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.
Britain’s Oldest Soccer Senior at 90-years-old Is Still the ‘Ninja’ of Goals–Playing 3x a Week
Britain’s oldest striker is still banging in the goals for his local soccer team three times a week—at the grand old age of 90. Sprightly Mike Fisher—nicknamed ‘Ninja’ by teammates—averages three goals a game following an amateur footballing career that began 75 years...
Poverty Rate in India Drops Below 5% First Time Ever as Rural-Urban Divide Shrinks
The images of Mother Theresa’s work in Calcutta gave many people the idea that post-independence India was a place of destitution and grinding poverty, but today it’s on course for one of the great economic miracles in history. This gargantuan nation-state has reduced...
He Lost Almost Half His Body Weight (210 lbs) on Carnivore Diet Eating Just Meat and Eggs–After Fertility Became an Issue
A man shed a staggering 210 pounds—almost half his bodyweight—by eating a diet consisting of just meat and eggs. After tipping the scales at 434 pounds and being told his weight might be causing fertility issues, the 28-year-old decided to change his lifestyle. Isaiah...
5 Days After Vanishing, Puppy Found Stuck Inside Bramble Thicket Unseen Except By Heat-Seeking Drone (Video)
A puppy was rescued from a ditch that was covered in thick brambles five days after she vanished—thanks to a heat-seeking drone. Six-month-old cocker spaniel Bow got lost while on a walk with her owner Jodie Dance, who hunted for hours on February 19 but was forced to...
Hero Garbageman Rescues Man, Woman, and Dog from Housefire
GNN often reports on lifesaving rescues by firemen, risking life and lung to pull people from burning buildings, but these two are not firemen, and are a different sort of hero. They’re heroes, no doubt, but by trade they haul trash. Nonetheless, while working in...
Village Saves 45,000 Toads From Roadway Deaths Cutting Casualties By 60%—All the Way Down to 3% Rate
Dispersed around the UK, hundreds of heroic volunteers soak themselves to the skin on early spring nights in order to save toads, frogs, and newts from being squished under the tires of passing cars. This network of volunteer societies are literally transforming...
New York Medical School Surprises Students with Free Tuition in Perpetuity After $1Billion Gift–WATCH
When a woman was left an inheritance of $1 billion from her late husband, she used it to pay forward the tuition of students at a Bronx medical school. The widow, Dr. Ruth Gottesman, was left the money by her late husband ‘Sandy’ Gottesman, who was an early investor...
Mom’s Love Helps Woman Wake from Coma after 5 years
From Grand Rapids comes a story too magical to believe—of a mother’s love creating a medical miracle, and a woman who cared for a comatose daughter in silence for half a decade. Jennifer Flewellen was 35 when, according to a feature on Good Morning America, she was...
Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness
Clackamas County in Oregon, which contains the city of Portland, has reduced the rate of homelessness by 65% from 2019 to 2023, a number that officials say reflects a more comprehensive strategy. According to Clackamas County’s quarterly report on the Supportive...
