A local Oklahoma restaurateur providing food baskets to community members affected by SNAP benefit cuts during the government shutdown and a startup in Raleigh, North Carolina, developing cruelty-free leather from cow skin cells without harming animals.

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A light-hearted Halloween prank where a police chief and his officers responded to teens teepeeing the police station by returning the favor, reinforcing a positive community spirit and a breakthrough in medical science, featuring a new breath test for early detection of pancreatic cancer developed by the Pancreatic Cancer UK Center in collaboration with Imperial College London.

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A Portland non-profit coffee shop called Heretic Coffee raised over $217,000 through donations to help people with SNAP benefits and the LiTEASociety, a youth-led initiative in West Virginia, has donated $1 million worth of picture books to preschool children across the U.S.

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A heroic act by a New Jersey firefighter who swam against a freezing current to rescue a dog, and a Swedish startup's sustainable innovation using plant-based coatings for cucumbers to reduce plastic packaging.

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A heroic mother saving children from a school bus fire, a volunteer cleaning up litter, a father-son duo safeguarding a candy store, and the impact of mRNA vaccines on cancer treatment.

A 10-year-old boy named Liam who runs one-mile races with Running for Heroes to honor fallen first responders and a 10-year-old Springer Spaniel named Henry, recognized by the International Fund for Animal Welfare for using his scent-detection abilities to track down poachers and protect endangered birds of prey.

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A heartwarming story about Christopher Wagner, known as the 'fairy godfather of Halloween,' who spends all year collecting and creating Halloween costumes to give away for free, brightening the holiday for many families in need. The second story highlights a breakthrough in gene therapy that has essentially eradicated 'Bubble Boy Disease,' an immune deficiency condition, dramatically improving the lives of those affected.

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The first story covers high school students in Dallas, Texas, who raised money through GoFundMe to buy their school's custodian a car and insurance after learning about his transportation issues. The second story discusses a waterless, mushroom-powered toilet prototype developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia, designed to be more hygienic and environmentally friendly than traditional porta potties.

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