• In the United States between 1993 and 2022, domestic violence rates dropped by 67 percent and the rate of rapes and sexual assaults fell 56 percent. PBS.
• Heman Bekele, a 15-year-old Ethiopian immigrant to the United States, has been named Time’s Kid of the Year for inventing soap which may treat skin cancer. Time.
• Rhino poaching plunges 80% in South Africa thanks to dehorning program. The Progress Playbook.
• Massachusetts becomes the 20th state to offer tuition-free community college. The Christian Science Monitor.
• US drug overdose deaths decline by roughly 10.6 percent. NPR.

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