Christina Zdanowicz, CNN • Updated 11th May 2020(CNN) — People enjoy the sun and sand at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach Saturday, May 2, 2020 after the park reopened to visitors.Craig Bailey/Florida Today/USA TodayRelated content…Christina Zdanowicz, CNN • Updated 11th May 2020(CNN) — People enjoy the sun and sand at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach Saturday, May 2, 2020 after the park reopened to visitors.Craig Bailey/Florida Today/USA TodayRelated contentWW…

(CNN)After a year of living in a camper and caring for patients at a hospital, one doctor is finally home. moved back in with her husband and two children in St. Louis, thanks to the . Osborn is a professor of surgery and emergency medicine at Washington University and she works in the ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.Osborn said she moved into the camper in their driveway in March 2020 to keep Covid-19 out of their home. The family would visit with Osborn at a distance outside."We just want to say we're very appreciative and we feel very blessed that I am back home with my family," Osborn...…(CNN)After a year of living in a camper and caring for patients at a hospital, one doctor is finally home. moved back in with her husband and two children in St. Louis, thanks to the . Osborn is a professor of surgery and emergency medicine at Washington University and she works in the ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.Osborn said she moved into the camper in their driveway in March 2020 to keep Covid-19 out of their home. The family would visit with Osborn at a distance outside."We just want to say we're very appreciative and we feel very blessed that I am back home with my family," Osborn...WW…

Want more inspiring, positive news? , a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. (CNN)A granddaughter came to her grandmother's apartment bearing a unique gift -- it was a prescription for a hug.It had been a year since Evelyn Shaw had hugged anyone, let alone granddaughter Ateret Frank. Yet, Shaw said she wasn't going to let her granddaughter into her Bronx apartment, even though both had been fully . The prescription, which Shaw's doctor offered to write, read, "You are allowed to hug your granddaughter." It was just the nudge she needed to...…Want more inspiring, positive news? , a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. (CNN)A granddaughter came to her grandmother's apartment bearing a unique gift -- it was a prescription for a hug.It had been a year since Evelyn Shaw had hugged anyone, let alone granddaughter Ateret Frank. Yet, Shaw said she wasn't going to let her granddaughter into her Bronx apartment, even though both had been fully . The prescription, which Shaw's doctor offered to write, read, "You are allowed to hug your granddaughter." It was just the nudge she needed to...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When a delivery driver’s car began sliding down on an icy Texas driveway, the driver closed her eyes, praying she wouldn’t hit the client’s home.She didn’t hit the house but Chelsea Timmons’ car crushed a flower bed outside an Austin, Texas, home as a last Sunday. She didn’t know it yet, but she would soon be grateful to end up in this particular driveway.Homeowners Doug Condon and Nina Richardson checked on Timmons to try to help get her Toyota Rav4 up the driveway, but it was stuck. They invited her to wait for a tow truck inside their home.“I’m...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When a delivery driver’s car began sliding down on an icy Texas driveway, the driver closed her eyes, praying she wouldn’t hit the client’s home.She didn’t hit the house but Chelsea Timmons’ car crushed a flower bed outside an Austin, Texas, home as a last Sunday. She didn’t know it yet, but she would soon be grateful to end up in this particular driveway.Homeowners Doug Condon and Nina Richardson checked on Timmons to try to help get her Toyota Rav4 up the driveway, but it was stuck. They invited her to wait for a tow truck inside their home.“I’m...WW…

(CNN)Blanca Estela Rodriguez looked at her husband of almost 50 years as he lay sedated. Juan had a tube coming from his mouth and a machine was breathing for him.As they each battled the effects of Covid-19, Blanca wanted Juan to know she still found him to be handsome.What would have been a deeply moving message in person was instead imparted in a video call among the couple, their four children and numerous grandchildren.Rather than being together, Blanca and Juan had been transported to different hospitals in San Diego. His bride was doing all the talking, even though she was wearing an...…(CNN)Blanca Estela Rodriguez looked at her husband of almost 50 years as he lay sedated. Juan had a tube coming from his mouth and a machine was breathing for him.As they each battled the effects of Covid-19, Blanca wanted Juan to know she still found him to be handsome.What would have been a deeply moving message in person was instead imparted in a video call among the couple, their four children and numerous grandchildren.Rather than being together, Blanca and Juan had been transported to different hospitals in San Diego. His bride was doing all the talking, even though she was wearing an...WW…

(CNN)Teachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders at in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, received an assignment about ancient that asked a question about how a slave should be treated, the school's principals said in a letter to students on Monday."A slave stands before you. This slave has disrespected his master by telling him 'You are not my master!' How will you punish this slave?'" the assignment read, according to a parent who shared a photo on her Facebook page. The punishment? "According...…(CNN)Teachers at a Wisconsin middle school have been placed on administrative leave after an unapproved lesson about slavery upset families. Sixth graders at in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, received an assignment about ancient that asked a question about how a slave should be treated, the school's principals said in a letter to students on Monday."A slave stands before you. This slave has disrespected his master by telling him 'You are not my master!' How will you punish this slave?'" the assignment read, according to a parent who shared a photo on her Facebook page. The punishment? "According...WW…

(CNN)Her smile and positive attitude are what her family and school community are remembering as they mourn the loss of a beloved teacher.Zelene Blancas, a first grade teacher at Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary School in El Paso, Texas, died Monday, her family told CNN. She was 10 years into her career as a teacher.Blancas tested positive for October 20 and days later, she was hospitalized, her brother, Mario Blancas, told CNN. After weeks of showing signs of recovery and taking steps on her own, her oxygen levels dropped, and she was intubated November 22. The otherwise healthy 35-year-old...…(CNN)Her smile and positive attitude are what her family and school community are remembering as they mourn the loss of a beloved teacher.Zelene Blancas, a first grade teacher at Dr. Sue A. Shook Elementary School in El Paso, Texas, died Monday, her family told CNN. She was 10 years into her career as a teacher.Blancas tested positive for October 20 and days later, she was hospitalized, her brother, Mario Blancas, told CNN. After weeks of showing signs of recovery and taking steps on her own, her oxygen levels dropped, and she was intubated November 22. The otherwise healthy 35-year-old...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Florida business owner who was once down on his luck is giving back by covering the utility bills of 114 families who were facing disconnection.Michael Esmond’s generosity started last year when he in his community of Gulf Breeze. This year, with both Hurricane Sally and hitting the city, he thought he needed to up the ante.“This year to me probably is more meaningful that last year with the pandemic and all the people out of work having to stay home,” Esmond told CNN. “Hurricane slammed us pretty good and hurt a lot of people. We still have a...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A Florida business owner who was once down on his luck is giving back by covering the utility bills of 114 families who were facing disconnection.Michael Esmond’s generosity started last year when he in his community of Gulf Breeze. This year, with both Hurricane Sally and hitting the city, he thought he needed to up the ante.“This year to me probably is more meaningful that last year with the pandemic and all the people out of work having to stay home,” Esmond told CNN. “Hurricane slammed us pretty good and hurt a lot of people. We still have a...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When a Michigan 94-year-old didn’t receive her absentee ballot, she took her civic duty to the next level.Mildred Madison insisted that she had to instead, but to make that happen, her son had to drive her more than 600 miles round trip.Madison, who lives in Detroit, has been staying with her son, Julian, in Zion, Illinois, since September 2019, when she wasn’t feeling well. She decided to stay put when the pandemic happened, and requested a ballot be sent to Illinois, she said.“I said I had better go back to Detroit and make sure that I vote,”...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When a Michigan 94-year-old didn’t receive her absentee ballot, she took her civic duty to the next level.Mildred Madison insisted that she had to instead, but to make that happen, her son had to drive her more than 600 miles round trip.Madison, who lives in Detroit, has been staying with her son, Julian, in Zion, Illinois, since September 2019, when she wasn’t feeling well. She decided to stay put when the pandemic happened, and requested a ballot be sent to Illinois, she said.“I said I had better go back to Detroit and make sure that I vote,”...WW…

Christina Zdanowicz, CNN • Published 18th September 2020(CNN) — A deer grazes in Cook's Meadow as thick smoke shrouds the iconic landmarks of Yosemite Valley on Saturday.Brian van der Brug/LA Times/Getty Images…Christina Zdanowicz, CNN • Published 18th September 2020(CNN) — A deer grazes in Cook's Meadow as thick smoke shrouds the iconic landmarks of Yosemite Valley on Saturday.Brian van der Brug/LA Times/Getty ImagesWW…