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.
Voyager 1 Returning Science Data from All Four Instruments After Months of Radio Silence
Two months after NASA crews reestablished diagnostic communications with Voyager 1, they just recently received scientific observational data as well. Transmitted via the last remaining instruments still operational aboard the furthest man-made object from Earth, the...
She Finally Earned Her Stanford Master’s Degree at 105: ‘I’ve waited a long time for this’
Stanford University’s recent graduation ceremony featured 105-year-old Virginia Hislop completing a master’s degree in education 83 years after she started her coursework. Put on hold in favor of the bounties of life, a husband and family, World War II, and a long...
Boy Who Got Free Life-Changing Leg Surgery Returns to Same Hospital Ship a Decade on–Wanting to Be a Doctor
A boy who was given life-changing leg surgery as a toddler has returned to the same hospital ship a decade later, declaring he wants to become a doctor himself. Romino developed bowed legs in early childhood which prevented him from walking properly. Doctors in his...
Over Half of Americans Say Their Parent is Their Best Friend
Over half of Americans say their parent is their best friend, according to a new survey. The poll of 2,000 Americans over the age of 40 revealed that 58% feel closer to their aging parents, now more than ever before. Conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Comfort...
Man With Unyielding Depression Starts Picking Up Litter–And Helps Clear 13 Tons of Trash with Family and Strangers
A 32-year-old began picking up litter to help his mental health and now his whole family spends quality time together on the clean-ups, while helping their community. Mike Scotland began experiencing depression in his late 20s. After struggling for some time, he found...
Woman Raises $233,000 to Give 90-year-old Veteran Still Working in the Heat the Option to Retire
A former news reporter recently organized a fundraiser so that a 90-year-old Air Force veteran, who had to work to pay his bills, could retire. Coming upon him pushing carts in the parking lot of a Louisiana grocery store in humid 90°F weather, the reporter shot a...
Iberian Lynx Slinks Back From Brink of Extinction Within Just Two Decades of Conservation
The greatest feline conservation success story isn’t the doubling of the world tiger population, nor the rescues of the Amur tiger and Northern lion from falling into the abyss of biological history—it’s the comeback of a lynx species on the Iberian Peninsula. This...
Archaeologists Uncover 900 Ming Dynasty Artifacts From Shipwrecks in South China Sea
More than 900 artifacts have been retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China (NCHA) said Thursday. Consisting of piles and piles of porcelain, along with other pottery works, copper...
Austrian Heiress Appoints Fifty Citizens to Give Away Her €25 Million Fortune
Move over McKenzie Scott, there’s a new philanthropic heiress in town. This is Marlene Engelhorn, a Millennial member of one of the richest families in Austria, and the proud owner of several receipts demonstrating how she gave away her inheritance. The heiress, whose...
