Inspiring News
From the Good News Network
Sometimes the news can show the darker side of local and world events. But there is so much more! We found the Good News Network online and find their writing and focus to align well with our virtues and beliefs. We have included some excerpts below borrowed from their site. The link above with direct you to their site for further information and to subscribe directly.
Olympic Boxer Gives His Gold Medal to American Who Rightfully Beat Him Decades Ago (Watch the Tears)
It’s never too late to make amends. Nearly 35 years after his gold medal-winning boxing match, the guilt still weighed on South Korea’s Park Si-hun. He knew he lost in 1988, but was awarded the gold with a controversial 3-2 win over American Roy Jones Jr. at the...
Unlikely Animals Snuggling Together at the Denver Zoo Have Melted the Internet with Their Cuteness
We could all learn a few things from the animal world. This week’s lesson comes courtesy of a capybara and a howler monkey, two animals you would not expect to see together in close contact in the wild. The world’s largest rodent, capybaras are typically found in...
Farmer Pops the Question with Sky High Proposal Over a Special Canola Crop
An elementary school teacher in Australia has her head in the clouds after an elaborate marriage proposal from her new fiancé. Will Henderson’s sky-high idea hatched in the spring when he was preparing to seed the canola crop. Blooming yellow in September, he took...
Diligent Barber May Have Saved Boy’s Life After Spotting Cancerous Lump on His Neck
An eagle-eyed barber saved a teenager’s life by spotting a lump that turned out to be a rare cancer. A Turkish stylist name Firat Davutoglu spied it the 17-year-old’s neck after he’d come in for a trim of his back and sides. He advised him to “get it checked out”—and...
9-Year-old Goes to College to Be Brain Surgeon for Kids His Age –And Wait ‘til You Hear Him Talk
At a time when most of his peers are navigating elementary school cafeterias, playgrounds, and yellow buses, Aiden Wilkens is embracing an entirely different challenge. The 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy is already off to college—a fitting outcome for the lad who lives...
School Invests $150,000 to Help Low Income Parents, Buying New Uniforms and Laptops for Every Student
An English school has forked over $150,000 to buy all 270 incoming students a new blazer, tie, and laptop. Located in one of the poorest parts of London, the aid comes off the back of sustained improvements in grades and higher education attainments at the school,...
Researchers Blown Away After Finding Jaguar Population up 30% Across Mexico
Imagine sitting in southern Texas and knowing that in less than a day you could drive to se the world’s third largest cat. That is absolutely the reality in Mexico today, following a second national jaguar population census which found this charismatic cat is actually...
Lost Painting Looted by Nazis Found Hanging on Wall in a Real Estate Listing
A painting looted by Nazis in World War II has been turned over to the Argentine police after a years-long search led the rightful owners to a property listing that showed it hanging on the wall in a living room. A Dutch investigative news outlet contacted the real...
Watch Cincinnati Police Save Woman from Garage Ledge: ‘There’s an Angel for You’
Ohio police officers recently saved a suicidal woman threatening to jump from the 5th floor of a parking garage. Captured on the officers’ body cameras, the harrowing, yet inspiring moments demonstrate the city’s finest in their finest hour. Multiple bystanders called...
