A seven-year-old in New Hampshire named Ben O’Reilly is the only deaf student in his school district.  But his elementary school wanted him to feel included, so they all learned sign language together. Teachers can now communicate with him and students can play better with him too.  Now Ben is no longer alone, and the entire school is learning to speak his language.

A woman in New Zealand was walking her border collie when she fell down a 180-foot waterfall and had to be airlifted out.  Amazingly, the woman survived.  But she was mostly concerned with her border collie, named Molly, who was separated from her after the fall. But enough donations were raised that they were able to send out search and rescue.  And a helicopter found Molly not too far away…

In addition to April Fools’ Day, April 1st is also Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action. And on that front, there is a real reason to celebrate. A new study shows cigarette smoking among adults in the U.S. has dropped to a historic low of 9.9% in 2024, marking the first time it has fallen into single digits. And even better, first-time smoking rates are now in the single digits…