Five countries and territories in the Americas have achieved major disease elimination milestones, with Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos receiving WHO recognition for eliminating diseases including HIV transmission, leprosy, rabies, trachoma and hepatitis B.

At least 20 planned school shootings have been stopped since 2018 after warning signs were reported through Sandy Hook Promise prevention programs. The latest was in Arkansas, where an anonymous tip led to an intervention before anyone was hurt

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New Jersey is erasing $90 million in medical debt for nearly 20,000 residents, bringing the state's total medical debt relief to more than $1.6 billion for nearly 900,000 people. Recipients don't have to do anything to receive the relief.

'A powerful buffer': How solar saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began

Paul McCartney joins 500+ public figures, conservationists and Indigenous leaders in a global campaign calling on the UN to abolish trophy hunting of lions, elephants, endangered rhinos and other wildlife, following a declaration developed with Jane Goodall.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney announces ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty, paving the way for the world's first ocean sanctuaries in international waters and stronger protection for marine wildlife and ecosystems.

A vacant factory lot in Wisconsin that had become a dumping ground has been transformed into 20 affordable homes, giving 20 families, most of them first-time homeowners, a place to call home. More than 1,000 people contributed labor or support to make it happen.

New Zealand has selected 500 schools for a $30 million solar programme that could save larger schools around $8,000 a year on electricity, with the savings staying in school budgets for teaching and learning. The first school in the pilot has alread…

Queen guitarist Brian May’s nature reserve transformed 157 acres of empty farmland into home for 100,000 trees and wild animals

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California's incarcerated firefighters handle nearly half of the state's emergency wildfire hours. A new law will give them standardized credentials and a hiring preference for entry-level Cal Fire jobs after release, creating a path to six-figure c…

DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool

20,000 people in Romania came together to build a 3.1 mile table from recycled materials, setting a Guinness World Record while raising funds for the country’s first pediatric psychiatry hospital. The materials will then be reused to make furniture for children.

Mayor Mamdani announces $607 million to modernize 1,148 public housing apartments in NYC, serving about 2,000 residents. The project will bring new kitchens, bathrooms, heating and cooling, elevators and accessibility upgrades while keeping the homes permanently affordable.

51 ways to get the planet tipping the right way: Solutions like commodity supply chain transformation, clean cooking and heating, expansion of high-quality marine protected areas, alternatives to disposable packaging, or cheap flexible clean electricity can trigger a wave of positive change.

Watch Plasma Erupt in Full Color Inside a Fusion Reactor at 16,000 FPS

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Germany smashes PV record, produces three times more solar power than Australia so far this year

California Bans Using AI to Monitor Workers’ Brains, Emotions

California recorded its largest reduction in unsheltered homelessness in 16 years, with 8,391 fewer people unsheltered in 2025. More than 110,000 people have moved into permanent housing since 2023, while over 682,000 homes have been built since 2019.

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Can New Technologies Finally Replace Animal Testing?

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More than 28.2 million children received polio drops in Pakistan's weeklong vaccination campaign between 21 & 27 September, with 273,000 frontline workers visiting homes and communities across the country.

New Mexico has banned new uranium mining on more than 13 million acres of state trust lands and ordered its Land Office to prioritise cleaning up abandoned uranium sites left by decades of mining. At least 50 of those legacy sites are on state trust…

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Angola has begun banning everyday single-use plastics nationwide, including thin shopping bags, straws, stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. Single use plastic is now also completely banned on beaches and in conservation areas, with fines of up to $33,000 for companies that break the rules.

Hadrian's Wall Sycamore Gap tree stump shows 'encouraging' signs

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Solar and wind supply record 80% of Australia’s main power grid for first time

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