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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Rescues Dog After Getting Twitter Message
The Mayor of Newark, N.J. has saved another dog -- after getting a Tweet from someone reporting that the dog was locked in a...
Newark Mayor Saves Freezing Dog
New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker has saved a woman from a house fire, shoveled the driveway of a local resident and invited families to...
Facebook Boss Gives $100 Million to Newark City Schools
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, has agreed to donate $100 million to the chronically troubled public schools in the city of Newark. As...
Newark Celebrates First Murder-Free Month in 40 Years
For the first time in more than 40 years, an entire calendar month has come and gone without a homicide in New Jersey’s largest...
Good News in History, March 18
100 years ago today, the classic silent film The Thief of Baghdad, written by and starring Douglas Fairbanks, debuted in cinemas. Freely adapted from...
These Are the 20 Best Cities in America By the Numbers… 7 Are in California and 7 in the Midwest
As the International Day of Happiness approaches on March 20, an interesting comparison of cities in the US was published, which provides helpful benchmarks...
Among China’s Gray State-Run Schools, New Campus Wins World Building of the Year for ‘Blurring inside and outside’
Set amid the rows of identical block apartments in the background, Huizhen High School is a breath of positive air for the students of...
Good News in History, August 24
Happy 50th birthday to the simply hilarious Dave Chappelle. One of the greatest millennial comics, Chappelle was called a genius during his early explosion...
Good News in History, July 15
Though not a pilot, on this day in 1939 the fashionable and smashing Clara Adams stepped off her passenger aircraft in Newark, having completed...
Teen Finds a Safe Containing Thousands on Bottom of River – Tracks Down Owner Who’d Been Robbed 22 Years ago
A teenage treasure hunter who combs river bottoms with a heavy-duty magnet pulled a safe containing thousands of dollars—and he captured hearts online after...
Metal Detector Left Him Stunned After Unearthing Ancient Ring Belonging to the Sheriff of Nottingham
A 350-year-old ring belonging to the Sheriff of Nottingham is set to fetch thousands at auction after being unearthed by a metal detectorist in...
Retired Officer Engages With Scammers to Expose Their Schemes – WATCH the Call
The internet makes it easy for criminals to reach out from anywhere to illegally obtain your money or personal data—and a retired police officer...
They Melted Down 22,000 Firearms in Belgium, Recycling Them Into Steel
Belgium recently melted down over 22,000 firearms into 60 tons of recycled steel.
Half of the firearms were collected from members of the Belgian public....
George Floyd Family to Receive $27 Million From City of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to approve a pre-trial settlement with the family of a 46-year-old whose homicide by one of its police...
Instead of Charging Women With Shoplifting Groceries, Police Officer Buys $250 Worth of Food For Family in Need
In Massachusetts, a Somerset Police Officer responding to a shoplifting incident, but decided that ‘the punishment didn't fit the crime’, so he bought groceries...
This City’s Police Force Says No Officer Fired a Single Shot in 2020, Citing Successful De-escalation Training
Newark police and city officials say their de-escalation training program is working, with not one officer firing his or her weapon while on duty...
La Granja Vertical más Grande del Mundo Cerca de Nueva York Usa 95% Menos de Agua y Pesticidas
Esta granja en Newark entregará más de dos millones de toneladas de productos frescos y dulces a los neoyorquinos cada año, mientras se reducen todos los desechos de la agricultura regular.
13-Year-old Has Been Sewing Hundreds of Bowties to Help Shelter Pets Get Adopted
This New Jersey teenager has helped at least 100 shelter cats and dogs find their forever homes since he gave them their very own bow ties.
All-Purpose Cleaner is Made Entirely of Food Waste Collected in NYC—and Ditches Plastic Spray Bottles
A New York company called Veles is selling an all-purpose cleaner made of food waste collected from Manhattan cafeterias, and ditches plastic spray bottles.
Bon Jovi Helps Those ‘Living on a Prayer’: Opens Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant for Cash-Strapped College Students
Jon Bon Jovi has just opened his third charity restaurant ‘JBJ Soul Kitchen’ at Rutgers University to help support hungry college students.