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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Husband’s Bouquet Arrived After His Death, Now His Wife has Lined an Entire Street with Daffodils as a Memorial
The bouquet arrived unexpectedly, six months after her husband passed away. Before he died, Stephen Cudmore had arranged a delivery of daffodils for his wife Marilyn’s next birthday, knowing full well he probably wouldn’t be there. “Hello beautiful! Happy birthday, Steve” The surprise gift gave Marilyn an idea. She thought back to her final day […]
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Former Inmate Who Received Contraband Book While in Solitary Has Now Built Hundreds of Prison Libraries
Reginald Betts was only 17 years and imprisoned in solitary confinement when the lifeline arrived that would change everything. Someone delivered a book. “Imagine yourself as a teenager, 17 years old, in solitary confinement, and you’re just calling out, ‘Yo, somebody send me a book,’” Betts, who’s now 45, told the Washington Post. “Somebody sent […]
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Tesla Autopilot Swerves to Avoid 75mph Head-on Collision Saving Lives (WATCH)
A man says his Tesla saved his life by swerving in self-driving mode to avoid an oncoming car at 75mph. Clifford Lee was driving in full self-drive mode (FSD) on a freeway in New Mexico at around 6:30pm on November 9. It was “pitch black” and the driving conditions were “horrendous”. Due to the poor […]
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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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Good Samaritans Stop Theft of a Purse from A Woman Who Wasn’t Even There
From NPR’s Unsung Heroes column comes the story of a woman whose purse was saved from a thief by two women she didn’t know—and she wasn’t even there. She had left her purse by accident on a bench, and it was the mere optics of the situation that drove two Samaritans to become Good Samaritans. […]
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2,000 Year-old Razor That Shaved Ancient Romans Is Unearthed and Up for Auction
A 2,000-year-old razor used to keep Romans looking sharp is set to go up for auction in England, where the catalogue included a fascinating history on the Romans’ grooming habits. The 3.5 inch-long (9 cm) iron blade had a hole for the shaver to put their finger in so they could drag it across their […]
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Windows Broken Into Become Earrings in One Woman’s Quest to Keep Glass Out of Landfills
Car break-ins in the Bay Area are down, but not out. From each one of these ugly surprises, local artisan Sydney Jones creates a surprising amount of beauty. Using a kitchen-top kiln, she takes advantage of safety glass’ crystalline structure to quickly turn the broken pieces into floral-themed earrings of jade green. It not only […]
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Canadian Burger Joint Gets Cash Apology When Alabama Man Mistook it for His Local Restaurant
A couple from Nova Scotia was left with their jaws on the floor after they received $40 and an apology letter all the way from Alabama. The letter was penned by a man who searched for his local Bentley’s Burgers and mistakenly found theirs, ordering a doomed pair of burgers for pick-up from over 1,000 […]
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Community Rallies to Protect Local Cobbler Until Supermarket Cancels Plans to Expand
When a corporate shoe repair chain wanted to open a location in a Gloucestershire, town, locals rallied in a signature-gathering campaign to protect their local cobbler. An example of small-town sanctity, the petition to reject the corporate newcomer was promoted on social media and collected a total of 1,000 signatures from people in the area, […]
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Would Your Helmet Actually Protect You? VA Tech’s ‘Helmet Lab’ Is Testing Every Sport
In 2011, Steve Rowson and his fellow engineering students at Virginia Tech were asked by the Hokies equipment manager if they could test commercially-available football helmets to see which was the safest. Obliging the man, they ran a series of impact assessments, and found a broad spectrum of differences between them. At that moment, the […]
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Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe from Insurgents
Thousands of ancient Arabic texts have returned to their rightful place in the legendary Saharan trade city of Timbuktu after years of safe-keeping further south. Having undergone extensive digitization, fear that the content of the manuscripts may not survive the centuries due to security concerns or funding have abated somewhat. Mali was once the center […]
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Seal Flops onto Photographer’s Boat to Escape Hunting Orca Pod–She Captured it All on Camera
An experienced wildlife photographer with a penchant for marine mammals like whales recently bore witness to a lone seal miraculously surviving a hunt by 8 killer whales. Far more than just bearing witness, it was more or less the photographer’s presence that allowed for it to happen, as the seal escaped the jaws of the […]
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‘Offline’ Trend Sees Thousands Attending Phone-Free Concerts, Dates, and Events Where You Can ‘Find Your People’
One of the realities of social media addiction is the self-awareness of the addicted. A recent survey from the British Standards Institution found that 68% of teen respondents said they feel worse when they spend too much time on social media, and 47% would remove them from existence if they could. So it’s not surprising […]
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More Efficient Way to Defrost Cars Using Electricity to “Zap” Ice Without Heat
There are large swaths of America where in order to have a safe drive into work, one has to start their car even before their coffee machine. Heating up a car and running the defrosters is a hugely energy intensive process, but researchers at Virginia Polytechnical Institute believe they’ve found a new and improved method […]
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Rock Band Opens $35,000 in Bar Tabs for Their Fans After Melbourne Gig Was Canceled for Safety
An Australian punk rock band picked up the bar tabs for hundreds of people after a gig in Melbourne was shut down at the last minute due to security concerns. Amyl and the Sniffers are up for a Grammy this year, a year that also saw them open for fellow countrymen rockers AC/DC for a […]
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