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Smart Move: Two U.S. Colleges Are Lowering Tuition by 40%
As tuition costs continue to rise at colleges around the U.S., a pair of small, private, liberal arts colleges are slashing theirs by 40%. Beginning...
City Pays Homeless to Learn Job Skills While Beautifying Riverbanks
A picturesque river is getting a makeover while the city’s homeless in Reno, Nevada are getting a new chance at jobs and housing. The new...
The “World’s Best Teacher” Gives Kids Choices–Instead of Tests
Pop quiz: who’s the coolest teacher around? Answer: Ms. Atwell. Today, for World Teacher Day, we’re shining a spotlight on Nancie Atwell, the “World’s Best...
Senators Announce Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
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Hospital That Handled Theater Shootings Sends Pizzas to Oregon Hospital After Tragedy
After the horrible mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, the staff of Mercy Medical Center was busy caring for an influx of victims. In the midst...
Brilliant: Guess What Happens When This Van Pulls up to Panhandlers
Instead of spare change, roadside panhandlers in Albuquerque, New Mexico will be getting $9 an hour, if they want a job for the day. The...
Perk Up on Nat’l Coffee Day: Here’s Where To Get Your Free Cup
Happy National Coffee Day! We’re so excited! We’ve already had five cups! We have channeled that energy into finding you the best spots to snag some...
Volunteers Transform Bleak City Schoolyard Into Breathtaking Cafe (WATCH)
Students at a severely under-performing public high school got a huge morale boost to start the year when they walked into a tsunami of...
Los Angeles Officials Vow to Spend $200Mil on Helping Homeless
The Los Angeles City Council wants to spend an additional $100 million in the coming year to reduce homelessness — roughly doubling what it spends now. With Tuesday’s...
Fierce Competition to Be the Kindest Inside Women’s Prison This Week
Typically, kindness doesn’t top the list of survival skills needed in a women’s prison. But this week, inmates at a California facility who call themselves “the compassionistas”are...
Billionaire Fed Up With Low Salaries Raises Math Teachers’ Pay By $15K
After taking a look at teacher salaries across America, a hedge fund billionaire decided that something just wasn’t adding up. Jim Simons, who made his...
Alabama’s New Education Standards Praised for Being Pro-Science
Alabama school standards for teaching science are evolving. Education leaders have pushed past old standards which led to requirements like stickers on biology books warning...
Last Living 9/11 Rescue Dog Honored With Best Day Ever on 16th Birthday
As one of the 100 search-and-rescue dogs deployed at Ground Zero, this golden retriever holds a special place in the hearts of many New Yorkers. Bretagne (pronounced...
The US Economy’s Second Quarter Went From Solid to Stellar
The U.S. economy grew at a far faster pace last quarter than economists first had estimated–expanding at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in...
This Yoga Class Leads Inmates to Find Freedom From Within
There’s nothing like a little time on the yoga mat to take you away from it all—especially behind prison walls, where that goal is...
“The Aussies Are Coming!” Overseas Firefighters Arrive in WA
Seventy Australian and New Zealand firefighters arrived in the United States last week, ready to go wherever wildfires were burning, reports the Associated Press. Grateful Firefighters...
Connecticut Becomes 1st State to End Chronic Homelessness Among Vets
Connecticut officials announced Thursday they had become the first state in the nation to provide housing for every one of its chronically homeless veterans. The achievement marks...
Bike Bells Are Ringing: Librarians Pedal Books to Kids In “Book Deserts”
Librarians around the U.S. have found a new way to peddle books to kids by literally pedaling the books on bikes. Public libraries and schools...
Awww: Total Number of Endangered Pandas Just Grew By One (UPDATE)
We reported earlier today, “Panda fans got a double-dose of cute Saturday with the birth of rare twin cubs at the Smithsonian National...
Huge Hole in Road is Left Unrepaired, So Neighbors Add a Fish Pond
When you hit a bump in the road, you can give up – or you can build a fishpond. Fed up with waiting for city...
Thousands Volunteer To Become Firefighters In Washington State
When leaders in Washington state asked for volunteers to help fight wildfires, they weren’t expecting this. After the call went out on Friday, more than...
Police Celebrate National Lemonade Day: “We Won’t Shut You Down Ever”
Every time we put something about lemonade stands on our Facebook page, we get a ton of comments about cops shutting down the stand...
Dad Recycles Old Crayons Into New Ones for Schools, Hospitals and Art Programs
No young artist can resist the crisp, new box of crayons that back-to-school season so often brings, but not every little artist has access to them. When...
UPDATE: City Police Have Brought 109 Addicts to Rehab, Instead of Jail
More than 100 people have taken advantage of a Massachusetts police department’s offer of rehabilitation, instead of arrest, for turning in their heroin. Gloucester Police...
Millions of “Shade Balls” Added to Calif Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation -Video
It’s a whole new ballgame in California, where cities are trying any idea they can think of to conserve water during the state’s historic...
Americans Can Donate AC Units to Seniors Who Can’t Afford Repairs
Instead of roasting in the oppressive heat of a Mississippi summer, an 81-year-old woman is breathing easier thanks to a donated air conditioner. It’s more than...
California Restores Voting Rights for 60,000 Former Felons
A court settlement has just given 60,000 felony offenders the right to vote again in California. They all committed low-level offenses and were released, placed...
Carbon Pollution From U.S. Power Plants Hits 27-Year Low
Electric power plants in the US spewed 128 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in April 2015, the lowest for any month since April...
Skyrocketing Donations Save the First Spacesuit Worn on the Moon
When the Smithsonian Institution took the small step of launching a Kickstarter campaign to save the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the first moonwalk,...
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