TodayThis weekNov 2 to 8, 2026
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So far this week has 22 verified stories from 18 states and Washington, D.C., and 3 countries (Australia, China, and Hong Kong). Community led with 12 stories, then Animals with 5 and Heroes with 2.
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These lead because this week includes the story of the day and four stories from Today's Top 5. 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.
AnimalsTalbott Farms sent about 15 tons of unsellable peaches, and apples at cost, to a wildlife rehab in Silt that is caring for more than 30 orphaned bear cubs this year, compared with about five in a typical year.
Verified · Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via Delta County Independent
AnimalsIn Douglas, firefighters built a path of plywood to reach a 25-year-old mare stuck belly-deep in mud and pulled her out. She was unhurt.
Verified · NBC 10 WJAR
ScienceStudents and Navy scientists built a scale that weighs endangered red wolves without tranquilizers, so keepers can check the animals while they stand on it themselves.
Verified · The Post and Courier
HeroesA baby born at just over 1 pound spent eight months at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County and has now gone home.
Verified · CBS New York
AnimalsGemini, a brown bear at Anan Creek in the Tongass National Forest, received the forest's Helicopter Mom award.
Verified · Popular Science2 stories in this section this week.
HeroesA baby born at just over 1 pound spent eight months at Blythedale Children's Hospital in Westchester County and has now gone home.
Verified · CBS New York
HeroesIn Palm Bay, people on a paddleboard, a kayak, and an inner tube reached a family caught in floodwater and brought them and their dogs out.
Verified · WESH5 stories in this section this week.
AnimalsTalbott Farms sent about 15 tons of unsellable peaches, and apples at cost, to a wildlife rehab in Silt that is caring for more than 30 orphaned bear cubs this year, compared with about five in a typical year.
Verified · Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via Delta County IndependentAnimalsIn Douglas, firefighters built a path of plywood to reach a 25-year-old mare stuck belly-deep in mud and pulled her out. She was unhurt.
Verified · NBC 10 WJARAnimalsGemini, a brown bear at Anan Creek in the Tongass National Forest, received the forest's Helicopter Mom award.
Verified · Popular Science
AnimalsAustin firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free a raccoon that had gotten stuck in a hollow in a tree.
Verified · UPI
AnimalsAbsecon has New Jersey's first therapy farm inside a public school. One of the animals students meet there is a goat named Vincent Van Goat.
Verified · New Jersey 101.52 stories in this section this week.
ScienceStudents and Navy scientists built a scale that weighs endangered red wolves without tranquilizers, so keepers can check the animals while they stand on it themselves.
Verified · The Post and Courier
ScienceArchaeologists raised the boats in one piece from seven meters down in Fengtai. An official stamp on the timbers points to state-run river shipping.
Verified · China Daily12 stories in this section this week.
CommunityStudents in the Anoka-Hennepin district, at a class based in Coon Rapids, can now take the schools' first course in the Ojibwe language.
Verified · MPR News
CommunityA canned-food contest between Cheyenne high schools, the Great Green Bean Bowl, collected enough food for Thanksgiving meals for 550 families.
Verified · Wyoming News Now
CommunityOn National Adoption Day in Toledo, five Lucas County children were adopted, including a boy whose grandmother adopted him.
Verified · WTOL
CommunityThe WindSwell Foundation gave $300 gift cards to 1,141 special-education teachers in Fort Wayne, a surprise meant for their classrooms.
Verified · WPTA 21Alive
CommunityHabitat for Humanity of Northeast Arkansas held its 16th Souper Sunday soup tasting in Jonesboro, raising money toward a new home in Paragould.
Verified · KAIT
CommunityThe volunteer charity still hands out food with no paperwork, and its breakfast clubs now reach about 100 high-school students a week across six schools.
Verified · St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
CommunityA Guthrie County quilting group that has made more than 200 quilts for people in need won a statewide volunteer award. The stitchers meet in Panora.
Verified · The Perry News
CommunitySaraland students opened Thank Alabama Teachers Month by serving breakfast to their teachers.
Verified · FOX10/WALA
CommunityEach award is HK$50,000 a year for first-year students who also do community work. The university now counts 43 recipients since the program began in 2020.
Verified · Hong Kong Baptist University
CommunityThe Pittsburgh Steelers and Giant Eagle will pay for free lunches for city students on days when Pittsburgh Public Schools are closed.
Verified · TribLive
CommunityThe historic Carter G. Woodson Home in Washington's Shaw neighborhood has reopened after a full restoration. Visits are free.
Verified · Washingtonian
CommunityUniversity of Illinois Springfield students collected 6,220 pounds of food during a trick-or-treat for canned goods, for the Central Illinois Foodbank.
Verified · Illinois Times1 story in this section this week.
Health & TechAfter genetic testing found a rare triglyceride disorder, a Michigan man entered a trial of Tryngolza, approved by the FDA in June 2026. Michigan Medicine reports that decades of pancreatitis attacks then stopped. That is his course, not a result for every patient.
Verified · Michigan Medicine3 stories from outside the United States.
CommunityThe volunteer charity still hands out food with no paperwork, and its breakfast clubs now reach about 100 high-school students a week across six schools.
Verified · St George and Sutherland Shire LeaderCommunityEach award is HK$50,000 a year for first-year students who also do community work. The university now counts 43 recipients since the program began in 2020.
Verified · Hong Kong Baptist UniversityScienceArchaeologists raised the boats in one piece from seven meters down in Fengtai. An official stamp on the timbers points to state-run river shipping.
Verified · China Daily18 stories this week are ready for a classroom read-aloud.
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AnimalsTalbott Farms sent about 15 tons of unsellable peaches, and apples at cost, to a wildlife rehab in Silt that is caring for more than 30 orphaned bear cubs this year, compared with about five in a typical year.
Verified · Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via Delta County IndependentAnimalsIn Douglas, firefighters built a path of plywood to reach a 25-year-old mare stuck belly-deep in mud and pulled her out. She was unhurt.
Verified · NBC 10 WJARScienceStudents and Navy scientists built a scale that weighs endangered red wolves without tranquilizers, so keepers can check the animals while they stand on it themselves.
Verified · The Post and CourierAnimalsGemini, a brown bear at Anan Creek in the Tongass National Forest, received the forest's Helicopter Mom award.
Verified · Popular ScienceCommunityStudents in the Anoka-Hennepin district, at a class based in Coon Rapids, can now take the schools' first course in the Ojibwe language.
Verified · MPR NewsAnimalsAustin firefighters used the Jaws of Life to free a raccoon that had gotten stuck in a hollow in a tree.
Verified · UPICommunityA canned-food contest between Cheyenne high schools, the Great Green Bean Bowl, collected enough food for Thanksgiving meals for 550 families.
Verified · Wyoming News NowCommunityOn National Adoption Day in Toledo, five Lucas County children were adopted, including a boy whose grandmother adopted him.
Verified · WTOLCommunityThe WindSwell Foundation gave $300 gift cards to 1,141 special-education teachers in Fort Wayne, a surprise meant for their classrooms.
Verified · WPTA 21AliveCommunityHabitat for Humanity of Northeast Arkansas held its 16th Souper Sunday soup tasting in Jonesboro, raising money toward a new home in Paragould.
Verified · KAITCommunityThe volunteer charity still hands out food with no paperwork, and its breakfast clubs now reach about 100 high-school students a week across six schools.
Verified · St George and Sutherland Shire LeaderCommunityA Guthrie County quilting group that has made more than 200 quilts for people in need won a statewide volunteer award. The stitchers meet in Panora.
Verified · The Perry NewsCommunitySaraland students opened Thank Alabama Teachers Month by serving breakfast to their teachers.
Verified · FOX10/WALACommunityThe Pittsburgh Steelers and Giant Eagle will pay for free lunches for city students on days when Pittsburgh Public Schools are closed.
Verified · TribLiveCommunityThe historic Carter G. Woodson Home in Washington's Shaw neighborhood has reopened after a full restoration. Visits are free.
Verified · WashingtonianScienceArchaeologists raised the boats in one piece from seven meters down in Fengtai. An official stamp on the timbers points to state-run river shipping.
Verified · China DailyCommunityUniversity of Illinois Springfield students collected 6,220 pounds of food during a trick-or-treat for canned goods, for the Central Illinois Foodbank.
Verified · Illinois TimesAnimalsAbsecon has New Jersey's first therapy farm inside a public school. One of the animals students meet there is a goat named Vincent Van Goat.
Verified · New Jersey 101.518 states and Washington, D.C. have a story in this roundup.