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Good News in History, October 5
Happy 65th Birthday to popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Born in the Big Apple without a star in the sky to look up...
Good News in History, September 9
187 years ago today, Ralph Waldo Emerson published his famous essay Nature, in which he attempts to lay out the case for transcendentalism. His...
Good News in History, August 28
234 years ago today, German astronomer William Herschel discovered the sixth largest moon of Saturn, the icy, 500 kilometer-wide Enceladus. The 19th largest moon...
Good News in History, August 23
Happy 72nd birthday to Ole' D.C.'s own Lisa Halaby, famously known to the world as Queen Noor of Jordan. The second-generation Washingtonian married King...
Good News in History, July 16
254 years ago, Father Junípero Serra, a Spanish missionary, found the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the second such mission in The Californias. This...
First French Memorial for ‘Hero Dogs’ Honoring Their Military Service With New Monument – LOOK
Many countries have monuments to their fallen soldiers, but the French have recently inaugurated a sort of "Tomb of the Unknown Canine," to honor...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
GNN is Featured in Major Exhibit on Compassion in One of America’s Favorite Museums
On the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore sits one of the most unforgettable museums you’ll ever visit, and now you can see GNN's work...
Afghan All-Girls Robotics Team Offered College Scholarships, Says Oklahoma Mom Who Helped Them Escape Taliban
There may be no force more powerful than maternal instinct. An Oklahoma mom, who's come to think of some gifted Afghan girls as adopted...
COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Are Plummeting Toward Zero in Most of the U.S.
After 15 months of watching the pandemic spread, there is much good news on the U.S. COVID front in June 2021.
Inside most states, the...
Falconry Saves Man from Life of Crime, Now he Helps Birds and At-Risk Youth Take flight
In spending his twenties dealing drugs in southeast Washington D.C. during the crack epidemic, Rodney Stotts would be the last person one would imagine...
A Valentine’s Day Message for the World: Love Never Fails
This Valentine’s Day, we are living in a world that needs some love—and we need to give it.
Loving is the way we wake up...
10 Positive COVID Updates From Around the World – 2021 is Looking Brighter
With so many scary coronavirus headlines these days, we thought we would revise our very popular article series highlighting all the positive updates about...
Another Study Shows Psychedelic Psilocybin Mushrooms Offering Long-Term Relief From Depressive Symptoms
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, science, health, politics, and travel.
In another study on the use of psychedelic compounds...
5 Great Things We Should Never Forget About Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
A Supreme Court hero, and all-round wise woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday at the age of 87 surrounded by family at her...
He Designed a Mountain Bike to Bring Adventure Back to People With Disabilities – Like Himself
When a snowboarding accident resulting in a spinal injury sidelined him from his beloved outdoor pursuits, Christian Bagg was determined to climb back up...
American Brothers Successfully Save Irish Girl Who Was Swept Out to Sea in Serendipitous Twist of Fate
Four American brothers who were in Ireland for their grandfather's funeral ended up saving a little girl and her father on a very serendipitous day.
How a New Member of Congress Used Toffee to Thaw Frozen Relations Between Democrats and Republicans
Rather than internalize the animosity between Democrats and Republicans, this Hawaiian member of Congress used toffee to bridge the divide.
Chef José Andrés is Up to Good Again: He and His Charity Will Feed Furloughed Feds During Shutdown
The kitchen will be serving up free hot meals to all furloughed workers and their families starting tomorrow on Pennsylvania Ave.
Town Surprises Man by Replacing Truck He’s Used to Transport Veterans for 20 Years
For the last 40 years, Ron Elliott has been using a special pick-up truck to transport the bodies of dead Vietnam veterans to their...