
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A father knitted his baby’s first year of sleep pattern data into a blanket
The Sleep Blanket tracks his son’s sleep patterns from birth to his first birthday.
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World War II veteran asked for 100 cards for his 100th birthday — he received more than 100,000
“To go to a store in town and pick out a card and send it to me, that’s almost more than I can handle I’ll tell ya,” South said.
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Thousands attend funeral for Florida veteran who died without family
Thousands of people turned out Tuesday to pay their respects to a deceased Army vet who had no living family to attend his funeral. Some 4,000 people, most of whom strangers to Edward Pearson in life, attended his funeral at Sarasota National Cemetery, where he was buried with military honors.
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Couple try to arrange all 17 of their rescue dogs for a family photo
Chris Hughes and wife Mariesa look after 17 dogs as part of their rescue centre called The Mr Mo Project in New York. They regularly post group photos and shared this behind the scenes video.
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