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Historic LA hostel gets modern makeover, provides housing to homeless college students

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The Dunamis House provides shelter to 40 young people in college and trade schools facing homelessness.
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Francis — a pope who championed the poor and challenged tradition

Pope Francis was the first person from the Americas to be elected to the papacy. He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honoring St. Francis of Assisi.
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5 books about kindness that inspire compassion and empathy

This short list of books — spanning memoirs, biographies, and self-help journals — inspires empathy and compassion.
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Federal budget cuts are impacting national parks. Here are 5 ways you can help

National parks are in trouble due to federal budget cuts. Here’s what’s happening and how you can help.
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Japan rolls out new recycled toilet paper made from used diapers

The Shibushi Osaki Roll was designed after two municipalities collected 98 tons of diapers for recycling.
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The Great Salt Lake could disappear in 5 years. This teen is using hydrogels to save it little by little

When it comes to saving the lake, locals say "all the darts and arrows point back to agriculture."
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The World Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago

This might come as a surprise: Worldwide tree cover has grown — not shrunk! — by 2.24 million square kilometers — the size of Texas and Alaska combined — in the last 35 years, according to a paper in the science journal “Nature.”
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Historic LA hostel gets modern makeover, provides housing to homeless college students

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