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.
Meet the Street Librarian Changing the Lives of Baltimore Youth and Beyond
Three years ago, Araba Maze was reading a book to her niece on the front stoop of her Baltimore home in a perfectly ordinary fashion. But as the pages turned, the number of local children gathered around for “stoop storytime” increased until Maze had to take notice....
Retired Teacher ‘Jumps for Joy’ at 80th Birthday in Surprise Reunion With Her Favorite Kindergarten Student
Debra Solomon could think of no other gift that would delight her mother more than to reunite her with her favorite kindergarten pupil, decades later. Retired from 27 years of teaching, Karen Solomon was set to celebrate her 80th birthday in April—and her daughter had...
Boy Offered a Dollar to Man He Thought Was Homeless, Gets Richly Rewarded for His Kindness
The man in the purple shorts only wanted to step outside for a quiet moment of prayer whilst waiting for his coffee, but ended up attracting the attention of the young man in the grey sweats. The meeting produced an incredible moment that fortified the man’s faith in...
Scientists Are Making Jet Fuel from Landfill Gas Aiming to Launch Circular Economy
In a world-first, University of Sydney researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry. Offering the potential to clear two...
Mom Has 70 Million-to-1 Quadruplets—Two Sets of Identical Twins–And They Weren’t Even Trying to Get Pregnant
An Alabama woman broke the odds of 70-million-to-1 giving birth to quadruplets that are two sets of identical twins. Hannah Carmack and her husband, Michael, found out they were expecting a year and a half ago—and were shocked when the sonogram revealed they were...
3,400 y-o King Ramses II Statue Head Returned to Egypt After Theft
A statue fragment of the great pharaoh Ramses II has been recovered in a joint effort and repatriated to Egypt. Carved 3,400 years ago, it was stolen from the Temple of Ramses in the southern Egyptian site of Abydos over 30 years ago. Shaaban Abdel Gawad, who heads...
Man Reveals Heart-Warming Friendship With Young Fox That He Cured of Illness in the Wild
A wildlife fan has struck up an extraordinary friendship with a young fox after he noticed she was ill. Bob Dunlop realized the fox had developed mange on her tail after spying her lack of hair on wildlife cameras set up near his home in Littleport, Cambridgeshire....
Couple Who Met as ‘Miracle Babies’ in Hospital Were Meant to Be Together–Now Have a Child of Their Own
Jack and Bronwyn were both born prematurely in the same hospital at the same time. After he was born at 30 weeks, and she was delivered after just 26 weeks, their families forged a friendship during the many weeks spent waiting in the neonatal ward in 1994. After...
Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died
Excavations of a Roman villa dating to the start of the Imperial era show it may belong to the greatest of all the Roman emperors, Caesar Augustus. Called the Somma Vesuviana, the villa was partially destroyed and buried by the same eruption that buried the city of...
