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📺 The final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired this week, ending an era of what one scholar called some of the best satire in U.S. history.
California elementary school students are helping raise $10M to save a bald eagle habitat from development
When students at John Baldwin Elementary School in Danville, California heard that a wildlife area near the nest of a pair of viral bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, was at risk of being developed, they immediately wanted to help.
The students wrote letters to community members, celebrities, and lawmakers, posted flyers, and picked up leaves, washed cars, held bake sales, and more to raise money in support of an effort to purchase and protect the land.
That effort is being led by the nonprofit Friend of Big Bear Valley, which has so far raised over $2.68 million since Feb. 19 toward its $10 million goal so the San Bernardino Mountain Land Trust can buy the land.
Why is this good news? Even beyond helping protect and preserve this critical bald eagle hunting and habitat area, these students are learning from an early age that we can turn our care and passion into real-life action that matters and makes a difference.
In April, Baltimore saw its fewest monthly homicides in over 50 years
With four cases reported April, Baltimore recorded its fewest monthly homicides since at least 1970. The city has seen its “safest” period in more than 50 years, with significant declines in violent crime overall.
So far this year, the city has seen 33 homicides and 89 non-fatal shootings, compared to 37 and 101 over the same period last year — a 10.8% decrease in homicides and 11.9% decline in non-fatal shootings.
The city’s mayor credits its Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which launched in 2022 and is a partnership between police, the mayor’s office, and prosecutors. It’s since expanded to more neighborhoods in the city and has connected hundreds of people to resources, seizing firearms and ghost guns, and more.
Even better: Data shows that some non-violent crime is down, too, with carjackings down 38%, burglaries down 17%, auto thefts down 11%, and robberies down 16% compared to last year.
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Experts are celebrating a record-breaking start to sea turtle nesting season in Florida
In Florida, sea turtle nesting season typically runs from March 1 through October 31. Just two months into the season, the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute announced that both loggerhead and leatherback nests were “outpacing recent record-breaking years.”
The FWC reported 1,008 leatherback nests — up by 4% compared to May 2025. There were also three Kemp’s ridley nests, up by two from this time last year, marking a huge improvement for the world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtle.
Even more remarkably, the number of loggerhead nests so far this year is already at 1,450, roughly 82% higher than it was this time last year.
Why is this good news? In 2024, scientists expected Florida to break nesting records, but Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton caused severe flooding and washed away many sea turtle nests across the state. Despite extensive damage, wildlife experts continued conservation and restoration efforts throughout the following year — and it appears to be paying off.
Olympic skier Hunter Hess turned Trump’s ‘real loser’ insult into a fundraiser for youth sports
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess said in an interview that it brought up “mixed emotions” to represent the U.S. at the Games, saying, “Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Then, President Trump called Hess “a real loser.”
Now, Hess is turning that insult into something positive. He just launched The Real Loser Project, a merchandise line where 100% of proceeds support Stoked, a nonprofit that gives underserved kids access to action sports and mentorship.
Why is this good news? What was initially meant to tear an athlete down will now serve to give more young athletes opportunities to join in and participate. Hess is showing us how we can use our platform and influence — big or small — to do good and build people up instead of tear them down.
For the first time in 70 years, a wild jaguar was spotted in the largest park in Argentina
Together, Iberá National Park and Iberá Provincial Park are not only the largest park in Argentina, but they’re also home to sweeping grasslands, marshlands, forests, and 4,000 species of flora and fauna.
The milestone was the result of decades of hard-fought conservation work, education campaigns, and collaborative rewilding efforts between local organizations, scientists, rangers, and ranchers — the park went from having no jaguars to now 50 total.
Why is this good news? Seven decades ago, jaguars were driven out of Argentina by twin forces: logging and poaching. As hunters killed them for their pelts, the forest shrank around them. This milestone proves conservation efforts are working.
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