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Woman with rare muscular disease sings to exercise her lungs. Her songs inspire others to chase their dreams
By Bethany Hines, CNN
Songwriter Tabitha Haly doesn't just sing, she belts. It's a technique that helps keep her lungs strong as she deals with spinal muscular atrophy.

June 20 is World Refugee Day. Here are ways you can show support
By Bethany Hines, CNN
Each year, on June 20, World Refugee Day spotlights the bravery and strength of people forced to flee their home countries to escape war or oppression.

Giving shelter dogs a new chance at life -- as search and rescue K-9s
By Bethany Hines, CNN
For K-9 handler Wilma Melville and her dog Murphy, the aftermath of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing was a frantic blur: the choking dust, the mountains of debris and the anguish of knowing people buried alive were praying to be found before time ran out.

Painting helped this self-taught artist find balance with bipolar disorder. Now, she's helping others
Bethany Hines, CNN
A'Driane Nieves didn't attend art school, and she never dreamed of becoming an abstract artist.

She learned to fly a plane with just her feet. Now, Jessica Cox is inspiring women in aviation around the world
By Bethany Hines, CNN
It's natural for pilot Jessica Cox to place her right foot on the yoke and her left foot on the throttle right before she's cleared for takeoff.

This plumber set up a program to introduce girls to the trades in hopes they will follow in her bootsteps
By Bethany Hines, CNN
Judaline Cassidy created a program that puts tools in the hands of girls as young as six years old.

A former police officer's drug addiction almost killed him. Now he's taken control of his life and helping others do the same
By Bethany Hines, CNN
Mark Restivo says he brought in nearly $5,000 a month selling prescription drugs.

Just one day after completing CPR training, a teen saves her friend's life
By Bethany Hines, CNN
With 30 compressions and two rescue breaths, 16-year-old Torri'ell Norwood saved her best friend's life, just a day after completing a basic life support class at her high school.

Caroll Spinney, 'Sesame Street' puppeteer, dies at 85
By Richard Roth and Bethany Hines, CNN
Caroll Spinney, the legendary puppeteer behind "Sesame Street" characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, has died at the age of 85, according to Sesame Workshop.

These Boston health care workers supported their New York counterparts by sending them meals during the coronavirus fight
By Bethany Hines, CNN
The nurses at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital watched anxiously as their New York counterparts struggled with overwhelming torrents of patients. The Big Apple had just become the country's epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic.