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.
Blind Jazz Sax Teacher Inspires Students to ‘Feel’ Their Instruments, Uses His Disability as Teaching Tool
From a Tampa performing arts conservatory comes the story of a blind jazz saxophonist who uses his disability as a teaching tool. Like Obi-Wan Kenobi, he encourages his students to act on instinct; to feel the music through their instruments, and not let the waking...
Endangered Seabirds Flourishing on Island for First Time in Decades as Invasive Rabbits Removed
For the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island after a dedicated conservation group cleared the island of a deadly invasive species. This unique Chilean ecosystem has seen a resurgence in its seabird...
Third-Generation Craftsman Goes Viral–Now has Millions Watching Him Fix Shoes as ‘America’s Cobbler’
“You know what you call it [when] a cobbler is just getting waves and waves of shoes in? A ‘shoenami.'” This A+ dad joke can be attributed to Jim McFarland, aka ‘America’s Cobbler’—a viral internet star who has millions of followers across Instagram, TikTok, and...
2,000-Year-old Scroll Burnt in Pompeii Decoded and Read for First Time by Three Genius Students
In October, GNN reported on the first winner of the Vesuvius Challenge, which sought to inspire young people to use AI technology to decode burnt scrolls found in a Pompeii library. Now, the grand prize has been collected by Youssef Nader, Luke Farritor, and Julian...
Dinosaur Evergreens Thought Extinct for 2Mil Years Discovered by Park Ranger, 90-Tree Grove is ‘Find of the Century’
From Australia comes a story too cool to believe. Like a vegetable version of Jurassic Park or King Kong, a copse of pine trees from a species that evolved in the Cretaceous Era were found high in the mountains. These living fossils, to use the classic phrase,...
There It Is: Stricken Mars Helicopter is Spotted by Rover–Then NASA Retired it With Honors
NASA and all space lovers were able to bid a final farewell to the boundary-breaking Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, after a lonely, far-off glimpse of the little craft was captured by the Perseverance Mars Rover on Sunday. A stark picture shows Ingenuity in its final...
Social Media Goes Crazy for Customer Who Went Above and Beyond to Mail $20 Tip
Side Street Pour House and Grill in North Carolina went viral on social media with the story of a customer who went above and beyond to ensure his server, Hope, received the tip he intended. The letter, written by Ted, details that he had come in the final days of...
Dying Aviator Gets Final Tribute With Smiley Face Drawn in Sky Over Hospice
A heartwarming moment was captured outside a hospice room when family members said farewell to an aviation super-fan diagnosed with a terminal cancer. The 66-year-old was stunned when he was invited outside by hospice staff and told to look up. His family had arranged...
Explorers Say They Think They’ve Found Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane
The mystery behind the disappearance of Amelia Earhart over the Pacific Ocean has fascinated people for years. But after a recent deep-sea sonar survey, some closure to the final chapter of her life may be forthcoming. 87 years after disappearing somewhere in the...
