Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:53:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ 32 32 120051390 Good News in History, March 28 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060328/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060328/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060328/ 70 years ago today, a Swedish housewife in her mid-30s, Astrid Lindgren, sprained her ankle so badly that she was confined to bed and finally put pen to paper transcribing the bedtime stories she’d been telling her 10-year-old daughter Karin for years. Pippi Longstocking, the red-haired, freckled character, became a “new role model for female […]

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Need a Moment of Zen? Watch a Sleepy Hippo Enjoying a Fish Spa Treatment https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/need-a-moment-of-zen-watch-a-sleepy-hippo-enjoying-a-fish-spa-treatment/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/need-a-moment-of-zen-watch-a-sleepy-hippo-enjoying-a-fish-spa-treatment/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:38:52 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204037 A sleepy hippo taking an underwater nap while being groomed by a school of fish is just the ‘moment of zen’ we needed on Hump Day. The video shows a Nile Hippopotamus waking up and bobbing to the surface for air while enjoying the fish spa treatment. The African Cichlid fish can be seen picking […]

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Scientists Locate the Broken Rotor Blade of Stricken Mars Helicopter Using Remote Imaging https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-locate-the-broken-rotor-blade-of-stricken-mars-helicopter-using-remote-imaging/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-locate-the-broken-rotor-blade-of-stricken-mars-helicopter-using-remote-imaging/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:51:43 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204029 In the continuing saga of NASA’s presence on the Red Planet, they just reported locating the broken rotor blade lost by the stricken Mars helicopter. They say a large portion of the blade has been spotted lying on the dune-like surface, about 50 feet to the west of the small aircraft. Ingenuity performed 72 flights, […]

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Aussie Man Invents Weapon in War Against Invasive Asparagus Fern–The ‘Asparagus Assassin’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aussie-man-invents-weapon-in-war-against-invasive-asparagus-fern-the-asparagus-assassin/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/aussie-man-invents-weapon-in-war-against-invasive-asparagus-fern-the-asparagus-assassin/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:00:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204025 While most Americans will think of asparagus as a tasty compliment to a fish dinner, or alternatively as an inedibly, mushy, misery stick to be substituted for potatoes in every occasion, Down Under it is an entirely different situation. The asparagus fern is one of the most serially invasive plants on the continent, and one […]

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Moscow Teens ‘Saved Over 100’ From Attack on Crocus City Hall https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/moscow-teens-saved-over-100-from-attack-on-crocus-city-hall/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/moscow-teens-saved-over-100-from-attack-on-crocus-city-hall/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:00:15 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=204023 Two Russian schoolboys, working as cloakroom attendants when the recent terrorist attack occurred at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, have been hailed as heroes for assisting in the rescue of hundreds of fleeing concertgoers. Islam Khalilov, 15, and Artyom Donskoy, 14 were awarded medals for bravery in a ceremony by Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights. On […]

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Good News in History, March 27 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060327/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060327/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060327/ 76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall, NYC. Holiday was supposed to have hesitated when her manager suggested a comeback performance at the famous hall, unsure if audiences would accept her after the arrest. She […]

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Oregon Outback Named World’s Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary – a Stargazer’s Paradise https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stargazers-paradise-oregon-outback-area-named-worlds-largest-dark-sky-sanctuary/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stargazers-paradise-oregon-outback-area-named-worlds-largest-dark-sky-sanctuary/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:00:15 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203990 Oregon is now the new home of the world’s 19th dark sky sanctuary, offering pristine views of the night sky across over 3,800 square miles, making it the largest of its kind. The certification, issued by DarkSky International, involved a years-long effort by federal, state, and local officials, community members, and several legal jurisdictions. The […]

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MacKenzie Scott Has Now Given Away $16.5 Billion with New Grants Announced, Since Divorcing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mckenzie-scott-has-now-given-away-16-5-billion-with-new-grants-announced-since-divorcing-amazons-jeff-bezos/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mckenzie-scott-has-now-given-away-16-5-billion-with-new-grants-announced-since-divorcing-amazons-jeff-bezos/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:00:33 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203986 Here’s a hypothetical: You want to give away $640 million, but you want to give it away to many different groups. How do you find the groups? How do you process value judgments between charities and non-profit organizations and decide who to uplift and who to ignore? Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has figured it out, […]

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‘The Largest Environmental Restoration in History’ Continues to Restart the Heart of the Everglades https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-largest-environmental-restoration-in-history-continues-to-restart-the-heart-of-the-everglades/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-largest-environmental-restoration-in-history-continues-to-restart-the-heart-of-the-everglades/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:00:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203984 24 years ago, a fledging Good News Network reported on a vote in Congress to restore the Florida Everglades. Rep. Clay Shaw, (R – FL) who left office in 2007, and who passed away a decade ago, called the plan “the biggest environmental restoration project in the history of the world” at the time, which […]

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Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse Over North American Coming Soon https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/get-ready-for-the-solar-eclipse-over-north-american-coming-soon/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/get-ready-for-the-solar-eclipse-over-north-american-coming-soon/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:27:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203982 A solar eclipse is coming on April 8th, 2024, and unlike when it drifts across the Indian Ocean or somewhere equally remote, this year’s event is going right across North America. Occurring when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, eclipses are one of the most exciting phenomena for people who like to […]

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Good News in History, March 26 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060326/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060326/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060326/ 49 years ago today, the Biological Weapons Convention, (BWC) entered into force. It’s considered to have established a strong global norm against biological weapons reflected in the treaty’s preamble, which states that the use of biological weapons would be “repugnant to the conscience of mankind”. It is also demonstrated by the fact that not a […]

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Senators Pushed Big Pharma to Cap Inhaler Prices at $35 – Successfully Bringing Relief to American Families https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/senators-pushed-big-pharma-to-cap-inhaler-prices-at-35-bringing-relief-to-american-families/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/senators-pushed-big-pharma-to-cap-inhaler-prices-at-35-bringing-relief-to-american-families/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:00:24 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203968 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 of the companies have relented, making commitments to cap costs for their inhalers at $35 for patients who now pay much more. 25 million Americans have asthma and 16 million Americans […]

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Bumblebees Share Knowledge Like Humans and Chimpanzees, Suggesting the Hive Mind Is More Personal https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-share-knowledge-like-humans-and-chimpanzees-suggesting-the-hive-mind-is-more-personal/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-share-knowledge-like-humans-and-chimpanzees-suggesting-the-hive-mind-is-more-personal/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:00:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203965 Bumblebees can teach others new behaviors too complex for them to learn alone, suggests a paper published in Nature that essentially posits humans and bees share knowledge in exactly the same way. In the study, a bee taught to solve a puzzle for a sugary reward was able to train other bees to complete the […]

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Greek Archaeologists Use The Iliad as a Map to Find 10 Ancient Shipwrecks https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/greek-archaeologists-use-the-iliad-as-a-map-to-find-10-ancient-shipwrecks/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/greek-archaeologists-use-the-iliad-as-a-map-to-find-10-ancient-shipwrecks/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:00:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203963 Covering almost 5,000 years of history, a team of maritime archaeologists from Greece have located a series of shipwrecks off the coast of the island of Kasos. Dating from as far back as (3,000 BCE), and through the Classical period (460 BCE), the Hellenistic Age (100 BCE to 100 CE) and Roman times, all the […]

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CA Redwoods to Be First National Park Co-Managed with a Native American Tribe That Used to Own it https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ca-redwoods-to-be-the-first-national-park-co-managed-with-a-native-american-tribe-that-used-to-own-it/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ca-redwoods-to-be-the-first-national-park-co-managed-with-a-native-american-tribe-that-used-to-own-it/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:00:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203959 The Yurok will be the first Tribal nation to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks, and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League, according to news reports. The Yurok tribe has seen a wave of successes in recent […]

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Good News in History, March 25 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060325/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060325/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060325/ 65 years ago today, Elvis Presley performed live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial. The concert was sold out. Even the opening acts before Elvis took the stage (such as Minnie Pearl) had to buy their tickets. It was Elvis’s return to performing after a stint in the […]

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Keep Out All the Christmas Spices – They’re Powerful Antioxidants Known as ‘Nutraceuticals’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-spices-are-powerful-antioxidants-known-as-nutraceuticals/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-spices-are-powerful-antioxidants-known-as-nutraceuticals/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:26:40 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203942 Reprinted with permission and alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering world news, conflicts, travel stories, conservation, and science news. The smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove have different uses around the world, but when the scent of these South Asian spices wafts through an American kitchen, it almost invariably means one thing—it’s […]

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Optimist Pollster Finds Americans Are Far More Alike Than Different, With Shared Values Bridging Political Divides https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/optimist-pollster-finds-americans-are-far-more-alike-than-different-in-this-election-year/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/optimist-pollster-finds-americans-are-far-more-alike-than-different-in-this-election-year/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:35:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203933 After listening to the media, you might think America has sunk into a political civil war, with neighbors fighting neighbors—and each side convinced the other will ruin the country. Political debate has indeed become rancorous, but dig into the thoughts and feelings of everyday Americans and you will discover that things are better than you […]

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Couple Orders a Cake Replica of Their Dog But it Was So Realistic They Couldn’t Cut it https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/couple-orders-a-cake-replica-of-their-dog-but-it-was-so-realistic-they-couldnt-cut-it/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/couple-orders-a-cake-replica-of-their-dog-but-it-was-so-realistic-they-couldnt-cut-it/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:35:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203926 A couple who ordered a cake replica of their dog found that it was so realistic they couldn’t bring themselves to cut it. Anna Railton and Chris Smowton bought an edible version of their pet Arthur for a joint birthday celebration. But when the life-sized whippet dessert arrived, the English pair described it as “uncanny”, […]

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Despite Faulty Metal Detector, Treasure Hunter Unearths Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found in England https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/with-faulty-metal-detector-treasure-hunter-finds-largest-gold-nugget-ever-found-in-england/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/with-faulty-metal-detector-treasure-hunter-finds-largest-gold-nugget-ever-found-in-england/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:51:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203918 Despite having a faulty metal detector and having to use an old back-up, a treasure hunter discovered the largest gold nugget ever found in England. Richard Brock traveled three-and-a-half hours from his home in Somerset to join an organized expedition on farmland in the Shropshire Hills. Upon arrival, he found he had difficulty with his […]

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Good News in History, March 24 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060324/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060324/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060324/ 25 years ago today, The Matrix premiered in the U.S. It was a massive success at the box office, grossing over $460 million on a $63 million budget. At the 72nd Academy Awards, the film won all four categories it was nominated for, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing. In […]

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64% of U.S. Homeowners Are Willing to Attempt Home Renovations on Their Own–But are Intimidated in Two Areas https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/64-of-us-homeowners-are-willing-to-do-home-renovations-but-are-intimidated-in-two-areas/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/64-of-us-homeowners-are-willing-to-do-home-renovations-but-are-intimidated-in-two-areas/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2024 18:18:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203905 86% of American homeowners are inspired by watching home renovation shows—on average, about seven hours of remodeling content each week—enough to become armchair experts who want to make changes in their homes. According to a new survey, almost two-thirds (64%) would be willing to attempt home renovations on their own today, and 35% believe they […]

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Dubai Company Buys Used Cooking Oil to Turn Into Biofuel for Cars Citywide to Reduce CO2 Emissions https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lootah-biofuels-buys-used-cooking-oil-to-turn-into-biofuel-for-cars-in-dubai/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lootah-biofuels-buys-used-cooking-oil-to-turn-into-biofuel-for-cars-in-dubai/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:54:47 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203898 A Dubai-based company Lootah Biofuels is producing biodiesel from used cooking oil bringing sustainable transportation options to a major oil-producing country. The result is a fuel that is less expensive, renewable, and clean. The United Arab Emirates company now boasts having their own fuel outlets across the city of Dubai, delivering 60 million liters annually. […]

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Scientists Discover Potential HIV Cure that Eliminates Disease from Cells Using CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-discover-potential-hiv-cure-that-eliminates-disease-from-cells-using-crispr-cas-gene-editing/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-discover-potential-hiv-cure-that-eliminates-disease-from-cells-using-crispr-cas-gene-editing/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2024 15:43:10 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203893 A new study has unveiled a likely future cure for HIV which uses molecular scissors to ‘cut out’ HIV DNA from infected cells. To cut out this virus, the team used CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology—a groundbreaking method that allows for precise alterations to a patient’s genome, for which its inventors won the Nobel Prize in […]

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Your Horoscope for the Seasonal Equinox – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horoscope-from-rob-brezsnys-free-will-astrology-3-23-2024/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horoscope-from-rob-brezsnys-free-will-astrology-3-23-2024/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:00:51 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203883 Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote […]

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Good News in History, March 23 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070323/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070323/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070323/ 249 years ago today, American Founding Father Patrick Henry spoke to Virginia legislators, where he famously proposed that their colony should join the revolution against King George and fight for independence. “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” READ other anecdotes from the moment… (1775) […]

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A Coal Billionaire Is Building the World’s Biggest Clean Energy Plant to Power 16 Million Homes in India https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-coal-billionaire-is-building-the-worlds-biggest-clean-energy-plant-in-gujarat-to-power-16-million-homes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-coal-billionaire-is-building-the-worlds-biggest-clean-energy-plant-in-gujarat-to-power-16-million-homes/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:00:07 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203868 The Khavda solar and renewables park in a barren salt pan in India’s state of Gujarat is going to be big; really, really big. Its aim is for 30 gigawatts—as much as the national grid of Switzerland. It will sprawl out across an area of lifeless desert five times the size of Paris costing $20 […]

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Witness the Glory of the 2024 European Tree of the Year – Growing in Poland for 2,000 Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/witness-the-glory-of-the-2024-european-tree-of-the-year-from-poland/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/witness-the-glory-of-the-2024-european-tree-of-the-year-from-poland/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:30:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203863 In this year’s edition of the European Tree of the Year contest, the leafy crown was bestowed upon a common beech in the botanical gardens of the University of Wroclaw. Thought to be 2,000 years old, The Heart of the Garden is the third Polish tree in a row to win, following up on the […]

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School Bus Catches on Fire, Driver Gets All the Kids Out–and Herself–Before it Explodes Behind Her https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/school-bus-catches-on-fire-driver-gets-all-the-kids-out-and-herself-before-it-explodes-behind-her/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/school-bus-catches-on-fire-driver-gets-all-the-kids-out-and-herself-before-it-explodes-behind-her/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:00:19 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203860 Some very successful comedic songwriters once said: “cool guys don’t look at explosions,” which turns out to apply equally to cool gals as well. Schoolbus driver Kia Rousseve rescued a flock of children when her bus caught fire, and it wasn’t until she—the lost one off—took 8 or 9 steps before the front half exploded […]

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Rescued Crow Is Boy’s Best Friend, Waiting for Him to Get Home from School Every Day: ‘We’re his flock’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescued-crow-is-boys-best-friend-waiting-for-him-to-get-home-from-school-every-day-were-his-flock/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescued-crow-is-boys-best-friend-waiting-for-him-to-get-home-from-school-every-day-were-his-flock/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:00:17 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203857 Go find a screwdriver and get ready to screw your jaw back on, because a Danish family has made a video compilation of how a wild Eurasian crow has become part of their flock. The crow will come and visit all of them, including the dog and the cats, but it’s for the little boy […]

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Good News in History, March 22 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070322/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070322/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070322/ 54 years ago today, native Mexican or “Chicino” residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park. Home to the country’s largest collection of outdoor murals, as well as various sculptures, earthworks, and an architectural piece dedicated to the cultural heritage of the community. The […]

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UK Restaurant is Letting People Pay-as-They-Can While Rescuing Tons of Food https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/uk-restaurant-is-letting-people-pay-as-they-can-while-rescuing-tons-of-food/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/uk-restaurant-is-letting-people-pay-as-they-can-while-rescuing-tons-of-food/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:00:42 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203844 A restaurant in England has been able to employ 22 full and part-time staff serving food diverted from landfills to people on a “pay-as-you-can” basis. This fantastic achievement is rooted in two significant challenges faced by the UK: price inflation has increased the average cost of food by a quarter, and as many as 10 […]

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US Bookstores Coming Back as Barnes & Noble Celebrates Banner Year While Indie Shops Flourish https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-bookstores-coming-back-as-barnes-noble-celebrates-31st-new-store-and-indie-shops-dominating/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-bookstores-coming-back-as-barnes-noble-celebrates-31st-new-store-and-indie-shops-dominating/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:00:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203842 Ask most people around the country about the number of bookstores in their town over the last 20 years and the answer will almost inevitably be that it’s gone down, but the new Barnes & Noble in Papillion, Nebraska is no anomaly—corporate bookstores are returning. The new Nebraska location is part of a slate of […]

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Students Surprise Nigerian Security Guard Who’s ‘Part of the Family’ with a Trip Home–Raising $30K https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-surprise-nigerian-security-guard-whos-part-of-the-family-with-a-trip-home-raising-30k/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-surprise-nigerian-security-guard-whos-part-of-the-family-with-a-trip-home-raising-30k/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:00:20 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203840 This week CBS News introduced the world to James, a Nigerian security guard at Providence College, who was recently given a monumental shock by the students he protects. Working 4 overnight shifts a week, student organizer Brandon Reichart said James greets everybody with a smile and always welcomes conversations no matter what time of the […]

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Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-discovers-attic-filled-with-looted-art-from-battle-of-okinawa-works-with-fbi-to-repatriate-it-all-to-preserve-history/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-discovers-attic-filled-with-looted-art-from-battle-of-okinawa-works-with-fbi-to-repatriate-it-all-to-preserve-history/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:00:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203832 Last year, a Massachusetts resident and his family were going through the personal effects of a deceased grandfather and happened to come across a very large collection of very valuable Asian art. The FBI Art Crimes Unit from the Boston Field Office received a complaint in January 2023 from the family, saying that the grandfather […]

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All-Female Auto Repair Shop Lets Clients Get Mani-Pedis While Waiting For Their Cars https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/all-female-auto-repair-shop-lets-clients-get-mani-pedis-while-waiting-for-their-cars/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/all-female-auto-repair-shop-lets-clients-get-mani-pedis-while-waiting-for-their-cars/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:00:20 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203828 A Pennsylvania entrepreneur left her 6-figure engineering job to volunteer at mechanic shops around her area to learn how to fix cars, and founded the Girls Auto Clinic when she was finished. The GAC is the first of its kind in the nation, and offers car care memberships, car care education classes, and hands-on mechanic […]

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Good News in History, March 21 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070321/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070321/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070321/ 180 years ago today, the Bab began teaching the Baháʼí faith, marking forever both the Holy Day and Day 1, or New Year’s Day on the faith’s calendar. It is the most important day for Baháʼí followers. The new year follows the Vernal Equinox as determined by when it occurs in Tehran, where Bab and […]

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Experts Begin Hunt for Most Valuable British Shipwreck in History, and the Gold Worth 4 Billion https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/experts-begin-hunt-for-most-valuable-british-shipwreck-in-history-and-the-gold-worth-4-billion/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/experts-begin-hunt-for-most-valuable-british-shipwreck-in-history-and-the-gold-worth-4-billion/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:00:41 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203802 A team of marine experts are to begin hunting for the most valuable shipwreck in history which sank 400 years ago carrying $4.3 billion worth of gold. Royal Merchant, a 17th-century English treasure ship known as “El Dorado of the Seas” sank in bad weather off Lands End, eastern England in 1641. It was returning […]

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Heaps of Gold Uncovered in 1,200-year-old Pre-Colombian Tomb in Panama https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/heaps-of-gold-uncovered-in-1200-year-old-pre-colombian-tomb-in-panama/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/heaps-of-gold-uncovered-in-1200-year-old-pre-colombian-tomb-in-panama/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:00:08 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203799 An array of golden artifacts and human remains have been discovered in Panama belonging to a religious leader of a non-Mayan, pre-Colombian society. Little is known about the nature of the society, but the discoveries, found in the ninth excavated tomb at an archaeological site called El Caño, present some intriguing clues. Dating to 750 […]

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A California Superbloom Is Springing to Life and the Best is Yet to Come https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-california-superbloom-is-springing-to-life-and-the-best-is-yet-to-come/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-california-superbloom-is-springing-to-life-and-the-best-is-yet-to-come/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:00:42 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203795 Drenching rains and record snowfall throughout California’s 2022-2023 winter season carried on throughout the year, and by September, normally the peak of the dry and fire seasons, no part of the state was considered to be suffering from drought conditions. Experienced Californians will have had a hunch that all that water meant this year’s spring […]

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For World Happiness Day, Finland Wants to Bring 5 Winners to World’s Happiest Country–Crowned 7 Years in a Row https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/for-world-happiness-day-finland-wants-to-send-5-winners-to-visit-worlds-happiest-country-just-crowned-for-7th-year-in-a-row/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/for-world-happiness-day-finland-wants-to-send-5-winners-to-visit-worlds-happiest-country-just-crowned-for-7th-year-in-a-row/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:00:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203791 Today, for the seventh year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world by the annual United Nations World Happiness Report, holding the top title since 2018. Finns are proud and grateful for this prestigious title, believing that the key to their unique style of happiness is found in four […]

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Good News in History, March 20 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070320/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070320/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070320/ 205 years ago today, the Burlington Arcade opened in Piccadilly, London. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th-century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping mall, and one of the oldest in Europe. The arcade was built in 1818 to the order of George Cavendish, on what had been the side garden of […]

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Volunteers Plant One Million Moss Cuttings to Restore Bog and Improve Water Quality in England https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/volunteers-plant-one-million-moss-cuttings-to-restore-bog-and-improve-water-quality-in-england/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/volunteers-plant-one-million-moss-cuttings-to-restore-bog-and-improve-water-quality-in-england/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:00:17 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203772 After deciding in 2012 that the Dovestone Reservoir needed serious restoration, volunteers have spent the last decade hand-planting cuttings of moss to improve water quality and filtration. The hilltop reservoir in Oldham, in Manchester county, was surrounded by bare peat bogs, over which rainwater would fall rapidly and take on a silty brown color. This […]

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Town Leaders Help Dig Beloved Stuffed Animal out of Trash Compactor Using More Than Just Their Hands https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/town-leaders-help-dig-beloved-stuffed-animal-out-of-trash-compactor-using-more-than-just-their-hands/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/town-leaders-help-dig-beloved-stuffed-animal-out-of-trash-compactor-using-more-than-just-their-hands/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:30:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203767 When New Hampshire resident Jake McAlpin accidentally threw away his daughter’s favorite stuffed animal, the town leadership took a whole day out to help find it. Cupcake is a floppy-eared dog that daughter Charlotte received for Christmas when she was four. Though a grown woman, Cupcake was never far from her side. Then one day, […]

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Microsoft Campus Set to Use Geothermal Energy to Heat/Cool Millions of Sq Ft. of Office Space https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/renovated-microsoft-campus-set-to-use-geothermal-energy-to-heat-cool-millions-of-sq-ft-of-office-space/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/renovated-microsoft-campus-set-to-use-geothermal-energy-to-heat-cool-millions-of-sq-ft-of-office-space/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:00:55 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203764 It’s been four years now, but Microsoft’s Redmond campus modernization is almost finished. The massive 72-acre rebuild includes dozens of hopefully planet-saving designs and features, but none are more impressive than the Geothermal Energy Center (TEC). To heat and cool the massive campus, a 6.5-acre geothermal well field, consisting of around 900 boreholes drilled up […]

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1,000 year old Viking Sword Fished out of an Oxfordshire River with a Magnet https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/1000-year-old-viking-sword-fished-out-of-an-oxfordshire-river-with-a-magnet/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/1000-year-old-viking-sword-fished-out-of-an-oxfordshire-river-with-a-magnet/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:00:30 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203761 A “magnet fisherman” trawling his local river had spent several rainy hours pulling out scaffolding components. But deciding not to go home under these conditions, his magnet eventually snagged something rather more interesting. Pulling it out of the water, Trevor Penny recalls shouting to his friend “what do you think it is?” His friend said […]

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Good News in History, March 19 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070319/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070319/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070319/ 92 years ago today, the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in Australia. Spanning Sydney Harbor from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore, the bridge is lovingly referred to as “the Coathanger” because of its single, shapely arch. The bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long of Middlesbrough and is still […]

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Prisoner in ‘Dirtiest Jail’ Rehabilitates Fellow Inmates with Recycling Program That Unites Prisoners https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/prisoner-in-dirtiest-jail-rehabilitates-fellow-inmates-with-recycling-program-that-unites-prisoners/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/prisoner-in-dirtiest-jail-rehabilitates-fellow-inmates-with-recycling-program-that-unites-prisoners/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:00:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203733 In Panama, prisoners are rehabilitating their behavior and the nation’s rainforests at the same time through a plant nursery and recycling program supported by the Red Cross. La Joyita prison was famous for its filth and squalor, but the EcoSólidos program, which has prisoners sorting glass, metal, and plastic for recycling, has helped remedy the […]

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Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Mark Coleman Saves Parents from House Fire, Fans Raise $121k for Hospital Bills https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/former-ufc-heavyweight-champion-mark-coleman-saves-his-parents-from-blazing-house-fire-and-fans-raise-121k-for-his-hospital-bills/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/former-ufc-heavyweight-champion-mark-coleman-saves-his-parents-from-blazing-house-fire-and-fans-raise-121k-for-his-hospital-bills/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:00:15 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203729 While visiting his childhood home, former UFC Heavyweight Champion and Hall of Famer Mark Coleman was woken up by his beloved dog Hammer at 4:00 a.m. as the house was being consumed with fire. Swapping his metaphorical championship belt for a cape, Coleman managed to run through the burning house and save his elderly parents […]

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Archaeologists Unearth the Long-Lost Top Half of an Enormous Ramses II Statue https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-unearth-the-long-lost-top-half-of-an-enormous-ramses-ii-statue/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-unearth-the-long-lost-top-half-of-an-enormous-ramses-ii-statue/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=203725 Nearly 100 years after the legs of a giant statue of Pharoah Ramses II were found in Egypt, archaeologists have finally located his better half. It’s not his wife, but rather his torso, head, and shoulders, which together fit perfectly with the lower half kept in a museum for decades. With both halves together, the […]

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