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There is hope. You know, it's not a death sentence. I'm living proof that you could come back 100%.

This woman is now cancer-free from one of the deadliest forms of the disease thanks to a potentially game-changing treatment.

Plus, you can eat it, you can use it as fertilizer, and now this natural resource is being used as an alternative to plastic.

Then we head over to the soccer pitch to celebrate a trailblazer for the sport.

And later on?

I'm so glad they did it that way.

I don't think any of us would have had it any other way. A high school in Oklahoma found a sweet way to thank the person who saved them from a school shooting. When we come back? The boys just meet somewhere where it's cool to do the right thing. A young dad is stepping up for the boys in his community. You know the phrase.

It takes a village to raise a child.

King Randall certainly knows that growing up in Albany, Georgia.

His family members taught him everything from fixing cars to the importance of a firm handshake.

But he noticed a lot of boys in his neighborhood weren't getting that same guidance.

And so to see these kids not knowing basic stuff that I would feel like is basic,

seeing them not know it was a big problem for me.

And so that's why I decided to want to be a solution.

So in 2019 at 19 years old, he started a mentorship program called X for Boys out of his

dining room with a dry erase board and a dream.

We focus on creating a well-rounded young man, so when he goes out to the world, there's not a whole lot that he doesn't know. A man that knows how to speak, a man that knows how to protect, a man that knows how to provide,

and a man that's confident. The only way you create a confident man is putting him in scenarios and also creating routines.

The 26-year-old father of four is focused on teaching young boys all kinds of hard and soft skills,

like how to manage money, order at a restaurant, book appointments, pump gas, and grocery shop.

So we got milk, chicken breasts, apples, paper towels.

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