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❤️‍🩹 Colin Kaepernick and Tyler Perry are helping cover the costs for an independent autopsy and funeral for Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old whose body was found Monday after going missing over the Fourth of July weekend.

🚫 Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a first-of-its-kind “Click to Cancel” rule that will require businesses to make it as easy for you to cancel your subscription as it was to sign up.

📰 North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed ​a bill that would have banned homeless encampments​ outside of official, city-maintained sites.

Governments doing good

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul just established the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new AI data centers

New York Governor Kathy Hochul just signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to create a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers ​​— statewide.

To impose the moratorium, Hochul will be temporarily pausing state environmental permits for up to one year. The goal in this time, her office reports, is to build a regulatory framework designed to “protect ratepayers, the environment, the energy grid, and communities across the state.”

Another piece of the executive order includes the development of a Community Investment Framework, which will provide guidance to local entities to help them negotiate community benefits as part of any data center development.

Why is this good news? Critics of these large-scale data centers, which are sweeping the country at an unprecedented rate, cite environmental, health, and energy cost concerns, and have been sounding the alarm to local governments to take action to enact bans or moratoriums to slow things down in the interest of both people and the planet. New York is answering that call.

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More Good News

​After she became separated from her mother, a baby “sloth bear” in north-east India was rescued by wildlife experts. The five-month-old bear cub, named Luna, is recovering from a hairline fracture and is expected to make a full recovery.

​A new cancer drug may be able to inhibit both tumor growth and the spread of aggressive prostate cancer. The drug, which is composed entirely of human proteins, just entered a new testing phase in Sweden.

​African countries secured $900 million in new financial commitments to expand access to clean cooking technologies. The new pledge builds on the $2.2 billion mobilized at the inaugural Africa Clean Cooking Summit in Paris in 2024, bringing total commitments to more than $3.1 billion.

​The new women’s professional baseball league unveiled its inaugural teams, and they’re all named after pioneering women. The San Francisco Firebells, for example, were inspired by Lillie Hitchcock Coit, known as “Firebelle,” who was a champion of San Francisco’s volunteer firefighters.

​Rapid saliva and gut-sensor-based tests for endometriosis will be available through the NHS in England and Wales. The tests can dramatically speed up diagnosis of endometriosis, which experts say will be a “gamechanger” for millions of women.

​A new therapy for incurable brain tumor patients could slow the progression of the disease and extend patients’ lives. In the 8-year clinical study, 66% of trial participants were still alive, and 42% experienced no tumor regrowth.

Interesting story

‘Hostile architecture’ makes it impossible for homeless people to rest in public. One city just voted to eliminate it

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good progress

Thanks to growing vaccination coverage, nearly 20 million measles deaths have been prevented in Africa since 2000

The first-ever detailed analysis of vaccination targets across the African continent revealed that increasing vaccination coverage has prevented 19.5 million measles-related deaths.

The analysis also found that more than 500 million children have been protected through routine vaccination from 2000 to 2024, “remarkable progress” in a single generation.

Since 2000, 44 countries across Africa have introduced a second dose of the measles vaccine into routine immunization efforts, which has led coverage rates to rise from 5% in 2000 to 55% in 2024. As a result, measles deaths have halved, and there’s been a 40% drop in cases.

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More Good bits

🌿 Turns out catnip works wonders against mosquitoes.

🐦‍⬛ They used to hunt birds. Now, they watch and protect them.

🤼 Khomlainai wrestling is healing ancient grudges.

🏅 Angela Madsen is an absolute legend. (Instagram Reels)

🐐 An emotional support goat is helping firefighters in Colorado.

⏱️ Canada’s only watchmaking school is still ticking 80 years later.

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