by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Pittsburgher and a mysterious dog recently teamed up to save two unconscious individuals in a story that has earned the pair thousands of plaudits. Gary Thynes shared both on Facebook and to local news station WTAE that he was playing with his own dog in a park when...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
In 2015, GNN reported on the opening of Rising Tide Car Wash in Florida, where a man’s autistic son could acquire all the merits of hard work, earn a paycheck, and become more independent. Now 10-years-later, founder John D’Eri’s original vision has been shared by...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
In an exclusive for AP, Somalia’s camel dairies speak with hope about the future in a country that often has very little to hope about. From outside government meddling and invasions, to regular bombings, insurgencies, famine, and piracy, “Somalia” and “investment”...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wisconsin residents called in by the dozen: “there’s a bear in my yard,” they said. But wildlife authorities were taken aback at the next detail, “it has a jar on its head!” The Winnie the Pooh wannabe was a 2-year-old female black bear who had obviously followed her...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
For 10 million worldwide patients with Parkinson’s disease, news out of Japan that a large pharmaceutical corporation is seeking approval for a new stem cell-based treatment should be hugely encouraging. Following a successful clinical trial in which seniors between...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Adrift amongst a sea of wheat on an English farm, 4 extremely rare birds have successfully fledged, and are almost ready to strike out on their own. The successfully raised chicks are Montagu’s harriers, England’s rarest breeding bird, and the news the young ones were...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
That little beep of a metal detector can often mean nothing but trash, but every once and a while, it can lead to fame, fortune, and even “happy tears.” Laura Emanuel from southern New Jersey was on the beach enjoying the sun over Cape May when, after taking off her...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Helsinki has completed a full 12 months without a single traffic fatality. The success is being attributed to a multi-faceted approach by city and residents that involves lower speed limits, public transport improvements, and better street planning. In the 1980s, the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Englishman James Ketchell is looking to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe on land, in the air, and at sea as he sets off in a sailboat from a harbor in Hampshire. 30,000 miles and 9 months now await Ketchell, who is undertaking the voyage alone. The...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The idea that American health insurance companies are using AI to analyze and adjudicate claims for approval or denial sounds terrifying, but one North Carolinian is using AI to fight back. When Raleigh resident Neal Shah had a claim denied for his wife’s chemotherapy...
