TodayThis weekOct 19 to 25, 2026
So far
So far this week has 18 verified stories from 13 states and 5 countries. Community led with 8 stories, then Animals with 5 and Heroes with 3.
These lead because this week includes the story of the day and two stories from Today's Top 5. The newest stories still in the week complete the set of five. The story of the day, a Top 5 rank, and the world pick are the homepage marks already stored on a story. When those marks name fewer than five stories in the week, the most-cheered stories fill in, and then the newest.
HeroesMadison Isler pulled 3-year-old Luna Hernandez from a pool and did CPR until help arrived. Luna survived, and Martin County Fire Rescue gave Isler its first Heroic Heart Award.
Verified · WPBF
Health & TechJemperli, or dostarlimab, received accelerated approval for untreated stage II or III dMMR or MSI-H rectal cancer. In a 154-patient trial, nearly three-fourths needed no chemo, radiation, or surgery after more than two years. That subtype is about 3 percent of rectal cancers.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration
CommunityRemote Area Medical and more than 415 volunteers treated about 300 patients at Notre Dame High School. No ID and no insurance were required.
Verified · Chattanooga Times Free Press
AnimalsA male about three years old, taken from the illegal trade and held for rehabilitation in India, landed in Medan to begin quarantine and a planned return to care in North Sumatra.
Verified · The Indian Express
CommunityAfter two years of Direct Instruction, students at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School made close to four years of progress in basic reading. Some older students who had been three or four grades behind are now on grade level.
Verified · MPR News3 stories in this section this week.
HeroesMadison Isler pulled 3-year-old Luna Hernandez from a pool and did CPR until help arrived. Luna survived, and Martin County Fire Rescue gave Isler its first Heroic Heart Award.
Verified · WPBF
HeroesSamantha Lee, 25, left Daytona Beach in March and has raised more than $17,000 for Back on My Feet. People along the road have offered rides, food, and water.
Verified · KREM / Coeur d'Alene Press
HeroesKaren Sheets-Mobley won a Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation contest to put a public-access AED on Bardstown Road after her husband made a full recovery.
Verified · WDRB / WAVE5 stories in this section this week.
AnimalsA male about three years old, taken from the illegal trade and held for rehabilitation in India, landed in Medan to begin quarantine and a planned return to care in North Sumatra.
Verified · The Indian Express
AnimalsA decade after the archipelago off São Paulo became a federal refuge, monitors say sharks are showing up again. Night fishing is still a problem.
Verified · Folha de S.Paulo
AnimalsAround Kaikōura, a wildlife trust and volunteers built predator-controlled nesting reserves and are keeping the locations private so people do not disturb the birds.
Verified · RNZ
AnimalsThe sixth annual walk at Silverado Ranch Park funds shelter care, no-cost veterinary services, and a pet food pantry that helps owners keep their animals.
Verified · FOX5 Las Vegas
AnimalsA colony wiped out in 2022 had 756 breeding pairs this year, and 570 chicks fledged, after staff and volunteers rebuilt nesting space on the Solent.
Verified · The Guardian1 story in this section this week.
ScienceThe Inland Northwest Land Conservancy and wildlife crews are restoring 10 acres of floodplain on the Little Spokane River. Volunteers from age 6 to 80, including refugee teens, came to plant.
Verified · The Spokesman-Review8 stories in this section this week.
CommunityRemote Area Medical and more than 415 volunteers treated about 300 patients at Notre Dame High School. No ID and no insurance were required.
Verified · Chattanooga Times Free PressCommunityAfter two years of Direct Instruction, students at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School made close to four years of progress in basic reading. Some older students who had been three or four grades behind are now on grade level.
Verified · MPR News
CommunityStudents in the Rhode Island School for the Deaf life-skills program bake for every game day. Players met the bakers on the field before a win.
Verified · NBC 10 WJAR
CommunityThe state's largest free clinic offered eye exams and glasses, 21 mammograms, 56 flu shots, 57 prescriptions, and 225 meals, with no questions about income or insurance.
Verified · West Virginia Public Broadcasting
CommunityFoster children can shop for free up to three times a year and leave with a week's wardrobe. The nonprofit's new Albina District hub is also running a Sock-tober drive for more than 18,000 pairs of socks.
Verified · PDX Parent
CommunityGuerry Lumber marked its upcoming 100th anniversary by teaming with Sleep in Heavenly Peace for a community bed build.
Verified · WSAV
CommunityThe Commons on 16th will offer private bedrooms and intensive case management. United Way volunteers are getting the former driving school ready to open by the end of November.
Verified · KCRG
CommunityThe fifth annual planting at the Surrey park added native trees and shrubs along Highway 1, part of a month of volunteer plantings across Metro Vancouver parks.
Verified · CBC1 story in this section this week.
Health & TechJemperli, or dostarlimab, received accelerated approval for untreated stage II or III dMMR or MSI-H rectal cancer. In a 154-patient trial, nearly three-fourths needed no chemo, radiation, or surgery after more than two years. That subtype is about 3 percent of rectal cancers.
Verified · U.S. Food and Drug Administration5 stories from outside the United States.
AnimalsA male about three years old, taken from the illegal trade and held for rehabilitation in India, landed in Medan to begin quarantine and a planned return to care in North Sumatra.
Verified · The Indian ExpressAnimalsA decade after the archipelago off São Paulo became a federal refuge, monitors say sharks are showing up again. Night fishing is still a problem.
Verified · Folha de S.PauloAnimalsAround Kaikōura, a wildlife trust and volunteers built predator-controlled nesting reserves and are keeping the locations private so people do not disturb the birds.
Verified · RNZAnimalsA colony wiped out in 2022 had 756 breeding pairs this year, and 570 chicks fledged, after staff and volunteers rebuilt nesting space on the Solent.
Verified · The GuardianCommunityThe fifth annual planting at the Surrey park added native trees and shrubs along Highway 1, part of a month of volunteer plantings across Metro Vancouver parks.
Verified · CBC6 stories this week are ready for a classroom read-aloud.
AnimalsA male about three years old, taken from the illegal trade and held for rehabilitation in India, landed in Medan to begin quarantine and a planned return to care in North Sumatra.
Verified · The Indian ExpressCommunityAfter two years of Direct Instruction, students at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School made close to four years of progress in basic reading. Some older students who had been three or four grades behind are now on grade level.
Verified · MPR NewsCommunityStudents in the Rhode Island School for the Deaf life-skills program bake for every game day. Players met the bakers on the field before a win.
Verified · NBC 10 WJARAnimalsAround Kaikōura, a wildlife trust and volunteers built predator-controlled nesting reserves and are keeping the locations private so people do not disturb the birds.
Verified · RNZAnimalsA colony wiped out in 2022 had 756 breeding pairs this year, and 570 chicks fledged, after staff and volunteers rebuilt nesting space on the Solent.
Verified · The GuardianCommunityThe fifth annual planting at the Surrey park added native trees and shrubs along Highway 1, part of a month of volunteer plantings across Metro Vancouver parks.
Verified · CBC13 states have a story in this roundup.