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Rise Up Industries, a nonprofit in southeastern San Diego, has spent more than a decade helping men recently released from prison earn machinist certifications through a paid apprenticeship program that also includes therapy. The organization operates out of a converted machine shop, offering a path to stable employment for people with felony records.
After Hurricane Lowell knocked out power across Kaua'i, Damian and Donna Loo cooked 60 bentos for elderly neighbors whose refrigerators held nothing but spoiling food. Their act of laulima — many hands working together — grew into churches turned distribution centers, food trucks cooking extra meals, and more than 100 handwritten cards for kupuna.
Mark Hamill, the actor who brought Luke Skywalker to life in the Star Wars film series, celebrates his 75th birthday today, September 25, 2026. Beyond his iconic role, Hamill has built a prolific career as a voice actor across animated television, film, and video games.
Tour F, a 75-story supertall skyscraper in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, will become Africa's tallest building when its spire is installed by New Year's Eve, reaching 1,381 feet (421 meters).
Phil Knight and his wife Penny have pledged $1 billion to the University of Oregon, the largest single donation ever made to an American public university. The gift will fund a new engineering college as the school faces $65 million in planned budget cuts.
A group of teen environmentalists from California collected roughly 22,000 used sports balls — weighing 2,675 pounds — and set a Guinness World Record for the most racquet sport balls recycled in a single day. The haul, gathered over the weekend of September 19, was trucked to a specialized recycling facility.
Amazon announced a $20 million investment on Monday to conserve water in the drought-stressed Colorado River Basin, launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative and joining the Water Resilience Coalition and The Climate Pledge to support irrigation improvements and leak repairs.
Researchers at Cornell University have demonstrated a method called Direct Electrode-to-Electrode Regeneration that can restore electric vehicle battery electrodes to as much as 95% of their original capacity. The process costs less per kilogram than conventional pyrometallurgy recycling and could reduce the number of usable battery packs sent to landfills.
Across villages in northeast India, communities run orderly traffic, unattended shops, and litter-free streets without police, municipal staff, or government mandates. The model is spreading to other regions, offering a counterpoint to heavier budgets and stricter laws.
From the birth of Robert Bosch and the founding of Nintendo to Bruce Springsteen's birthday, September 23 marks a remarkable convergence of innovation, entertainment, and exploration. This date also saw Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis and the debut of The Jetsons.
A UK observational study reports high accuracy for a non-invasive genetic urine test for bladder cancer, correctly identifying cancer-associated genes in 71 of 77 patients who later developed malignancy.
NBC and Telemundo's Clear The Shelters campaign placed 135,000 shelter animals in homes this August, part of a summer-long push that raised $480,000 for more than 1,000 participating shelters. Over 12 years, the initiative has helped 1.5 million pets find families and directed more than $6 million to animal shelters nationwide.
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