Good News Network
The Good News Network (GNN) is a website dedicated to sharing positive and uplifting news stories from around the world. Founded in 1997, it aims to counterbalance the often negative focus of mainstream media by highlighting acts of kindness, scientific breakthroughs, inspiring individuals, and other heartwarming developments. The site covers a wide range of topics, including health, environment, culture, and technology, with the goal of promoting optimism and hope. GNN also features a daily newsletter and encourages readers to contribute their own good news stories.
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A Policing Act of Kindness After Little Boy in Detroit Calls 911 to Chat About Soccer
After doing laundry last Saturday, Ken Porter noticed a missed call on his phone from the local police department. “When I returned the call, I learned that my 4-year-old had called 911 and struck up a conversation about soccer and swimming,” Micah’s father told GNN. “What sounded like the start of a crisis turned into […]
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Retooled Cancer Drugs Eliminated Aggressive Tumors in ‘Remarkable’ New Trial
Cancer drugs that have been used for two decades were retooled until they were able to eliminate aggressive tumors in a “remarkable” clinical trial. Two of the patients—one with the deadliest form of skin cancer called melanoma and another with breast cancer—were told their tumors disappeared completely. Scientists at Rockefeller University in New York engineered
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Pea Plant Virus Creates a Powerful Immune Attack on Cancer—A Cheap Treatment Headed for Clinical Trials
A virus that infects the humble black-eyed pea plant is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—thanks to researchers at the University of California San Diego. The team led by chemical and nano engineers just published their study in Cell Biomaterials, showing how the cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), unlike other plant viruses, is […]
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Retired ‘Tech Fairy’ Rebuilds Old Computers and Gives Them to Folks Who Can’t Afford One–700 Gifted So Far
Craig Clark may call himself ‘the oldest computer technician in America’, but everyone else calls him the Tech Fairy because of all the wishes he has granted to strangers. In his field, as a technician, people sometimes give Craig their old computers after he sets up their new ones. Then about 8 years ago he […]
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Two 10-Year-old Girls Just Defeated Chess Grandmasters on Separate Continents Just Hours Apart
Two ten-year-old girls have recently conquered one of the world’s oldest board games, taking down two grandmasters in chess, men considered to be the kings of the sport. It all started at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, England earlier this month. London’s Bodhana Sivanandan (10 years, 5 months, 3 days) beat 60-year old […]
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Great-Grandad Gets Hole-in-One at Age 93 – May Be the Oldest Golfer in Britain to Do it
A 93-year-old great-grandfather could be the oldest golfer in Britain to get a hole-in-one after achieving the feat in a recent round. Jack Ponsford notched the ace on a 135-yard third hole at Pannal Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England. It was his first ever hole-in-one—and due to his age it could make him a […]
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Grandma Delivers Daughter’s Baby in the Back Seat of Car and Then Saves His Life
A proud grandma says she is ‘thrilled’ after helping deliver her daughter’s baby in the back seat of her car—and then saving its life. Shelby Cook was one week overdue when she arrived flustered at her mom’s house in early August. Her mother Sonja Cook thought she would only be babysitting the couple’s other children […]
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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
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. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote […]
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Astronomers Capture Jaw-Dropping New Image of a Hand Amid the Stars
A coalition of telescopes have allowed astronomers to produce an image of the nebula MSH 15-52 in unprecedented color and detail. Centered in the middle of the nebula is a pulsar, or the rapidly-spinning, extremely dense remnant of an exploded star. Captured together, some astronomers see in the mixture of the two the image of […]
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Sense of Smell May Be Restored Using Radio Waves-Without Need for Surgery
A patient’s of smell could be restored using radio waves without having to undergo surgery, according to new research. Worldwide, there are actually very few effective treatments for those who have lost their sense of smell, perhaps from a brain injury. Treatments that do exist often use strong ‘scentas’ or medicines that can cause discomfort […]
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Archaeologists to Excavate Glasgow’s First Skatepark with the Help of Former Skateboarders
Though it might make someone feel old, a Scottish skatepark from 1978 is set to undergo archaeological excavation—with help from the city’s skaters who once hung out there. Kelvin Wheelies in Glasgow was a radical design when it first opened to host the first Scottish Skateboard Championships. It incorporated a half pipe, several bowls, and a […]
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China’s ‘Bulldozer Hero’ Saves Over 100 Stranded Neighbors During Recent Beijing Flooding
A freak rain event dumped 40% of Beijing’s average yearly precipitation down in a single week, triggering floods. From out of the chaos, Chinese social media rose to salute the “Bulldozer Hero,” Wang Tianyu, a business owner turned rescuer. On July 28th far outside the city limits, Wang woke to an urgent phone call from […]
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This New Bionic Knee Is Changing the Game for Lower Leg Amputees
An advance in prosthetics 7 years in the making has jumped into life with a lower-leg device that feels more like a part of the body than any other commercially-available product. Considered something like a prosthesis in three layers, tests have shown it to grant greater agility, comfort, and sense of “embodiment,” a sensation of […]
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Woman Received Thousands of Letters from Dad Growing Up, Now Anyone Can Request a ‘Letter from Dad’
A woman who was blessed with a loving father as her pen pal while growing up has decided to share her gift—her father—with the world. Starting the Dad Letter Project, she’s now connecting the love of letter writing among a group of fathers with a world of lonely, discouraged, or simply curious people. The story […]
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Masked Hero Goes Viral for Painting Over Graffiti on Buildings in Northern Italy – WATCH
Under cover of darkness in the north Italian city of Brescia, a masked man has become famous for performing “acts of urban love.” Armed with a paint roller and the moniker “Ghost Painter,” this unknown citizen stalks the city streets, painting over graffiti left by vandals. Like all Italian cities, going back to the days […]
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