Good News Network
A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse
- Website
- goodnewsnetwork.org · all feeds from this site
- Feed URL
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/feed/
Read it in your FeedListing reader
Or add to: Feedly Inoreader Raw feed
Latest posts
-
Weather.pet App Generates Forecasts for Dogs’ Head and Paws Based on Ground Temps and More
A dog lover and entrepreneur has created a weather service tailored specifically to dogs. It broadcasts tens of thousands of reports to users every month with the weather at the level of a dog’s head and paws. It also includes temperature readings for asphalt, grass, and…
-
Strangers Ran Towards the Fire to Save Teen–Her Mom Now Funds Scholarships for Heroes Like Them
5 years ago, 18-year-old Kenli Riney suffered a head-on collision on a Texas highway. Her car spun into a ditch and caught fire. Behind her, the Argote family was driving along and saw the whole thing. Mike Argote and 3 other men ran toward the flames and pulled Riney from the…
-
Good News in History, November 2
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 2. The post Good News in History, November 2 appeared first on Good News Network .
-
Islands Near Portugal Turn Off Lights to Protect Seabird Fledglings Every October – 30k Already Saved
Each autumn, during the last five nights in October, there is a blackout on Corvo island—but it’s not by accident. On the small island in the Portuguese Azores, more than 400 residents are protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable birds, while setting an example for the…
-
Housing Nonprofit Funds $16.5 Million in Eviction Relief to Assist Renters
The Atlanta-based nonprofit that launched an Eviction Relief Fund during the COVID pandemic has now assisted over 5,500 families so they could stay in their apartments. Marjy Stagmeier, a landlord of affordable housing in the Georgia capital city, is helping ease the burden on…
-
High School Fills Entire Football Field With Groceries to Replenish New Jersey Food Banks
Hundreds of New Jersey students collected over a quarter million pounds of food during the second annual 100-Yard Food Drive Challenge last week. Thousands of bright yellow donation bags covered Howell High School’s football field from end zone to end zone—with the extraordinary…
-
Hero Support Dog Saves Husband’s Life After Alerting Deaf Owner to His Deadly Midnight Fall Down Stairs
A deaf woman says her support dog saved her husband’s life after he fell down the stairs—by waking her from a dead sleep to insist something was wrong. Sandra Donally was alerted by her clever pup after husband Gary tumbled down the stairs in the middle of the night and was left…
-
Good News in History, November 1
69 years ago today, the Mackinac Bridge opened to connect the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan over the Straits of Mackinac. Nicknamed the “Mighty Mac” when it was built, it’s still the longest suspension bridge “between anchorages” in the Western Hemisphere. Stretching…
-
Girl Sitting in Dirt at Bus Stop Gets Surprise Bench From Homeowner–Camera Catches her Jig (WATCH)
Florida teachers Maren and David Douglass went viral for some heartwarming acts of kindness shown to a young schoolgirl whose bus stop was assigned to the end of their driveway. (See her sitting in the top-left of the photo above…) People magazine reported the couple first saw…
-
B-Vitamin Supplement Can Treat Psoriasis, a Skin Condition with No Cure
New research suggests a common skin disease with no cure could be treated with nutritional supplements. The B vitamin derivative showed “encouraging” results for reducing psoriasis symptoms in studies with both humans and mice. Psoriasis causes a rash with itchy, scaly patches,…
-
Retirees Who Lost Spouses Fall in Love Again at 88, After Meeting in the Gym
A pair of retirees who both lost their partners have fallen in love again at age 88—after meeting among the barbells at the gym. Now widowed, Barbara Thompson and Fred Jenkins said they’d never expected to find love again after their long-term partners both passed away. Barbara…
-
Your Halloween Horoscope Advice: ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a…
-
Good News in History, October 31
On this day, 76 years ago, the British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid was born. Described as the “Queen of Curves,” who “liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity,” Hadid was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to world…
-
Best Spud Harvest in a Decade Clears the Gloom of Crops Failing from Scorching Summer
Amid a summer of crop failures, a spud-tacular potato harvest in Japan showed that banner years are still in the almanac even as climate uncertainty continues to make farming more challenging. A potato industry outlet reports that the ideal mixture of temperatures and rainfall…
-
New Texas School Is Named For Longtime Janitor ‘Miss Marilyn’ (Watch Her Reaction)
Unlike beauty, honor manifests in the eye of the honored. And though it isn’t a Super Bowl ring or an Academy Award, for one career custodian at a Texas school district, the honor she lately received is greater than anything she had ever imagined. Marilyn Hampton worked as a…
-
A Farmer Didn’t Know His Cell Number Was on an Exam Question, Now Uses the Calls He Gets as Opportunities to Inspire
A young student has been accepted into a prestigious university thanks in part to an unusual source of inspiration: a strawberry farmer he met because of a question on an English exam. Now a postgraduate student in artificial intelligence, He Ziqi was in middle school when he…
-
In Lieu of Flowers or Tributes, Patrick Stewart’s Family Suggests a Donation to Alzheimer’s Research
Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart passed away yesterday at the age of 86 following a brief struggle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia. A titan of the silver screen, theater, and television, Stewart passed away at home surrounded by “live music, prayer, and…
-
Good News in History, October 30
53 years ago today, the Bosporus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits for the first time. It’s a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers, and upon its completion was the 4th longest suspension…
-
‘Panther Pat’ Shines a Light on the Nearly Forgotten First Woman to Play Pro Football
JoyDrops champions awards-eligible documentary shorts about joy, a counterweight to a category often dominated by tragedy. Good News Network has partnered with JoyDrops to spotlight these films and talk with the filmmakers behind them. In 1970, an elementary school teacher named…
-
JoyDrops: Short Films Big on Inspiration and Bigger Awards Aspirations
JoyDrops: Short Films With Big Hearts and Even Bigger Ambitions Good News Network and Switchboard Magazine have joined forces on JoyDrops, a curated slate of awards-season documentary short films that offer positive perspectives, made by artisan filmmakers that have already…