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🗳️ A record 639 union members were elected to public office in the 2026 midterm elections.

🗳️ Crystalyne Curley made history as the first woman to be elected president of the Navajo Nation.

🇵🇷 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with nonprofits in Puerto Rico following a $280,000 partnership to help the U.S. territory confront water and power crises.

Today’s Top Good News Story

China’s emissions fell 3% in Q3 2026 — the largest drop since COVID

A result of both the Hormuz crisis and declining coal use, China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026, its largest quarterly reduction since COVID lockdowns in 2022.

It also means the country’s emissions have declined by an estimated 0.5% year to date. It also extends a “flat or falling” trend that began in March 2024 and has lasted more than two and a half years.

China’s energy demand has continued to increase in recent decades, but more and more of that demand is being met by renewable sources, as China is the leader in renewable energy deployment globally.

Why is this good news? Even in a country where demand for electricity and energy continues to rise, this decline demonstrates we don’t need fossil fuels to meet it.

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​An apprenticeship program has trained hundreds of college and high school students to become bilingual healthcare workers. States across the country face a healthcare workforce shortage, but the need is particularly high in rural areas and within Spanish-speaking communities like New Mexico, where 32 of its 33 counties face a shortage.

​After three months lost at sea, five survivors were rescued on a remote island. (Gifted link) A boat missing since July ran ashore on the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, more than 3,000 miles from its intended destination.

​Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini launched “Musicians On Call” at Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital. The program brings live, volunteer musicians to perform at patients’ bedsides.

​Offering hope for the species, scientists discovered an unexpected baby right whale off the coast of Canada. It puts the number of baby right whales discovered from the most recent birthing season at 24, the most productive year for the endangered whales since 2009 and the fourth-highest count on record.

​Portable solar kits are providing essential power for cooking, electricity, and education in disaster zones. Experts say solar energy is increasingly becoming part of disaster relief as technology improves, costs fall, and humanitarian organizations recognize its fundamental need.

Interesting story

An 80-cent plastic pouch is saving thousands of women from dying in childbirth

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The global death rate from malaria has nearly halved since 2000

The latest data from the World Health Organization shows the global death rate from malaria has been nearly halved since 2000 — and it’s declined by 96% since 1900.

If the death rate from malaria were the same as it was in 1900, around 16 million people would die annually — today, it’s around 610,000. In the first half of the 20th century, most malaria victims died in the Asian tropics.

That region’s progress made progress since then possible. Today, more than 9 in 10 malaria deaths occur in Africa — so the more recent progress largely occurred in Africa.

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More Good bits

📚 John Green will not cross the picket line. (Instagram)

🌵 For Talarico, access to healthcare is personal. (Facebook)

🇲🇼 Malawi is trying a new solution for power outages.

🇺🇸 The average age in the Senate just got younger. (Gifted link)

✈️ Check out the new voice of the Boston airport.

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