July 11, 2026

Orange cat interrupts Romeo and Juliet

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Steve, a paralyzed miniature Australian shepherd in Denver whose wheelchair was stolen from a porch, received a donated new 2026 model from Walkin' Pets after the plea on Instagram drew over 150,000 views. In the UK, early clinical trials at University College London Hospitals found CAR-T therapy can reset the immune system and put severe lupus into remission, with patient Katie describing dramatic improvement after 30 years of disease. In California, 24-year-old Ishan set a Guinness World Record by solving two Rubik’s Cubes during a single skydive, including one in 120 mph free fall, on his first day skydiving. Ohio deputies in Butler County rounded up seven wandering goats, but one mischievous goat escaped into the woods. An orange cat interrupted the Imperial Russian Ballet Company’s Romeo and Juliet by strolling onstage and interacting with the dancers.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny back with five

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good news stories. A Colorado dog who captured hearts online

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is back on the move after receiving a brand new

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wheelchair to replace one that was stolen What Is Wrong

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with People? Steve is a miniature Australian Shepherd. He lives

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at Denver and was left paralyzed in February after an

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accident while playing fetch. Since then, thousands of followers have

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been cheering him on on social media as Steve the

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Australian Shepherd adapted to life with wheel supporting his hind legs,

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but then his family shared some news the wheelchair had

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disappeared from the front porch What is wrong with People?

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On Steve's Instagram, they posted, Hey guys, it's Steve and

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I don't know what to do. I need your help

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because someone stole my wheelchair. That got attention drew more

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than one hundred and fifty thousand views. The story reached

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the team at Walking Pets, a pet mobility company based

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in Aurora, Colorado. They invited Steve in for a fitting

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and donated a brand new twenty twenty six model wheelchair

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free of charge. Nice job, everybody except the jerk. I mean,

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people are just terrible. Scientists are having a good year

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for the first time, and experimental treatment that effectively resets

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the immune system has put severe loopus into remission in

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early UK clinical trials. Researchers at University College London Hospital

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has used a treatment known as CarH T therapy to

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target the malfunctioning immune cells responsible for lupus. Katie was

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diagnosed with lupus thirty years ago. The disease had become

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increasingly aggressive, damaging her heart, lungs, kidneys and leaving her

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facing the possibility of dialysis. She told the BBC. Lupus

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said its worst was in bed, unable to move, going

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downhill rapidly, possibly dying and now I'm living. So how

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this works is they collect a patient's own immune cells

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and genetically modify them in a lab. Those cells are

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then returned to the body where they eliminate the immune

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cells responsible for causing the disease. Over time, new healthy

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immune cells grow back, creating an immune system reset. California

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man combined two activities to set a Guinness World record.

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Is Sean is twenty four years old and successfully solved

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two rubix cubes while skydiving. Yes, it is the Guinness

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World record for most rotating puzzled cubes solved during a

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single skydive. Even more impressive, it was his first day skydiving.

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He said, I had absolutely no idea what to expector

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howard feel. During my first record attempt, which was also

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my first ever skydive, one of my cubes actually broke

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mid air, but I didn't want to give up, so

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immediately got on the next plane and attempt at the

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record again the very next minute. On the second jump,

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he solved one cube during free fall while traveling at

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roughly one hundred and twenty miles per hour, then solved

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a second after deploying his parachute, earning the world record.

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He says it was definitely challenging, especially with no prior

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skydiving experience. The weather was windy and cloudy, and on

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top of that, you're dealing with speeds of around one

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hundred and twenty miles during freefall. The Sheriff's Office in

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Ohio is searching for a fugitive goat. Deputies in Butler

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County were called to a home where seven adult goats

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and one young goat had wandered into a backyard. That's

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eight goats mentioned you're your home and you're like, there

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are eight goats in your art, not just one goat.

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I mean one goat would be weird enough, but eight.

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The goats made themselves comfortable. The homeowners confirmed, we don't

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have any goats. Deputies contacted the goat's owners while trying

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to persuade the goats to leave. The Sheriff's Office said

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despite extensive negotiations involving snacks and coaxing, the goats were

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reluctant to leave their newly claimed residents. Eventually, deputies rounded

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up seven of the goats. One goat had other plans.

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It evaded capture, jumped onto the roof of an suv,

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and then escaped into the woods. The Sheriff's Office has

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ascribed the goat as a white male goat with brown

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markings on the right side of his face. He's also

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described as short, extremely stubborn, and highly mischievous. He's not

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considered dangerous, but may be armed with an attitude. So

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if you see a loose goat, let the cops know.

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A ballet performance of Romeo and Julia got interrupted. An

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orange cat wandered on the stage and interact with the performance.

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Video from their performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company

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You show the cat wandering out of the stage during

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the climatic scene following Romeo's death. The video, posted on

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Instagram by one of the members of the ballet company

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shows the cat lying down next to the still actor

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before getting up to sniff its head and play with

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his hair. The cat seemed to lose interest in Romeo

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when the dancer portraying Juliette pulled the other actor a

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few inches away from the ground. The cat then made

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its way to a nearby on stage table to lie

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down and watch the rest of the scene. It is

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unclear how the cat got into the theater. And those

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of your five good News stories for today have an

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awesome day.