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.
He was an IVF Miracle Baby Born Just Steps Away From His Future Wife
A miracle IVF baby has tied the knot with a woman who was born steps away from him in the same hospital on the same day. Newborn Ross Watson made headlines when he was born on August 21, 1994—and the headlines are continuing 30 years later. Last month he celebrated...
Statue of ‘UK’s Kindest Man’ Saved from Being Melted Down by Volunteers from His Hometown
Dozens of volunteers and an entrepreneur have teamed up to save the statue of the UK’s Kindest Man from being melted down to save space. In 2023, GNN reported on the UK’s kindest man receiving a bronze statue of himself in honor of his work performing a good deed...
Facebook Saves a Life with its AI Alerting Local Police of a Suicide in Progress
Today, when people mention mental health and Facebook in the same sentence, it almost never bears a positive connotation. But at least for one young woman in Lucknow, India, there’s a very good reason to make such a connection, as an AI working for Meta alerted local...
Choctaw Nation Unveils ‘Sister Sculpture’ For Irish People–Honoring the Heart Connection Forged 170 Years Ago
In the Choctaw Nation’s territory in Oklahoma, a knotted statue has been erected by tribal leaders to honor a cross-continental connection over 170 years old. The “Eternal Heart” sculpture, combining a heart with a Celtic trinity shape, was designed to honor the...
Dad Interviews Daughter on First Day of School Every Year–And the Final Video Has Gone Viral (Watch)
A dad who interviewed his daughter on the first day of school every year has now shared the final video, as she starts her final year of high school before heading off to college. Ray Petelin came up with the idea to ask his little girl, Elizabeth, a series of...
102-Year-old Woman Becomes Britain’s Oldest Skydiver–to Inspire People in Their 80s or 90s ‘Not to Give up Anything’
A 102-year-old woman has become the oldest skydiver in Britain after jumping out of a plane at 7,000-feet. Daredevil Manette Baillie celebrated her latest birthday this month with a tandem skydive at Beccles Airfield in Suffolk, England—her first ever parachute jump....
Thousands Raised for Homeless Busker After Performance Goes Viral on TikTok (WATCH)
Donations totaling nearly five thousand dollars were raised for a homeless busker after a video of his soothing voice and guitar riffs went viral on TikTok. The 59-year-old was filmed wowing strangers with his rendition of the Dire Straits hit ‘Sultans of Swing’ as...
Ancient Egyptian Observatory is Unlocking Celestial Secrets of Their Cosmic Culture
Another stunning remnant of ancient Egyptian civilization has been unearthed in the form of a large astronomical observatory. At over 9,000 square feet, it’s the largest of its kind ever found in the land of the Nile, and is believed to have been last used around the...
Door Guardian Sculpture Discovered at Angkor Archaeological Park
Even in the world’s most excavated ancient sites like the Pyramids and Angkor Wat, discoveries are made all the time. Take this story from Cambodia for example, where at the Angkor Archaeological Park, a nearly complete Dvarapala sculpture, or “door guard” in South...
