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Man seeks pals he once persuaded to ship him around the world in a crate

Homesick while working in Australia, Brian Robson didn't have enough money to travel home to Wales. So he came up with a madcap idea: Ship himself in a crate via airfreight to London for a fraction of the fare.

By Cathy Free

She didn’t get to wear her wedding dress because of the pandemic. So she put it on to get her vaccine.

"Things have been really dark and the idea of getting a vaccine is such a bright moment,” said Sarah Studley.

By Sydney Page

A cook at a frat house was like a mother to the members. Years later, they paid off her mortgage.

“They were my kids. They still are,” said Jessie Hamilton, who was a cook at the Louisiana State University fraternity for 14 years.

By Sydney Page

First-grader wrote Old Navy asking for girls’ jeans to have real pockets. The letter went viral.

“I want my pants to have real pockets like my brother’s pants,” said Kamryn Gardner, 7.

By Cathy Free

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Some young women embraced their gray hair during the pandemic. They might not go back.

In the privacy of quarantine, a sorority of “silver sisters” decided to show their true colors. I became one of them.

Pandemic baking for my son helped me realize it’s not about the cinnamon rolls

Couldn’t he taste the love that I’d baked into those cinnamon rolls? Couldn’t he taste the comfort I was offering through what I’d made? Apparently, he could not.

Once jailed, these women now hold courts accountable — with help from students, retirees and Fiona Apple

When the pandemic threw courts into chaos, this Court Watch group kept a watchful eye.

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This teacher was called to protect the U.S. Capitol as a National Guard member. He now holds class from a Humvee.

By Sydney Page

A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates

By Kellie B. Gormly

A dog was missing for weeks. Then it wandered into Walmart and found its owner working at the register.

By Sydney Page

A FedEx driver saw a boy play basketball with a rusty hoop. She went to a store and bought him a new one.

By Cathy Free

They met in high school. Fifty years later, the pandemic helped them realize they belonged together.

By Lisa Bonos

A surge in green financing boosts climate businesses

By Steven Mufson

Nap time is the new coffee break. Here’s how to make the most of it.

By Galadriel Watson

A child sex abuser evaded justice in Kenya. Then an ‘ordinary woman’ took matters into her own hands.

By Max Bearak and Rael Ombuor

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Man seeks pals he once persuaded to ship him around the world in a crate

She didn’t get to wear her wedding dress because of the pandemic. So she put it on to get her vaccine.

A cook at a frat house was like a mother to the members. Years later, they paid off her mortgage.

First-grader wrote Old Navy asking for girls’ jeans to have real pockets. The letter went viral.

The Optimist newsletter

Some young women embraced their gray hair during the pandemic. They might not go back.

Pandemic baking for my son helped me realize it’s not about the cinnamon rolls

Once jailed, these women now hold courts accountable — with help from students, retirees and Fiona Apple

This teacher was called to protect the U.S. Capitol as a National Guard member. He now holds class from a Humvee.

A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates

A dog was missing for weeks. Then it wandered into Walmart and found its owner working at the register.

A FedEx driver saw a boy play basketball with a rusty hoop. She went to a store and bought him a new one.

They met in high school. Fifty years later, the pandemic helped them realize they belonged together.

A surge in green financing boosts climate businesses

Nap time is the new coffee break. Here’s how to make the most of it.

A child sex abuser evaded justice in Kenya. Then an ‘ordinary woman’ took matters into her own hands.

Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant, gives birth to twins conceived 3 weeks apart

People are losing their taste and smell to covid-19. Now there’s a cookbook to help.

I never liked animals. Then I got a pandemic pet bunny.

This woman, 82, dresses to the nines each Sunday for virtual church. Her selfies have become legendary.

A man lost his legs in a farming accident. He’s ‘too stubborn to let this get him down,’ his brother said.

A 57-year-old woman who survived a brain tumor just gave birth, breaking a state record

My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.

After the shooting, a boy gave flowers to workers at King Soopers stores near the attack

About a third of Holocaust survivors in the U.S. live in poverty. This group helps them.

Not far from the parties in Miami Beach, a different scene unfolds: Staying up all night to feed the hungry

Has covid killed trade shows? Barcelona bets on a comeback

Researchers say cool white paint could combat urban heat

Four gray whales found dead in eight days in the San Francisco Bay area

Even if the pandemic abates, FitXR thinks home fitness is the future