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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Just By Mowing a Lawn, Social Media Star Raises $685,000 for Bereaved Senior Who Fell Behind on Rent
Who knew so much power lay behind the simple act of mowing the lawn. That’s what Spencer from SB Mowing, the prolific social media account, has shown us before, and is now showing us again as his yardwork channels $685,000 to a woman who had no money for rent or groceries. In a video posted […]
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No Outstanding Coal Mining Applications Left in the UK After Council Refusal in Carmarthenshire
After a Welsh council rejected plans to dig for 85,000 tons of coal, the UK has no outstanding proposals for coal mining anywhere in the country. Carmarthenshire council turned down the second application for expanding the open-pit Glan Lash mine near Llandybie in Wales, citing impacts on the local environment. Bryn Bach Coal Ltd. had […]
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Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH
From the SpaceX Dragon capsule high above the Earth, astronaut Jessica Meir was left stunned and moved by what she was witnessing. As our own blue marble spun around to show its white underbelly, a blast of solar wind had ignited the Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, which spread out from Antarctica before snaking and […]
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Sweden’s Breathtaking New Train Ride to Oslo Passes By Best of Country’s Landscape
It’s easy to be romantic about train travel, and hard not to when you’re onboard Sweden’s latest new route to Oslo. On June 15th, Swedish rail operator Snälltåget launched a new direct rail service stretching nearly 360 miles across some of the country’s most diverse landscapes. The 6.5-hour journey connects Malmö in southern Sweden with […]
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Japanese Fans Cleaned the Stadium After World Cup Match While the Players Cleaned Locker Room
The simple act of cleaning up after yourself. It’s the sign of a good house guest or well-raised children, but what about when “yourself” is thousands of screaming sports fans, and “cleaning up” is half of a soccer stadium? Well then it’s a sign of something much deeper—plain to see for attending supporters and spectators […]
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‘A Little Hero’ Saves Her Friend from Both Drowning AND a Seizure
A 12-year-old was labeled a hero after saving her friend from drowning with nothing more than a fistful of her hair to hang onto. The harrowing close call with Davy Jones comes to us now from Conwy, Wales, where Tamika and her friend Sofia-Ann were swimming off Pensarn beach during a late-May heat wave. The […]
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Knee Pain Suffered by Millions Can Be Eased Using New Non-Surgical Procedure
For millions of people suffering with knee pain, a new, non-surgical procedure offers the promise of easing it away for at least 12 months with a single injection. Genicular artery embolization, or GAE, is an emerging, minimally invasive treatment that targets abnormal blood vessels in osteoarthritis patients. In an osteoarthritic knee, abnormal vessels build up […]
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Artist Beats Brain Cancer And Paints Amazing Portraits of Hospital Staff as Thank-you Gifts (LOOK)
Vincent Serritella was only a little concerned about the flashing bright spots in his lower-left vision field; he wasn’t expecting anything serious. The former Pixar animator and San Francisco Bay area artist was in for a surprise—going from waking up with the bright spots to making a decision to go into open-brain surgery. At Sutter […]
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Detective Spends Months Searching for Stolen Dementia Patient’s Ring–Finds it in a Pawnshop Miles Away
Going from a small town to the big city, a police detective went far beyond the call of duty to retrieve a woman’s stolen wedding ring. In LeRoy, New York, an elderly nursing home resident suffering from dementia—unable to care or speak for herself—had a wedding ring stolen from her hand. The theft was noticed […]
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Scientists Map Underground Fungal Networks and Find They Cover 62 Quadrillion Miles
Some years ago, scientists dedicated to including the kingdom Fungi into modern conservation set out to measure the total length of fungal networks under the soil. These networks form the fabled “wood wide web,” an interconnected, biological framework of cooperation between plants, fungi, and probably microorganisms. Their research, published last July, found that just within
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Colorado’s ‘Tamales Act’ Restores Citizens’ Freedom to Buy and Sell Homecooked Food
Colorado’s government has restored the freedom of its people to prepare and sell homecooked food to one another. Provided they take a food safety course, the “Tamale Act” is expected to be a boost to the informal economy by unlocking the commercial power of mama’s and grandma’s home-cooking. House Majority Leader Monica Dura said exactly […]
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6-Year-old Finds Ancient Viking Sword on School Field Trip, Buried for 1,300 Years
Imagine you’re 6 years old, it wouldn’t get much better than finding a dinosaur bone or a sword—and that’s exactly when young Henrik turned up on a school field trip. If there were teachers close at hand, they may have told Henrik not to touch the “rusty piece of metal” he saw sticking out of […]
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Wasteful Fisherman Turns into Underwater Garbage Man, Pulls Tons of Tires from Canadian Harbors
From being part of the problem to being part of the solution, a reformed litterer and fisherman now spends his days diving to the bottom of Canada’s harbors on trash clearing missions. Sean Bath used to seek the coveted spiny sea urchin: now it’s often car tires that come loose from the bows of ships […]
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African Continent Gains 10 Years of Life Expectancy Since 2000 Despite Wars, Famine, and Instability
You can measure human progress by GDP, by employment rates, home-ownership, or average national income, but when you’re lying in your bed and it’s time to pay the piper, it’s difficult not to see the most important measure as years of life on the planet. The annual report from the WHO for 2026 included the […]
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EV Popularity in China Accounts for 262,000 Fewer Deaths from Air Pollution
More than a quarter million people are still alive thanks to improvements in air quality linked to “new energy” vehicles in the world’s largest auto market. With more than 50% of all new cars sold last year in China being hybrids, EVs, or hydrogen-powered, the speed of the adoption has been incredible both for the […]
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