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Massachusetts Mailman Scoops Toddler Away from Traffic After Day Care Escape: ‘Right place at the right time’

A Massachusetts mail carrier recently swapped delivering the Globe for saving lives after following his instincts at the sight of a meandering child. The postal...

Massachusetts Innovators Aim to Turn Ocean Plastic into Fuel–Right Onboard the Ship

Chemical engineers are pioneering a process to equip diesel ships with the onboard capacity to turn collected plastic garbage into fuel. The result has been...

Massachusetts Voters Pass Historic Animal Protection Law

Massachusetts just banned contained spaces from being used to house livestock due to the harsh impact it has on the animals' physical and mental wellbeing.
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Massachusetts Health Care Honored as Government Success

As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal...

Senators Pushed Big Pharma to Cap Inhaler Prices at $35 – Successfully Bringing Relief to American Families

Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three...

Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History

Last year, a Massachusetts resident and his family were going through the personal effects of a deceased grandfather and happened to come across a...

Good News in History, March 16

184 years ago today, Shibusawa Eiichi was born in Japan. Known as "The Father of Japanese Capitalism" this economist and industrialist introduced Western free...

Good News in History, March 15

52 years ago today, The Godfather premiered in the United States. Based on a novel of the same name by American Mario Puzo, Paramount acquired...

CAR-T Cell Therapy Achieves Near-Complete Tumor Regression in Brain Cancer After Five Days

Clinical trials for a novel treatment for patients with glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer, have shown rapid success, with some patients experiencing...

Good News in History, March 12

Happy 68th Birthday to Steve Harris, the bassist, songwriter, and lyricist behind the most famous heavy metal band on Earth, Iron Maiden. A true...

Good News in History, March 7

175 years ago today, the renowned American botanist and horticultural pioneer, Luther Burbank, who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, was...

Hero Garbageman Rescues Man, Woman, and Dog from House Fire

GNN often reports on lifesaving rescues by firemen, risking life and lung to pull people from burning buildings, but these two are not firemen,...

Good News in History, February 28

2,226 years ago today, the Gaozu Emperor (given name Liu Bang) claimed the Mandate of Heaven and established the Han Dynasty—one of the three...

Good News in History, February 15

33 years ago today, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary created the Visegrád Group, a cooperation agreement to reorient their nations away from communism and toward...

Good News in History, February 13

This daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—February 13.

Good News in History, February 9

60 years ago today, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-setting audience of Americans waiting to see them perform their...

Good News in History, February 3

126 years ago, Alvar Aalto, the renowned architect and designer, was born in Finland. like Frank Lloyd Wright, Aalto would design all the interior...

Good News in History, January 19

95 years ago today, Acadia National Park was established in Maine. A rather small park, but nevertheless beloved by Mainers and New Englanders alike,...

Good News in History, January 5

119 years ago today, the National Association of Audubon Society, the nonprofit dedicated to wildlife conservation, was incorporated—and not a minute too soon. Americans...

New Enzyme Allows CRISPR Technology to Accurately Target Almost Any Human Gene

While the original CRISPR gene editing technology could only target 12.5% of the human genome, a new method developed by engineers at Duke University...