Feel Good Friday

“During the 10 years when she cleaned the medical institution, her mother became ill, and Taylor-Allen realized she wanted to advocate for patients the same way doctors helped her mother.” Woman Matches into Residency at Same Hospital Where She Worked as a Janitor for 10 Years. And more on the story: After a decade as a Yale hospital janitor, she is now a doctor there.

+ “You want to try to meet the moment. The No Kings movement is of great import right now. When you have the opportunity to sing something where the timing is essential and if you have something powerful to sing, it elevates the moment, it elevates your job to another level. And I’m always in search of that … I don’t worry about [blowback]. My job is very simple: I do what I want to do, I say what I want to say and then people get to say what they want to say about it. Those are the rules of my game. That’s fine with me.” The Boss gets you warmed up for No Kings rallies this weekend. Springsteen says recent Minneapolis show was his most meaningful ever.

+ Tango Therapy: How the Dance of Passion Is Helping Parkinson’s Patients. Plus, “I thought my Parkinson’s was the end of my life, but dancing changed everything.”

+ A new labor agreement represents a breakthrough in women’s-sports history. The WNBA Players Got What They Wanted.

+ Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.

+ Stranded couple rescued from Oahu floods after writing ‘SOS’ on beach.