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Good News in History, July 4
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060704/
Published: July 4, 2025 07:00
And, on this day 87 years ago, Bill Withers, was born. The soulful American singer-songwriter and musician earned three Grammys and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his classics, āLean on Meā, āAināt No Sunshineā, āUse Meā and āJust the Two ofā¦
Airport Workers Save the Day After Wifeās Diamond Goes Missing at Baggage Claim
Published: July 3, 2025 18:30
āCaringā is a word that many Americans wouldnāt choose if asked to describe commercial aviation, but a story recently touched down from Pittsburgh International Airport of humanity and kindness that left a womanās jaw suspended in disbelief. April Schmittā¦
Tiny Townās Tradition Sees its Graduating Class Sent off with a Free Scholarship Every Year
Published: July 3, 2025 16:00
For the last 30 years a tiny Minnesota town has played a huge role in the lives of its graduating students. Despite the population of Swanville sitting at a comfortable 328, what is essentially one big family comes together every year to send off theirā¦
Wisdom Teeth Contain Unique Stem Cell That Can Form Cartilage, Neurons, and Heart Tissue
Published: July 3, 2025 13:00
If they donāt grow in right, most people will treat their wisdom teeth as bio-baggage, useful only for preventing money from burning a hole in oneās pocket due to the surgical costs of removing them. But an astounding new discovery has found that thisā¦
A Mass Blossoming Is Occurring in Wake of Floods to Feed Honeyeater Birds in Australia Where Just 300 Remain
Published: July 3, 2025 11:00
Recent wet season rainfall along the east coast of Australia has shattered hundred-year records, but as the floodwaters recede, a feast of epic proportions seems ready to explode among the hills and valleys. Soaking up all that water, New South Walesāā¦
Good News in History, July 3
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060703/
Published: July 3, 2025 07:00
37 years ago today, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge was completed over the famous stretch of water that divided Asia and Europe in the Classical Age. The bridge is named after the 15th-century Ottoman Sultan Mehmedā¦
Two Meteor Showers Will Peak on the Same Night in July and Be Visible in the U.S.
Published: July 2, 2025 18:30
Two meteor showers are visible in the late July skies, and they happen to peak at the same evening in a rare case of perfect timing. Especially visible in the Southern Hemisphere, but also visible farther south in the Northern Hemisphere, theā¦
In Maine, Students Choose a Hike Over Detentionāand Feel the Benefits
Published: July 2, 2025 15:30
Getting in fights, texting too much in class, skipping schoolāthey are the kinds of stories that the parents of most high schools will have heard of before, and know the ending of. But at Morse High School in Maine, detention is enforced with an altogetherā¦
Newly Unveiled T-Rex Relative Was Sitting in Museum Drawer for 50 Years and āRewritesā Family Tree
Published: July 2, 2025 13:00
Paleontology may be entering another great era of discovery: characterized by serial misidentification in decades past. For an example one need look no further than the newly-dubbed āDragon Prince of Mongolia,ā a small tyrannosaurid from the earlier daysā¦
James Webb Telescope Debuts New Trick: Blocking Out Stars and Photographing Their Planets
Published: July 2, 2025 11:00
Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, stars, and even our own solar systemās planets. Now, the most expensive telescope ever made has unveiled a new trickāa coronagraph,ā¦
Good News in History, July 2
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060702/
Published: July 2, 2025 07:00
54 years ago today, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, and Freddie Mercury performed their first show together as Queen at Surrey College, England. It was Mercury who suggested the bandās name, and the art school student illustrated their logo whichā¦
Immigrant Truck Driver Becomes Hero Using Tractor-Trailer to Save Man from Burning 2nd Floor
Published: July 1, 2025 18:30
There is no shortage of people in the world who see a burning building that isnāt theirs and choose not to risk their lives to help: Tomasz Zareba is not one of those bystanders. The Dublin truck driver helped save a man from a harrowing fall when theā¦
New Astronaut Camp for Girls Named After Star Trek Actress Nichelle Nichols, Honored as Role Model
Published: July 1, 2025 15:30
Alabama will be the site of a new training camp for the next generation of female astronautsāfunded and named in honor of one of the professionās great pioneers. Okay, maybe next exactly, because the Nichelle Nichols Space Camp honors someone who pioneeredā¦
An Ottawa Runner Posted Online Asking āDid you save my life?ā Then He Got an Answer
Published: July 1, 2025 13:00
From Ottawa comes the story of a runner who woke up in the hospital with a burning question: who saved his life? Tommy Chan went for a five kilometer run on May 20th, but he doesnāt remember anything several days either side of that. All he knows is whatā¦
Viral Video Sparks $20,000 in Donations for Ice Cream Vendor Who Walks Miles in the Florida Heat
Published: July 1, 2025 11:00
For anyone who suggests that social media has been a net-negative for society, tell them to spend 3 hours reading GoFundMe stories. GNN has reported on literally dozens of these internet crowdfunding efforts that have changed peopleās lives, and the latestā¦
Good News in History, July 1
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060701/
Published: July 1, 2025 07:00
122 years ago today, the starting pistol rang out for the first Tour de France, the most prestigious cycling competition today. Set up and sponsored by the newspaper LāAuto, ancestor of the current daily, LāĆquipe, it ran from the 1st to 19th of July inā¦
New Groundbreaking Study Reveals How Vitamin C Reactivates Skin Regeneration Genes
Published: June 30, 2025 18:30
A coalition of Japanese researchers and institutes have established that a pathway exists through which humble vitamin C can actually regenerate skin cells. As we age, our skin naturally becomes thinner and more fragile due to a decline in cell production.ā¦
Italian āGhost Townā Rescued by Instagramable Street Art Which Attracts Thousands
Published: June 30, 2025 15:30
A southern Italian hamlet referred to as a ghost town is now attracting thousands of tourists by commissioning artists to paint more than 140 murals on the sites of shops and homes. It seems fitting that the birthplace of so many of the worldās greatā¦
21st Century Has Seen Tree Cover Expand in 60% of American Counties Including Metro Areas
Published: June 30, 2025 13:00
In a creative use of big data, a survey has found that of the 3,119 US counties, 1,836 experienced growth and expansion of tree cover, with a high concentration among prairie and Mid-West areas. Additionally, among counties that had thinning forests, theā¦
Regaining Hands After 17 Years, Swiss Man Gets Life-Changing Double Transplant
Published: June 30, 2025 11:00
When 29-year-old Luka Kriszanac arrived back at University of Penn. Medicine and got to see his surgery team, it was all smiles and handshakes. Thatās more remarkable than it sounds, since the surgery he underwent was a āvascularized compositeā¦
Good News in History, June 30
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060630/
Published: June 30, 2025 07:00
On this day 70 years ago, The Johnny Carson Show debuted on CBS television. The prime-time variety show was a traditional potpourri of monologue, comedy, music, dance, and skits. The series was short-lived, but planted the seeds for sketches he would laterā¦
She Went On a Vacation to Iran: āIt was Nothing Like I Expectedā
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/she-went-on-a-vacation-to-iran-it-was-nothing-like-i-expected/
Published: June 29, 2025 23:17
A woman who went to Iran as a tourist just weeks before the country descended into war says it was not the culture she expected. Chiara Herlemann, who is originally from Germany, travelled across the Middle Eastern country for ten days at the end of May.ā¦
Student Lifts University President and Spins him Around at Graduation Ceremony
Published: June 29, 2025 19:18
A video captured the moment last month when a graduating student lifted the university president clear off the ground and spun him around during his formal graduation ceremony. As he received his diploma in Guangdong, China, the student shook theā¦
Gorgeous Tiny Home Village Offers Affordable Housing That Withstood Direct Hit From Hurricane Milton
Published: June 29, 2025 18:32
A tiny home village in Tampa Bay, Florida, now houses more than 60 people in beautiful buildingsāwith some as small as 8.5ft wideāand theyāre all hurricane resistant. Escape, a company that manufactures tiny homes in the US, built the development known asā¦
Exhausted Puffin Rescued After it was Found Stranded 100 Miles From Seaside Home
Published: June 29, 2025 14:07
A stranded puffin has been rescued after being found more than a hundred miles away from its natural coastal habitat. The seabird was blown off course before landing in a garden in landlocked Hereford, England, where it was found by a concerned homeownerā¦
Good News in History, June 29
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060629/
Published: June 29, 2025 07:00
30 years ago today, the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis kicked off a new era in international space cooperation by achieving the first docking with the Russian space station Mir. Beyond the Mir docking, the mission of Atlantis flight STS-71 included a seriesā¦
Giant Corporations Protect 15,000 Square Miles of Forests in Partnership With WWF Stewardship Program
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/corporations-protect-15k-sq-mi-of-forests-in-partnership-with-wwf/
Published: June 29, 2025 00:02
Four years ago, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched their Forests Forward program, partnering with big businesses to reduce deforestation and improve woodland management. A new report shows that their 26 global partners are positively impactingā¦
Minister Goes Viral Over Incredible Sand Sculptures Depicting Everyday Items
Published: June 28, 2025 21:43
A part-time minister has gone viral for his lifelike beach sculptures that depict everyday items like a giant toothpaste tube and a pair of crocs. Mark Lewis is passionate about sculpting sand into weird and wonderful formsāand says he loves to put a smileā¦
Texas Mailman Adopts Beloved Dog from His Old Route After its Vietnam Veteran Owner Passes Away
Published: June 28, 2025 15:07
That old stereotype of mailman-running-from-dog has been turned upside-down by a Texas letter carrier and a pooch named Floyd. Ian Burke first met the dog while delivering mail in Denton three years ago. Floyd, a German Shepherd and Border Collie mix, cameā¦
Your Weekly Horoscope ā āFree Will Astrologyā by Rob Brezsny
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horoscope-from-rob-brezsnys-free-will-astrology-6-28-2025/
Published: June 28, 2025 10:00
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Robās Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing inā¦
Good News in History, June 28
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060628/
Published: June 28, 2025 07:00
Happy 99th Birthday to Mel Brooks, the comic and writer who became the legendary director of comedies like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and The Producers. One of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, Brooks was married to actress Anneā¦
āMiracles Happenā: Woman Uses CPR Training she Learned 40 Years Ago to Save Teen Baseball Playerās Life
Published: June 27, 2025 19:30
Johnette Wilmot learned CPR when she was 17-years-old and never needed it in the 40 years since then. But, recently, when a 15-year-old went into cardiac arrest during a baseball practice, Wilmot remembered everything as if she had been trained yesterday.ā¦
Hero Tells Mom on Burning 3rd Floor: āDrop the baby, I am going to catch herā
Published: June 27, 2025 15:30
Absolutely gripping footage recorded during a recent apartment block fire shows a mother throwing her baby out from the third-floor window to a crowd of rescuers below. The arms of the rescuers envelope the falling child, and Cleveland news 19 reports thatā¦
Ash Trees in Britain Are Evolving a Resistance to Fungal Disease That was Devastating Woodlands
Published: June 27, 2025 13:00
To use what will become a timeless adage, one of the most amazing things about life is how it, uh, finds a wayāas seen lately in England where ash trees are spontaneously developing resistance to a deadly disease. Natural selection in woodlands is actingā¦
Parasail Operator Turns Into Rescuer After Storm Hits the Jersey Shore
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Published: June 27, 2025 11:00
From the Jersey Shore comes the story of a parasail operator rescuing a kayaker and her dogs as fast as the wind which capsized them was blowing across the water. It was Thursday evening in Sea Isle City and Brennan Bollard wasnāt working. A storm wasā¦
Good News in History, June 27
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060627/
Published: June 27, 2025 07:00
145 years ago today, Helen Keller was born with full sight and hearing in Alabama. But before the age of two, she was stricken with disease that left her deaf and blind. Yet, at age 24, she became the first deaf and blind American to earn a bachelorāsā¦