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A fox at the bottom of a wooden ramp, then a wildlife rescuer positions a ramp before the fox appears at the top of the ramp.

Outdoors

Fox cub gets trapped in steep courtyard twice, so rescuers add custom escape ramp

A laptop displaying a command-line interface with text in German on a colorful background.

Tech

Employee saves 12 'perfectly working' HP laptops after boss says they want to trash them

A person operates a boat with a solar panel and a digital display showing performance metrics.

Tech

UK day boat prototype made a 6-day Thames run to London powered only by the sun

A cozy interior with a wooden table, chairs, bookshelves, and various household items arranged around the space.

Home

'It's overwhelming': In Sydney, emptying a mother's home means sorting junk from memory

Stacks of transparent containers filled with cookies topped with green and orange sprinkles.

Food

Arizona dumpster diver finds 30 unopened cookie cartons, gives boxes to mom and church

Firefighters tackling a wildfire in Indonesia.

Tech

Indonesia haze delays Japan firefighting mission as 3 helicopters begin water drops

A modern house exterior with a welcome sign, landscaped garden, and large windows.

Home

Waller County becomes one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, lands a 1,130-home community

A close-up of a snake with distinctive scales and a prominent head.

Tech

Outside Sao Paulo, deadly snakes fuel Latin America's biggest antivenom operation

A large assortment of colorful LEGO minifigure parts in a container.

Tech

AI sorter saves 25 million LEGO bricks from landfill, makes sets up to 60% cheaper

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts poses with seven people in front of a backdrop with the text "Northeast Vikings."

Home

Eagles star Jalen Hurts donates $600,000 to upgrade HVAC at overheating Philadelphia school

A community garden transformed from a trash-filled lot to a landscaped space with trees and benches.

Outdoors

Philadelphia teens turned a Kensington dumping ground into a 'beautiful little mini forest'

A firefighter in uniform holds a yellow helmet near a fire truck.

Business

Guadalupe County, Texas, gets 2 donated fire stations to speed response in fast-growing areas