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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Boy Selling Towel That Stays Cool for 2 Hours Wins $200,000 in Prize Money
A teenage boy who is marketing a towel that stays cold for two hours has bested 15,000 other inventors to win a £150,000 cash prize ($200k) in an international competition. 16-year-old Harrison Nott is juggling his normal schoolwork while running his CoolTowel company, which earned £100k in revenues last year. He became an entrepreneur in […]
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Fun ‘Fashion Shoot’ Makes Residents in a Senior Home Feel 20 Years Younger
Senior home residents were left feeling 20 years younger after posing for a photoshoot wearing high-fashion wigs and colorful clothing. Residents at Maplewood Court, an hour outside London, were treated to the glam-up session thanks to the facility’s ‘Lifestyle Team’ who were inspired by a video on social media. Providing an outrageous wardrobe of flower-studded […]
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New AI Glasses for Dementia ‘Sees’ Objects With Labels Projected on Lenses to ‘Significantly’ Improve Lives
New AI glasses for people with dementia are able to project visual prompts onto the lenses to help folks live more independently—and they could be available in the UK in 2027. The latest news comes after the glasses wowed both test patients in their homes and a panel of outside judges. They can guide people […]
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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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Pioneer is First to Cross Texas Along His New xTx Trail – 1,500 Miles Devised for Hikers, Cyclists and Horses
This is Charlie Gandy, who’s set to become the first adventurer to complete the Cross-Texas Trail, the xTx, America’s newest long-distance hiking route. The 67-year-old invented the trail himself, and invested $10,000 to ensure the route could become a destination for hikers, cyclists, and horseback riders. Moving westward, he and his two hiking companions are […]
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Community Dads Raise Thousands to Surprise Beloved School Crossing Guard with a New Car
A group of North Texas dads raised money for a new car for a beloved school crossing guard, leaving her and the community in shock. Ask anyone in the Moss Haven Elementary School community about Ms. Trecia Crawford and you’ll hear the same thing: she is so kind and protective of every child. A staple […]
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Greek Government Organizes ‘Animal Airlift’ to Evacuate Pets and Owners from the Gulf
The Greek government organized an evacuation flight out of the United Arab Emirates specially-chartered for pets and their owners who couldn’t get seats on commercial airlines. Every nation will have activated different contingencies to advise, protect, and help extract their citizens from the Persian Gulf states since Israel and the US launched their attacks against
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(UPDATE) DoorDash CEO Adds Thousands to Woman’s Viral Fundraiser for Elderly Delivery Driver
A woman who had a DoorDash order brought to her house was shocked to see an old man on her doorbell camera. Inspired to help, she set up a GoFundMe, which raised $940,000 to allow the man to retire, and her initiative grabbed the attention of the DoorDash CEO, Tony Xu. A DoorDash spokesman told […]
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College Freshman Brings a Nostalgic General Store Back to Olde Towne Community in Virginia
Despite having her college years ahead of year, and only just obtaining the right to sign her name, a young Virginia woman has joined the ranks of American small business owners with a distinctly rustic flair. With a childhood spent browsing old-timey general stores among the mountains of North Carolina, Lindsay Goodwin wanted to bring […]
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Surgeons Perform First-Ever Surgery for Critically-Endangered Monkey Weeks Before She Gave Birth
GNN often stays abreast of births among the Chester Zoo’s incredibly diverse residents of rare and endangered species, but few have ever been cuter or rarer than this Roloway monkey. Chester Zoo is one of only two places in the UK that Roloway monkeys can be found, a spokesman said, and the breeding population there […]
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Elusive Nightjar Populations Doubled in 5 Years, a ‘Remarkable Comeback’ Conservationists Say
The population of one of England’s most-elusive birds is flourishing again thanks to conservation efforts in the south of the country. The nightjar, sometimes called the nighthawk, becomes active at twilight, and they’re famous for their chortling calls and fantastic camouflage. Their numbers declined some 51% between the 1970s and 2000s after substantial forest loss. The
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Dialing ‘867-5309’ Will Now Connect You with a Professional Cancer Support Line Free of Charge
If you call 867-5309 these days, Jenny doesn’t answer, but a telemedicine professional will. After seeing the emotional toll cancer took on some of his friends, the man behind Tommy Tutone’s 1981 smash hit “867-5309/Jenny,” has teamed up with global nonprofit Cancer Support Community to turn the most famous phone number in music into a […]
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Gene from High Altitude Yak Protected and Repaired Myelin Sheath in Early MS Study
A special gene that helps animals like the yak survive at high altitude could enable new treatments for multiple sclerosis after positive findings from a mouse model. The genetic mutation that enables yaks to live in environments with much less oxygen, and may hold the key to repairing nerve damage in conditions such as multiple […]
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Planned Expansion to Take Latin America’s Largest Solar Plant Beyond 1 Gigawatt Capacity
The state-owned energy utility Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has announced an ambitious expansion of solar energy projects totaling 1.5 gigawatts of production and storage. Armed with 30 billion Mexican pesos ($1.62 billion), CFE’s flagship project will be a 580 megawatt expansion of the Puerto Peñasco solar complex in the state of Sonora to 1 gigawatt […]
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Someone Used This Coin as Bus Fare and Worker Discovers it was Minted by the Phoenicians 2,000 Years Ago
Struck 2,100 years ago on the coast of Spain by mariners from the Fertile Crescent, a coin bizarrely made its way to the English city of Leeds where someone successfully attempted to use it as bus fare. It’s an incredible story that reminds us how history—even ancient history—can be found all around us, popping up […]
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