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TicToc Tonight

The news isn't all gloom and doom. Treat yourself to some positivity with these 10 uplifting stories from the past week.

1. The U.S. marked 50 years since the Stonewall Riots.
The LGBTQ community and its supporters are looking back on the historic New York City event that launched the gay-rights movement.

2. Renewable energy is going mainstream.
For the first time ever, clean-energy resources supplied more of America's electricity than coal during the month of April.

3. Lipstick is helping fund the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Over the past 25 years, MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam lipstick has raised more than $500 million for the cause.

4. Women's empowerment took center stage at the G20.
Female leaders reflected on today's youth activism and encouraged girls to "dream the world you want to live in."

5. Japan's granny rappers proved age really is just a number.
The group known as Obachaaan danced, sang and released a new single to welcome world leaders to the G20 in Osaka.

6. Researchers discovered gray seals can "sing."
A U.K. study found the marine mammals can mimic human speech and music, like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and the Star Wars theme.

7. The G20 is spotlighting adventurous Japanese eats.
Forget ramen and sushi, the "soul food of Osaka" is octopus-filled dough balls, called takoyaki.

8. Pregnant women in rural Indonesia got a lifeline.
A startup is testing low-cost tools that measure fetal health and connect expecting mothers to doctors and midwives.

9. Pepsi joined the drive to ditch single-use plastic.
It's experimenting with sales of canned Aquafina water in one of the highest-profile cases of companies shrinking their plastic footprints.

10. Scientists figured out how to mend a broken heart.
Using millions of stem cells, researchers developed a thumb-sized patch that can be sewn onto damaged areas and stimulates repair.