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Cougar Travels 1,000 Miles East in One of the Longest Recorded Treks
Cheekily described as "reverse feline Manifest Destiny," a GPS-collared mountain lion or cougar was recorded traveling 1,000 miles eastward from her home in Central...
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...
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, January 29
60 years ago today, the iconic black comedy film Dr. Strangelove, premiered in American cinemas. Directed by the genius Stanley Kubrick, the film was terrifying...
Matchmaking ‘Magic’ at Philly’s Oldest Bar May Lead You to Find the Love of Your Life–Like Hundreds of Others
There is a bit of mating magic afoot at Philadelphia's oldest tavern, one of the oldest in the United States.
Hundreds of couples have met...
Good News in History, January 21
89 years ago today, The Wilderness Society was formed by an "organization of spirited people who will fight for the freedom and preservation of...
Watch the Pandemonium as Hockey Fans Break Record Hurling 75,000 Teddy Bears Onto the Ice for Charity
A professional ice hockey team in Pennsylvania broke a franchise record last week, not for goals scored, but for the number of teddy bears...
Good News in History, January 1
174 years ago today, the world's first "Mercy" Hospital was founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland....
Good News in History, November 22
58 years ago today Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees, a National Geographic film special, premiered on CBS and brought the young primate ethnologist Jane...
Good News in History, November 19
24 years ago today, China successfully launched its Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit. The first Chinese craft designed to eventually carry humans made an 89-minute...
Missing Pig Named Kevin Bacon Reunited with Owners After Help from Kevin Bacon
Actor Kevin Bacon found himself back in the news after a footloose runaway pig bearing his name was caught in an elaborate ruse.
Always a...
Good News in History, November 2
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 2.
Deaf Children Are First Humans to Have Hearing Pathway Restored in Dramatic Demonstration of New Gene Therapy
In China, a true medical breakthrough has been achieved in a human trial that had as many as 10 children born deaf have their...
Police Officers Use A Metal Pole to Retrieve Couple’s Engagement Ring After it Fell Down Sewage Drain
Officers in Pittsburgh were hot on the trail of a runaway, but they had to improvise in order to save the day.
The caper was...
Good News in History, October 15
26 years ago today, NASA and ESA's Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn and its moons, was launched from Cape Canaveral. The...
Good News in History, October 14
156 years ago today, Masaoka Shiki, considered one of Japan's four masters of haiku, was born. He wrote more than 20,000 stanzas of this...
Good News in History September 21
On this day in 1915, a Mr. Cecil Chubbs bought Stonehenge for £6,600. Born in Shrewton, four miles west of the iconic Neolithic monument,...
Good News in History, September 18
72 years ago today, A Streetcar Named Desire, the film based on the play by Tennessee Williams, premiered in New York City. Starring Vivien Leigh, Marlon...
Good News in History September 17
480 years ago today, the first book in the Finnish language was published. Called The Abckiria, or the "ABC Book" it taught Finnish peasants...
Good News in History September 13
439 years ago today, the building of the royal palace at San Lorenzo de El Escorial was completed. The historic residence of the King...