Not All News Is Bad!

"Not All News Is Bad" is a website dedicated to curating and sharing positive, uplifting, and heartwarming news stories from around the world. The platform aims to counterbalance the often overwhelming negativity found in mainstream media by highlighting stories of kindness, resilience, innovation, and progress. It covers various topics, including acts of goodwill, environmental breakthroughs, medical advancements, and inspiring personal achievements.

In terms of its relationship to providing uplifting news, "Not All News Is Bad" serves as a refreshing antidote to the typical focus on conflict, crisis, and despair in traditional news outlets. By showcasing stories that celebrate human potential and collective progress, the site seeks to inspire hope, foster connection, and remind readers that there is still much good happening in the world. Through its carefully curated content, the platform encourages readers to engage with the world more optimistically and constructively, reinforcing the idea that not all news has to be bad.

1. Restaurant Staff Cancels Holiday Party, Gives Funds to Coworker Adopting a Baby

   “I just broke down,” said father-to-be Norman Vales. “I didn’t know what you think or what to say.” Source: Restaurant Staff Cancels Holiday Party, Gives Funds to Coworker Adopting a Baby Nice.

2. Blood Test May Offer Early Crohn’s Disease Detection: Study

   In a recent study, scientists found that a simple blood test detected Crohn’s disease long before symptoms appeared. Source: Blood Test May Offer Early Crohn’s Disease Detection: Study Vey cool.

3. Gander Residents Show Up in Droves to Help Stranded Passengers

   The people of Gander are once again living up to their well-earned reputation for hospitality after a group of travelers became stranded at the airport last night. Source: Gander Residents Show Up in Droves to Help Stranded Passengers Hostory repeats itself in a lovely way.

4. Washington Firefighters Help Deliver Groceries After Instacart Driver Suffers Accident

   The rescue crew stepped in to make sure a community member received their necessities in time. Source: Washington Firefighters Help Deliver Groceries After Instacart Driver Suffers Accident Nice.

5. Online Publisher “Bounces” Back From Catastrophic Fall

   Today’s Not All News is Bad (NANIB) is different. It’s not a news story plucked from the headlines. Instead, coming back from a hiatus, today’s news is completely personal. Two days before Thanksgiving, I took a very hard fall that required emergency surgery (cervical fusion), a week’s stay in the hospital, and in-home recovery ever […]

6. On Hiatus

   Due to unforeseen circumstances, Not All New is Bad will be on hiatus indefinitely. I hope to return in 2026.

7. Strangers help restore power to woman after she goes months without electricity

   A woman who spent weeks living without power or running water now has electricity again after her community came together to pay her overdue utility bill. Source: Strangers help restore power to woman after she goes months without electricity Nice.

8. Stray Pooch Just Won 2025 Hero Dog Award for Soothing Families After School Shooting

   A stray mutt, which turned into a service dog soothing kids after a school shooting, won the Humane Society’s 2025 Hero Dog Award. Source: Stray Pooch Just Won 2025 Hero Dog Award for Soothing Families After School Shooting A good dog, for sure.

9. Costa Rica’s rainforest reborn by butterflies

   In a remote corner of Costa Rica, a former cattle pasture has been restored as a lush rainforest, thanks to one family and thousands of butterflies. Source: Costa Rica’s rainforest reborn by butterflies Gorgeous.

10. Thanksgiving Act of Kindness Brings Hope to Families

    Discover how one family’s Thanksgiving hardship inspired a beautiful tradition of service, smoked turkeys and heartfelt support for their community. Source: Thanksgiving Act of Kindness Brings Hope to Families Nice.