Tributes flooded in to honor the veteran who has raised more than $39 million for Britain's NHS.

One uplifting story a day from better times

  • Washington Post Staff
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The first time weatherman Jeff Lyons brought Betty in front of the camera during a liveshot, the cat lazily looked out and twitched her tail. A star was born.

  • Cathy Free
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The "frugal science" engineer who invented a paper microscope turned his sights to covid-19. The result is a reusable PPE scuba mask.

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One important thing I heard from my teen: Don't try to talk her out of her sadness

  • Nataly Kogan and Mia Kogan-Spivack
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"None of us is OK unless we're all OK," said Gradiva Couzin, co-founder of a volunteer group that delivers groceries to people at stuck home because of covid-19.

  • Cathy Free
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They chatted at a "social distancing happy hour." Then they figured out they shared the same Norwegian great-great-grandfather.

  • Caitlin Huson
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The parents of one crestfallen teen pulled off something none of them would have imagined a few months ago: prom in the dining room.

  • Cathy Free
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"First our son, and now his dog," Heather Figueroa said. "For so many people to chip in what they could to help has really brightened our lives during a dark time."

  • Cathy Free
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In the wake of the pandemic, they suddenly wanted to get married again.

  • Sydney Page
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