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.
Grocery Worker Rescues Mom By Asking a Crying Toddler if She Wants to Scan Items (WATCH)
It doesn’t matter how expert you are and calming your child, sometimes they are simply inconsolable; and parallel to that fact is another that as much an expert as you may be at calming your child, every so often you meet a person who is a master. That was the case...
Grandmother Graduates 60 Years After She Began College–and They Planned a Moving Tribute for Her (Watch)
An English grandmother has finally graduated from university nearly 60 years after she first started pursuing her degree. Calling the pursuit off after she became pregnant with her first child with her partner, whom she met in the same college, she had been one of 6...
Dead’ Man Jolted Back to Life by the Intolerable Bumps of India’s Potholes
They breed anger and derision; they cause annoyance, discomfort, and even expensive repairs, but India’s famous potholes actually saved a life on Friday. The ‘late’ Darshan Singh Brar was being transported to the Indian version of a wake after his untimely death from...
Say Cheese… for a Thousand Years: Camera Set up to Capture a Millennium-long Exposure of Tuscon
Dubbed the ‘Millennium Camera,’ a device dreamed up by an experimental philosopher in Arizona aims to capture a one thousand year-exposure of Tuscon. Along with some colleagues, Jonathon Keats, a research associate at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts,...
She’s on Path to Be a Top Gun or Cancer Researcher–But First She May Win the Miss America Crown
Madison Marsh is not only the current Miss Colorado–she’s a Harvard student and a U.S. Air Force 2nd lieutenant who has earned a coveted spot to train as a fighter pilot. But on Sunday night, the 22-year-old will be gunning for the Miss America crown, an event that...
In 30 Years East Palo Alto Went From ‘Murder Capital’ to Zero Homicides in 2023: A Complete Turnaround
When an American uses the phrase “murder capital” to describe a city, it tends to be cities with periods of very sad history like Chicago or Los Angeles, but I’ll bet you’ve never heard anyone say East Palo Alto in that sentence. In 1992 the murder rate in East Palo...
Montreal Teens Hailed as Heroes for Saving Couple from Drowning in Barbados
A pair of British vacationers were saved from drowning by two Canadian teens who happened to be on the same beach at the same time, and excellent swimmers to boot. Emma Bassermann, 14, and Zoe Meklensek-Ireland, 13, have both trained competitively for years. Zoe has a...
When Dog Shelter Makes Appeal for Homes as Temps Plummet Below Zero People Arrive in Droves
An animal shelter in Krakow was left without words after a weekend of action saw lines out of the door of people who came in to temporarily adopt a dog in the face of an onrushing cold front. Dubbed “Operation Frost,” the KTOZ Schronisko, or animal shelter, asked on...
A Pair of Rare Singing Gibbons Released into the Wild Bring Hope for Species (Video)
In Sumatra’s first-ever rehabilitation center for a special kind of singing primate, their first two residents not only recovered from stints in illegal captivity, but have also been reintroduced successfully back into the wild. Siamang gibbons are famous for their...
