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10 Good News Stories After A Real Crappy Week For News

It's good to remember that bad isn't all there is.

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10 Good News Stories After A Real Crappy Week For News

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Bad news sells papers and gets clicks, but it isn't all that great for your mental health. So, I've compiled a list of good news stories from the last week to offset all the really depressing shit that's been going on in the news this week.

California is drought-free for the first time In 7 years

The state of California isn't dealing with a drought right now. It probably won't last, but we should take what we can get.

Jaden Smith is bringing clean water to Flint, Michigan

After years of government neglect, famous woke person Jaden Smith is introducing a new water purifier, and he has decided to reveal it for the first time in Flint.

A federal court says it's your constitutional right to flip off police officers

Go and give a cop the finger. It's what the Founding Fathers would have wanted.

A 28-year old invented contacts that let color blind people see color

The glasses were cool already, but now there are contacts that let color blind people see colors for the first time.

A Native American tribe donated $184,000 to help pay for funerals of Alabama tornado victims

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is donating $184,000 to take care of burial expenses.

There's a new Internet challenge where Millennials film themselves picking up trash

If being able to breathe clean air and drink unpolluted water isn't enough, then do it for the likes.

A young girl was upset that Steph Curry's shoes didn't come in women's sizes, so she just helped design his new shoes

Stephen Curry dropped in on a television interview to surprise a 9-year-old girl who helped design the inside of the latest version of the Golden State Warriors stars.

There was a baby race at a college basketball game and it was EPIC

Watch this video. Just when you think it's over, here comes the baby!

A formerly homeless student got into 17 colleges all on his own

“I think it is unfair that people could just buy their way in,” the student, Dylan Chidick, said of the admissions scandal that has roiled the country.

 A little girl with cancer said she liked dogs, so 40 K9 officers and their dogs visited her

Nearly 40 police dogs and their human partners rolled into a Wisconsin suburb on Saturday morning, but they weren't there to arrest anyone.

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