It wasn’t all bad: A look back at good news from 2020

Apple News has collected the best good news stories of this year.

The Washington Post profiles Peter Tsai, the inventor of the filter in N95 masks, who came out of retirement during the pandemic because he saw an urgent need for these masks.

WNBA champion Maya Moore took time away from basketball to advocate for Jonathon Irons, a man wrongfully convicted of crime, to be released from prison. Slate has the story of Moore’s successful efforts and how the two fell in love.

National Geographic highlights seven wins for the environment in 2020. 

Salon explains a pandemic-era trend called Verzuz – a kind of DJ battle that happens over live video stream.

The Washington Post shares some of their favorite front-pages from kids newspapers that popped up across the country this year.

The Wall Street Journal reports on the breakthrough science that made the coronavirus vaccines possible.