Elderly Woman’s Dream of Petting a Penguin is Fulfilled for Christmas–it Brings Her to Tears (WATCH)

An elderly woman cried tears of joy when her daughter fulfilled her lifelong dream of petting a real penguin. Christine Cross is a super fan of all things penguin, and for a Christmas gift, her daughter Lindsay Cross made her dream come true. A video shows the 76-year-old overcome with emotion after petting the bird […]

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New Enzyme Allows CRISPR Technology to Accurately Target Almost Any Human Gene

While the original CRISPR gene editing technology could only target 12.5% of the human genome, a new method developed by engineers at Duke University expands access to nearly every gene to potentially target and treat a broader range of diseases. The study published in the journal Nature Communications, involved collaborators at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute […]

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Good News in History, December 31

Happy 80th Birthday to Sir Ben Kingsley, the English actor who has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is best known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the acclaimed 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. You may […]

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Saturday Sports: 2023's greatest hits

NPR's Alina Selyukh and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the biggest stories of the 2023 sports year.

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2024 New Year’s Horoscope: A ‘Free Will Astrology’ From 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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For Colombia's most beloved cyclist, winning isn't the point

Rigoberto Urán has never won the Tour de France or Olympics gold. But he's still a superstar. "I think lots of people identify with me because they want to win but don't quite make it," he says.

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Good News in History, December 30

133 years ago today, the American author, recordist, and expatriate Paul Bowles, was born. Living in Tangier, Morocco for 47 years, Bowles would publish several books, including the critically acclaimed The Sheltering Sky set in French North Africa through which he traveled extensively. He was just one of so many Europeans or Americans who saw the […]

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First-time Ever, Scientists Find Planet Almost as Big as its Host Star: ‘How little we know about the universe’

Far out in the galaxy, astronomers at Penn State have found a planet that is just a little bit smaller than its host star, a surprising finding set to potentially change the established ideas of planet formation. Science news is filled with headlines of discoveries that clash with established theories known only to the scientists […]

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It appeared the Detroit Pistons were going to snap their record losing streak

Going into Wednesday's game against the Boston Celtics, the Pistons had lost 27 in a row. After the first half Detroit was up 19 points, but the Celtics rallied to win by six in overtime.

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Good News in History, December 29

On this day 80 years ago, a decade and a half after the Irish War of Independence and its treaty-induced interim government, Ireland was born when it adopted its own Constitution. A document committed to democratic ideals that enshrined the people as masters, it also provided the right to every child for a free primary education provided by the State. (1937)

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Family Hears Late Loved One’s Voice Again Thanks to an Electrician Who Jumped at the Chance to Help

An electrician with a passion for preservation restored an ancient piece of home electronics, allowing a woman to hear her departed mother’s voice on Christmas. The old animated version of Frosty the Snowman can pull many people back to their childhood; doubly so for Linda Swartz, who had an old book with an electronic recording […]

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She’s an Ex-Addict Turned Forager, Her Anxiety is Gone: ‘Mushrooms Saved My Life’

For 6 years, Jessika Gauvin used alcohol and drugs as a way to escape life and ignore past trauma. But in April 2018, Jessika wandered into her local woods, in Moncton, New Brunswick and found being around nature gave her a “new perspective” on life. The Canadian is now five years sober and dedicates her […]

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100 Tiny Endangered Seahorses Released into Sydney Harbor with High Hopes

Australia continues to rehabilitate its populations of White’s seahorse, an “Australian icon” and the only such creature on the nation’s endangered list. In May, GNN reported that hundreds of White’s seahorses were released into the waters north of Newcastle into specially-made “hotels” as part of the largest release of captive-bred seahorses in history. Now, as […]

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Iceland’s ‘Bike Whisperer’ Finds Stolen Bicycles–Then Helps Thieves Change

In Iceland’s capital of Reykjavik, a local man known as the “bike whisperer” works to recover stolen bikes, but he never gets angry or calls the police on the thieves. In fact, the police call him when someone comes to report a missing bike. In a country with only a single high-security penitentiary, Bjartmar Leósson […]

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Good News in History, December 28

50 years ago today, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn published The Gulag Archipelago, a literary investigation of the prison-labor camp system in the Soviet Union between 1918 and 1956 that forever destroyed the credibility of communism. This Nobel Prize-winning book, which has been called the single greatest indictment of a political regime ever written, and the best non-fiction […]

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Uber Driver Returns $8,000 to Teen Who Left the Christmas Cash in His Car: ‘Do something good’

An Alabama Uber driver should be on track for a stellar 2024 after doing “something good” and returning $8,000 cash a hopeful teenager had left in his vehicle. Esbon Kamau has been an Uber driver for 4 years on and off, and the father of five really connected with a young client Alex Tisdale. “He […]

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Pennsylvania SPCA Shelter Empties Kennels for First Time in 47 Years: ‘A true miracle’

For the pooches and purr-babies in the SPCA shelter of Adams County Pennsylvania, Christmas came early. By Saturday two days before Christmas, every last one of them had found a new owner, leaving the kennels vacant on Christmas Day for the first time in 47 years of operations. The staff says one stray cat arrived […]

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The Detroit Pistons set NBA record with 27 straight losses

The Pistons lost Tuesday night to the Brooklyn Nets. They can still turn the season around, the Pistons have 52 more regular season games to play.

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Good News in History, December 27

Happy 52nd birthday to Big Duncan Ferguson, the Scottish striker who racked up over 200 appearances for Everton FC scoring 58 goals. Whether you loved him or found him a disorderly menace, there’s no question that his hyper-aggressive manner of patrolling the space between the opposing center halves was at times extremely effective, or at […]

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FTC Moves to Update Rules That Govern How Tech Companies Can Track Your Kids

2023 featured a proposed update to the COPPA, or the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act which included limitations on the nudging of kids to stay online and reductions in the data collection of children while using their parent’s devices. The last update was in 2013 and dealt with social media and mobile devices (how quaint). […]

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See the James Webb Telescope’s Stunning New Image of Uranus with its Rings and Moons Clearer Than Ever

Among all the things that the James Webb Space Telescope has taught us, one of the most surprising for the layman has probably been that all the outer planets have rings. The rings of Saturn are well known, but Webb has already shown that the ice planet of Neptune sports rings as well, and now, […]

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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu league benefits from the sport's growing popularity

The sport of Jiu Jitsu has its own national league and it's growing. The league is moving to Las Vegas from the small city of Decatur, Ala., where it all started.

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Good News in History, December 26

55 years ago today, the inaugural Dakar Rally Raid was staged, with the course stretching from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. 182 vehicles took the start of the inaugural rally in Paris, with 74 surviving the 10,000-kilometer (6,200 mi) trip to Dakar while crossing terrains such as sand dunes, mud, camel grass, hamada rock desert, […]

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Man Has Eaten a Frozen Mince Pie Made by his Late Mom Every Christmas for Last 21 Years

A man will once again taste one of his mother’s home-baked mince pies this Christmas—21 years after she died. Richard Newson discovered a batch of 47 pastry treats in the bottom of his mum’s freezer following her sudden passing in December 2002. Now, every Christmas, he defrosts one of the small pies and scoffs it […]

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The National Basketball Association lists its Christmas Day scoring leaders

Lebron James tops the list. The four-time champion and 19 time all-star has scored a total of 460 points in his 17 Christmas Day games. Putting him 65 points ahead of the late Kobe Bryant.

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Good News in History, December 25

This daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—December 25.

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Streaming, AI and world events have transformed sports reporting

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to sports media expert Keith Strudler about how sports journalism is changing.

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Once-Abused Dog Gets to Celebrate First Christmas With Vet Who Saved Him

A dog was just 12-weeks-old when he was brought into an animal hospital with signs of abuse, but now he gets to celebrate his ‘first proper’ Christmas with the veterinarian nurse who helped save him. Terry the Whippet arrived at the Hull PDSA Animal Hospital in East Yorkshire, England, where he was treated by nurse […]

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Best Uplifting Photos of 2023 Are Guaranteed to Make Your Eyes Smile

“A great news photograph can be many things, but its core quality is that it tells you a story and lives on in your memory,” says picture editor Jon Mills, who prepared a list of the best photos from this year. Many of our favorite 2023 pictures are stunning images of the natural world. Some […]

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Good News in History, December 24

84 years ago today, beginning in the year of his election, Pope Pious XII gave a Christmas Eve radio broadcast with a passionate plea for peace on Earth, while denouncing the ideologies that had led to the outbreak of the Second World War. While mentioning none in particular, the targets of his statements were clear. […]

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‘Operation Christmas Drop’ Has Delivered Toys and Supplies to Remote Islanders via Parachute Since 1952 (WATCH)

You’ve heard about Christmas gifts coming down a chimney, but did you know they also float down from airplanes attached to parachutes? Since 1952, the U.S. Army has been dropping huge packages every year for the holidays while flying over islands in the Pacific. The tradition of giving, called Operation Christmas Drop, has become the […]

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Saturday Sports: LA Dodgers' offseason, holiday feast, NFL and Brock Purdy

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion dollar offseason, a pigskin holiday feast, and how everyone in the NFL missed Brock Purdy.

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2023 was a year of big anniversaries

In 2023, we marked 20 years since the Iraq War, 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, and 60 years since the JFK assassination. Here's a roundup of historical events we wrote about over the past year.

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Rhino Finds Love at First Sight When He’s Matched to Help Save a Species–And the Video Will Touch Your Heart

A black rhino looks like it has found a mate in time for the holidays—and, in time to help save a species. The 4-year-old, which was born on Christmas Eve in 2019, has just reached maturity after being moved from a zoo in Lansing, Michigan to a newly designed home in Palm Desert, California. Newly […]

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The Billionaire and Founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, is Donating a $5 Million Piece of Land to His City

As is so often the case, the surpassing of a billion in personal net worth acts as the catalyst for charitable donations of land and capital, and Guy Laliberté is the most recent to follow the path of Rockefeller. The founder of Cirque du Soleil, Laliberté is donating all the money required for his hometown […]

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This 2,300-year-old Mosaic Made of Shells and Coral Has Just Been Found Buried Under Rome

Excavations into the side of the famous Palatine Hill in Rome have uncovered the banquet hall of a wealthy aristocrat that contained a mosaic made almost entirely of materials from the sea. At 16 feet long and 2,300 years old, the incredibly detailed mosaic was made of seashells, coral, mother of pearl, blue glazed tiles […]

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Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr begins 36th season with Czech Republic's Kladno Knights

Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. The 51-year-old former NHL star made an appearance on the ice this week for the Kladno Knights, a team in the Czech Republic.

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Good News in History, December 22

163 years ago today, Giacomo Puccini was born. Considered as the greatest composer of Italian opera in history alongside or perhaps just behind Verdi, his work includes many of the most-performed spectacles in Italian opera, including La Boheme, Tosca, Turandot, and Madame Butterfly. Often regarded as a romanticist who honored 18th-century Italian tradition, Puccini would go on to […]

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English Boy Unwraps Iron Man Prosthetic Arm–a Gift from His Nation Days Before Christmas

An English boy who was born without the lower half of his arm is going to be hugging and opening presents as fast as everyone else after receiving a state-of-the-art prosthetic ‘Hero Arm’ in time for the big day. Harry, of Lancashire, had to first undergo a trial to show he could wield the hand […]

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Nuclear Waste from Unused Weapons Is Being Safely Turned to Glass After Leaking for Years

A public-private partnership will soon see one of the world’s largest nuclear waste treatment facilities begin operations, as liquid and solid waste is turned into large bricks of non-radioactive glass. The Hanford nuclear cleanup site in Washington state, commissioned by the Department of Energy and built by Bechtel National, takes nuclear waste and mixes it […]

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He Crowdsurfed in a Wheelchair to the Stage and Coldplay Pulled Him Up to Play Harmonica (Watch)

It’s easy to think that being in a wheelchair means the end of activities that involve intense physical movements—like big wave surfing or, in Rob O’Byrne’s case, crowdsurfing. Rob is not someone who thinks this, however, and even though he lost all control of his body from his chest down, he still loves going to […]

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Good News in History, December 21

Today is the magical Winter Solstice, bringing the longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere, and marking the start of more daylight every day for the rest of the season, until June 20. The ancient cultures knew the Sun’s path across the sky, length of daylight, and location of the sunrise and sunset, […]

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With its new facility, a Georgia city hopes to become the place to go for pickleball

Macon, Ga., wants to be known as the place to go for pickleball. The city now has one of the largest indoor pickleball facilities in the country.

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6 Strangers Drop Everything to Help Man Find Wedding Ring Lost While Doing Yard Work

Normally raking the yard is the kind of elbow grease that leaves a sense of accomplishment in its wake, but when Michigan resident Joseph Novetske finished raking his yard, he was left dispirited. That’s because the 80-year-old realized he lost the wedding ring he had worn for 42 years of graced matrimony with his wife, […]

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World’s Oldest Rigid Saddle Discovered in Mongolia Confiscated from Looters

Not only were priceless artifacts of Mongolia’s past recently saved from looters, but among the objects found was a rigid and sophisticated riding saddle made of elegantly carved birch. Dating to the 4th century CE, it places Mongolia, a nation whose sons and daughters conquered much of Eurasia on horseback, at the center of ancient […]

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Deaf Girl Meets Santa Properly for the First Time Thanks to Elf Who Signs

A little deaf girl has been able to tell Santa all by herself what she wants for Christmas for the first time—thanks to an elf who was trained in sign language. Emily Andrews, four, was captured in a heartwarming video reeling off her wish list via Melanie Boyeson, who acted as an interpreter for the […]

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Apes Remember Friends Even Though They’ve Not Seen Them for 25 Years (LOOK)

Apes can recognize friends they haven’t seen for decades, reveals new research from Johns Hopkins University. The study, documenting the longest lasting non-human social memories ever recorded, found that apes recognize photos of group mates they haven’t seen for more than 25 years, and respond even more enthusiastically to pictures of their friends. The research […]

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U.S. Stock Market Hits Record High as Dow Jones Closes Over 37,000 for the First Time

It seems, no matter what official measure is used in 2023 to judge the U.S. economy, the numbers look really good for consumers. The latest positive news comes in the form of a historic milestone reached on the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is an average of 30 of the largest U.S. […]

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Good News in History, December 19

162 years ago today, Italo Svevo, a pioneer of Italian literature, was born in Trieste. Considered alongside James Joyce as a father of the psychological novel, with his modernist classic, Zeno’s Consciousness. Svevo wrote two other books, which along with Zeno’s were considered flops. Nevertheless, he remains considered one of a united Italy’s finest ever authors. READ more… (1861) The […]

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Good News in History, December 18

Happy 77th Birthday to Steven Spielberg, one of the most popular and successful movie producers in film history. Bullied as an Orthodox Jew growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, Spielberg made adventure films with his father’s 8mm movie camera—and at 16, wrote and directed his first independent film. He’s now the highest-grossing director in history, with […]

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Litter Scoundrel Overwhelming Neighborhood With Half-eaten Chocolate Turns Out to be a Squirrel

The identity of serial litterers who spent months blighting a housing estate with half-eaten chocolates was discovered to be greedy squirrels. Locals living in Ellesmere Port, in Cheshire, England, became gripped by the question of ‘whodunnit’ after candy wrappers kept appearing. The saga—dubbed ‘Wafergate’—was discussed daily on the neighborhood’s WhatsApp group, with theories and accusations […]

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How Zinc Helps You Fight Off Infections, Including Colds

(Originally published by Knowable Magazine) Walk down the cold-remedy aisle of almost any pharmacy and you’ll see a shelf full of zinc supplements. Clearly, people must be worried that they’re not getting enough zinc—a nutrient often touted for its ability to quash the common cold and other respiratory illnesses. But do many of us really […]

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Some Coral Species More Resilient to Climate Than Thought By ‘Remembering’ How to Survive Previous Heat Waves

Some coral species can be resilient to marine heat waves by “remembering” how they lived through previous one, reveals new research. Scientists at Oregon State University also discovered evidence that the ecological memory response is likely linked to the microbial communities that dwell among the corals. The study, published today in Global Change Biology, is […]

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Minnesota Hosts World Snow Sculpting Championship–And The Giant Ice Art is Pretty Spectacular

Stillwater, Minnesota is hosting the third annual World Snow Sculpting Championship with artists from eight countries. The event, sanctioned by the Association Internationale de Sculpture sur Neige et Glace based in Finland, will feature world-class snow sculpting teams from Turkey, Finland, France, Wales, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, and the U.S. competing to create the most compelling […]

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An English footballer is recovering after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match

Luton Town Football Club said captain Tom Lockyer was responsive by the time he was taken off the field on a stretcher. It was the second time this year he has had a medical emergency during a match.

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Rare Nocturnal Parrot Described as ‘the Holy Grail of Ornithology’ Finally Recorded by Rangers in Remote Desert

From ABC News Australia comes a fantastic development in indigenous-led conservation, as rangers from the Kiwirrkurra traditional owners have recorded the calls of one of the world’s rarest birds, the night parrot. There’s nothing better than a natural enigma to heighten or restore your sense of wonder of the natural world, and the night parrot […]

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Country Star Steps in to Pay Woman’s $250,000 Court Damages for Using His Likeness–a Case he Was Unaware of

When Country music star Luke Combs learned that a big fan was fined a quarter million dollars for using his likeness, Combs stepped in to help. A company contracted by Combs’ management identified Florida resident Nicol Harness as selling tumblers and t-shirts with his likeness on them on Amazon. Taking her to court, they won […]

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Good News in History, December 17

Happy 79th Birthday to English actor Bernard Hill, most known for his portrayal of King Theoden in The Lord of the Rings. Hill has the distinction of being the only actor who has been part of two films that have won 11 Academy Awards, with the first being The Titanic, in which he played Captain Edward Smith, and […]

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Your Weekly Horoscope: A ‘Free Will Astrology’ From 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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Halley’s Comet Just Began its 38-year Journey Back Toward Earth–The Big Comeback

Halley’s Comet passed the farthest point in its orbit beyond Neptune and is now heading back toward Earth. The most famous of all comets has a flattened elliptical orbit that sees it go from the Sun to the outer limits of the solar system. It arrived at the ‘perihelion’ or the closest point to the […]

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Good News in History, December 16

A quarter millennium ago today, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians stole aboard trade ships in Boston harbor and began throwing tea shipments into the water in protest of tea taxes on the Colony. The precise details were the passage of the Tea Act in British parliament, which the colonists believed […]

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Vaccine Targeting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Shows Good Response in First Clinical Trial of Patients

A drug that targets the deadliest form of breast cancer has recently been found to elicit no side effects, and triggered an immune response in 75% of patients. Conducted at the Cleveland Clinic with funding from the Pentagon, the vaccine was administered to 16 women in three separate doses. The form of the vaccine that […]

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Among China’s Amorphous State-Run Schools, New Campus Wins World Building of the Year for ‘Blurring inside and outside’

Set amid the rows of identical block apartments in the background, Huizhen High School is a breath of positive air for the students of Ningbo city, and it recently won one of architecture’s highest honors. Recently hailed as World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore on Friday, it was […]

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Is the NBA entering a new era of disciplining players for bad behavior?

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Jesse Washington of ESPN's Andscape if the NBA is entering a new era of disciplining players for bad behavior.

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Good News in History, December 15

10 years ago today, China became the third nation to land a rover on the moon with their Chang’e-3 orbiter and rover. The soft landing it achieved was the first on the moon since the Soviets in 1976. Landing in a molten crater called Sinus Ilium, it was to carry out some surveying and geology, […]

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Scientist Photographs Once in a Lifetime Sighting of Bird with Half Male and Half Female Plumage

A Kiwi professor of zoology was visiting Colombia and got the surprise of his life. The South American country has more birds, both endemic and overall, than any other country, but when his companion spied a curious-looking honeycreeper with blue and green plumage, Professor Hamish Spencer was sure it was a once-in-a-lifetime entry on his […]

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DK Metcalf's ASL teacher says Seahawks receiver brings his own style to the language

Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf is learning American Sign Language and using it in his touchdown celebrations. We hear from his ASL instructor.

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Good News in History, December 14

On this day 85 years ago, the commission for Major League Baseball met to establish some rules and agreed on the weight and dimensions of the standard baseball. It was to be 9 to 9.25 inches (229 to 235 mm) in circumference, with a weight of 5 to 5.25 ounces (0.142 to 0.149 kg), and […]

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This Grandad is All-Action at Aged 92: ‘I do martial arts daily’ (Watch)

A wise man once said that aging is the gradual acceleration of comfort-seeking, and Englishman Lew Burja, who’s 92 and still practices kung fu and tai chi, certainly seems to think so. A grandfather with three grandkids, decades of remaining spry has ensured he can keep up with the little ones, and keep up a […]

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In World First, Scimitar Horned Oryx Upgraded from Extinct in Wild to Endangered Owing to Decades of Zoo Work

In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered. It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct […]

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Ireland Sets Renewable Record of 70% Energy from Wind

The Emerald Isle is greener than its reputation holds, as it turns out, since more than half of electricity on some days is generated by renewable energy. Though it’s common to have all four seasons in a single day in Ireland, one can pretty much bet on the wind, which generated an all-time high for […]

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Good News in History, December 13

668 years ago, the Moroccan traveler, writer, pilgrim, and jack of all social trades, Ibn Battuta, completed his monumental travelog, often shortened to “The Travels,“ detailing a span of time from the moment he left his home in Morocco and didn’t return to settle down for nigh on three decades. He traveled 79,000 miles of […]

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Strangers Sent Over 60 Pairs of Tiny Shoes For a Chicken With Missing Toes

A California dog walker had the opportunity to adopt a disabled chicken, and social media loved him so much they’ve sent over 60 pairs of tiny shoes and boots. The Malaysian Serama breed chicken lost his toes to leg scale mites, a debilitating arachnoid parasite. New owner Meech Davignon of Escondido California had to suffocate […]

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Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest Drops Sharply in One Year–Fewest Acres Since 2019

Deforestation across the Amazon Rainforest has fallen by 55% this year, marking the lowest amounts since 2019, and somewhat of a major victory to recently-elected leftist governments in Brazil and Colombia. The data was provided to Reuters via the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project, which tracks forest cover and loss across all the nations […]

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Paris is cleaning up the Seine River in preparation for the 2024 Olympics

Paris, host of the 2024 Olympics, intends to use the Seine River for opening ceremonies and swimming events. But cleaning up the river is a major undertaking.

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Good News in History, December 12

121 years ago today, Theodor Mommsen received the Nobel Prize for Literature, with a special mention for A History of Rome, a history so well-researched, so precise, measured, and yet also expansive in its scope, that it remains critical to contemporary historical research today even 170 years after its publication. READ what Mark Twain had to say of […]

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US Sets Policy to Seize Patents of Government-Funded Drugs if Price Deemed Too High

The Biden Administration last week announced it would be seizing patents for drugs and drug manufacturing procedures developed using government money. A draft of the new law, seen by Reuters, said that the government will consider various factors including whether a medical situation is leading to increased prices of the drug at any given time, […]

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Pilot Announces in a Heartwarming Reveal That Young Passenger is Now Cancer Free (Watch)

Make-A-Wish Foundation is famous for giving kids moments they’ll never forget, even if their time is limited to remember them. But a sneaky trick, played with the help of a cooperative airline pilot and passengers gave a child named Jacob an experience in every way equal to meeting Michael Jordan or John Cena. A boy […]

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History Enthusiasts Found a Buried 15th Century Royal Palace All on Their Own– ‘Against all odds’

In a true underdog story, a group of “amateurs” used historical material to locate the buried remains of Collyweston Palace, owned by the grandmother of Henry VIII, Margaret Beaufort. In the English shire of Northampton, a local historical society had been searching for the palace for 5 years, and located it with the help of […]

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Good News in History, December 11

4 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their small island region. Unlike the Tigray independence movement in Ethiopia which just a few months later sparked a terrible civil war, the government of Papua New Guinea described the result as […]

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Golf Lover Creates Tiger Woods Portrait—Entirely Made of 25,000 Golf Tees (Photos)

A golf fan has created a stunning portrait of Tiger Woods made out of 25,000 new and broken golf tees. Aaron Norris finished the artwork last month and has already sold it for an undisclosed amount. The 43-year-old artist says he got the idea after spotting broken tees strewn across his local course. He started […]

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Injuries in the NFL have brought backup quarterbacks into the spotlight

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Super Bowl champion Charlie Batch what makes a successful backup quarterback.

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Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Mental Processes in Alzheimer’s Patients

Researchers found that twice-daily current stimulation sessions of around 20 minutes improved the memory and overall cognitive performance of elderly people living with Alzheimer’s disease. The innovative technology, known as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), could also be used as a treatment to improve brain plasticity in Alzheimer’s sufferers through the formation of new neural […]

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Good News in History, December 10

199 years ago today, the Reverend Minister George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire. A pious and valued member of his community, MacDonald achieved a state of prominence for his fantasy fiction writing and fairy tales which inspired some of the most well-known writers of the 189th and 20th centuries, including Lewis Carrol, Charles Dickens, Aldous […]

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Sculptor Carves Life-sized Willy Wonka Using 220 Lbs of Chocolate in London’s Trafalgar Square (Video)

Artists spent 200 hours over two weeks carving a life-sized Willy Wonka using what else but chocolate. The 6-ft 2-inch sculpture, inspired by the eponymous character in the new movie Wonka, was unveiled this week in London’s Trafalgar Square. Sculpted into the character’s iconic pose, featuring a hat-tip and cane, the creation was moulded and […]

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Saturday Sports: Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, NBA Cup final, Army v Navy

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, the NBA Cup Final and the Army-Navy game.

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Your Weekly Horoscope: A ‘Free Will Astrology’ From 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 News in History, December 9

140 years ago today, Joseph Pilates, the German-American physical trainer who leant his last name to one of the most popular forms of exercise in the West was born. Pilates came to believe that the “modern” lifestyle, bad posture, and inefficient breathing lay at the roots of poor health. He ultimately devised a series of […]

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Virgin Atlantic Flight from London Makes History as First Transatlantic Jet Using 100% Sustainable Fuel

It’s one thing to power green aviation in Europe where flights take 30 minutes to 3 hours; it’s another thing to send a jetliner across the Atlantic. But that’s exactly what Virgin Atlantic was able to do for the first time in history, when a Boeing 787 flew from London’s Heathrow to JFK using sustainable […]

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These 385 Million-year-old Tree Roots Look Just Like Ours, and Tell a Tale Just Like Ours

Trees were one of the oldest dominant life forms on Earth, but the most important component of a tree, the roots, are currently shrouded in evolutionary mystery: when they first evolved, how they evolved; these are unanswered questions. In New York’s Catskill mountain range, a fossilized forest is clueing in paleobotanists as to the origins […]

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Tiny Golden Mole Not Seen in Almost 100 Years Rediscovered Thanks to Sniffing Dog and Passionate Scientists

A little species of golden mole has been rediscovered in South Africa thanks to an intrepid band of conservationists and a sniffing dog. De Winton’s golden mole was last scientifically documented in South Africa—in Port Nolloth—in 1936. There were no photographs taken of this tiny blind mammal, and little information existed about its behavior. Furthermore, […]

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Good News in History, December 8

100 years ago today, a sign was erected in the California hills advertising a new housing project called “Hollywoodland.” Real estate developers Woodruff and Shoults advertised it as a “superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills.” Not only were, the lights eventually turned off because they became too expensive, but […]

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Japan Powers Up World’s Largest Experimental Nuclear Reactor and Generates First Plasma

The largest operational nuclear fusion reactor on Earth just produced its first plasma when it came online over the weekend in Japan. A tokamak-style nuclear fusion reactor, the JT-60SA used superconducting magnets to heat and contain a gas to 200 million Celsius, turning it into a form of matter called plasma. Nuclear fusion is billed […]

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Woman Lets Her Baby Scribble on the Walls–Now He’s A Talented Young Artist

Four-year-old Santiago Daniel Peña García started scribbling on the walls before his first birthday, but rather than fretting about the labor and cost of repainting the wall, his mom focused on what the habit might allow him to become. Adianée Peña García never stopped him, and now her son paints every day and produces new […]

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Exciting Clinical Trials of New Stem Cell Injection Treatment Shows Promise for Halting Multiple Sclerosis

A collaborative study involving experts in Europe and the US found the treatment of stem cells appears to protect the brains of MS patients from further damage. In the first-ever clinical trials in humans, the researchers found patients injected with the stem cells exhibited no increase in disability or worsening of symptoms. The promising study, […]

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Good News in History, December 7

425 years ago today, Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born. This Italian master sculptor and architect created the Baroque style, one of the four great European architectural styles. Praised by lords, celebrated by peers, patronized by Popes and cardinals, and hailed as the next Michelangelo and as the equal to Shakespeare in contribution to his art, […]

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Man Visits Shelter Dog Every Day for 2 Months to Earn Her Trust Before Fostering Her

A man in Austin has fallen head over heels for a dog that’s heels over heads. Alva the dog has wobbler syndrome, but that didn’t stop Joe Rotunda from knowing they were meant to be together. Arriving at Austin Pets Alive! in November 2020 at just 5 months old, Alva was flea-ridden, malnourished, and in […]

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Immunotherapy for Hard to Treat Cancer Just Granted FDA Fast Track During Promising Clinical Trial

An Australian pharma company has been granted fast-track status by the United States FDA for cancer treatment trials of bile duct cancer. This rare form of cancer has been found to be resistant to both conventional and immunotherapy treatments, but the firm’s new version of an existing treatment, developed as part of a collaboration with […]

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Teen Who Sends ‘Silly’ Socks 4 Seniors Launches Christmas Drive to Warm Toes and Hearts in Nursing Homes

Thanks to a generous soul, there are dozens of people across the nation getting socks for Christmas—but they couldn’t be happier about it. Elle Gianelli of Stockton California has been making colored socks with silly designs on them for years, sending them to seniors in nursing and care homes to brighten up their day. It […]

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Good News in History, December 6

111 years ago today, the bust of Nefertiti was discovered in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose’s workshop by German archaeologists. It has become one of the most widely-reproduced images of ancient Egypt, and the woman depicted an icon of feminine beauty. She may have been co-ruler along with her husband Akhenaten, but she was […]

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Dozens of ‘Flash Dads’ Cheer On Students Arriving at Schools in Kentucky–For 7 Years Giving High Fives and Support

If you’re a student at a Louisville elementary school, Wednesday might just be your favorite day of the week. Perhaps because of its reputation as the “hump day,” it’s also become the day of action for the “Flash Dads” a volunteer group of fathers from the school district of all different races, creeds, and professions […]

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Ancient California Redwoods Defy Scientists’ Expectations and Sprout New Shoots From Blackened Trunks

A devastating fire sparked fears that California’s redwoods would never recover, but these old timers had a trick up their trunks, and utilized deep stores of energy in their roots to sprout new growth weeks after they were charred. The story begins after lightning sparked a fire in California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park during […]

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4 teams will vie for the college football championship — FSU isn't one of them

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Kevin Blackistone, Washington Post sports columnist and contributor to ESPN, about undefeated Florida State University being left out of the College Football Playoff.

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Good News in History, December 5

144 years ago today, Clyde Cessna was born. Founding the Cessna Aircraft Company in the 1920s, the company was one of the highest-volume and most diverse producers of general aviation aircraft in the world during the 20th century. Cessna’s interest in aviation began in 1910 after witnessing an aerial exhibition in his home state of […]

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Principal Adopts Student Who Was Sent to His Office

A middle school principal in Kentucky adopted a girl who was acting out after she had spent her whole life in and out of foster homes. Sent to his office after being suspended, he realized that she just needed, perhaps one time, for “something to go in her favor.” Kentucky school principal Jason Smith walked […]

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Saudi Arabia aims to expand its influence in the sports world with MMA venture

A league backed by Saudi Arabia — Professional Fighters League — is taking on the Ultimate Fighting Championship — or UFC — in the world of mixed martial arts.

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Good News in History, December 4

128 years ago today, Feng Youlan was born. This Chinese academic and philosopher was instrumental in reintroducing the Chinese classics of philosophy to the world. Critically for this form of Intangible World Heritage, as UNESCO describes it, he did so during a time of enormous upheavel, stretching from the fall of the imperial Qing Dynasty […]

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FedEx Delivers 300,000 Free Christmas Trees to Military Families With Annual Trees for Troops Program

FedEx is rolling down the highway to deliver Christmas joy to military families throughout America in the annual Trees for Troops program. The freight company is delivering nearly 16,000 Christmas trees this month to families at over 90 military bases across the U.S. Partnering with the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, FedEx has also reached a special […]

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The Mystery of Red Wine Headaches is Solved as Scientists Discover Why Some People React

The reason why drinking red wine can leave some people with a banging head has been discovered by scientists. Researchers have found that a natural flavonol compound in red wines can interfere with the metabolism of alcohol which leads to a headache. The University of California team in Davis say it’s all about quercetin, which […]

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Survey Reveals Americans’ 2024 Strategies For Wellness Goals in the New Year

Want to make your annual resolutions stick? Two in five Americans believe the best strategy is to “start small,” according to a new poll. The results showed they prefer to make long-term goals rather than short-term ones, with 42% choosing to kick off their goals gradually, rather than jumping in headfirst (18%). Those who prefer […]

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Good News in History, December 3

31 years ago today, engineers at the Sema Group used the Vodaphone network and a computer to send the world’s first SMS. It revolutionized mobile communications, allowing for not only short exchanges between friends, family, and coworkers, but for security checks, donation drives, and marketing programs all to take place with minimal effort from employees […]

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10-Year-old Girl’s Idea for a ‘Postbox to Heaven’ is Rolled Out Nationally Across Cemeteries in UK

A young girl’s idea for a ‘postbox to heaven’ so she could write to her grandparents has been realized at cemeteries across the UK. 10-year-old Matilda Handy came up with the suggestion after both her grandparents died, five years apart. Her mother, Leanne, approached the Gedling Crematorium in Nottingham last year with the idea—and they […]

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Saturday Sports: College football championship weekend; Nadal's comeback, MLS playoffs

NPR's Asma Khalid and ESPN's Michele Steele talk about college football championship weekend, a huge tennis comeback and the MLS playoffs

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Your Weekly Horoscope: A ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny

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Good News in History, December 2

Happy 40th Birthday to Aaron Rodgers, the sensational QB most known for his incredible consistency, accuracy, and finishing in the end zone. Playing almost his entire career at the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers has led the NFL quarterbacks six times in season touchdown-to-interception ratio, lowest passing interception percentage, and four times in season touchdown passing percentage. […]

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NASA Turns Light into Sound Frequency Creating a Milky Way Symphony (LISTEN)

A collaboration between NASA and musicians has seen a photograph of the Milky Way from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory turned into a musical piece after they matched the wavelengths of light to wavelengths of sound in order to show our home galaxy in a whole different light—namely a musical one. While astronomers working with Chandra […]

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Free Engagement Ring to Couples Who Include Cats in Their Plans for Wedding Proposal in December

With December being the most popular month for engagements and gift-giving, a cat-loving company is holding a contest to see which happy couples can come up with the most inventive and heartwarming way to include their cat in a marriage proposal. To the winner goes the cost of the engagement ring up to $4,750, and […]

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Teen Creates LEGO Charity to Collect and Wash Old Bricks to Give Away New Sets–For 3,000 Kids So Far

Charlie Jeffers has been playing with LEGO since he was 4 or 5 and credits one of the most famous of all toys for helping him learn math and engineering concepts, and how to be focused, flexible, and creative. It occurred to him that many kids don’t have access to play tools like LEGO, and […]

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Good News in History, December 1

104 years ago today, the Right Honorable Viscountess Astor, Nancy Astor, became the first woman elected to the Parliament of Great Britain. Born and raised in Virginia, USA, she would eventually marry another American-born Englishman, Waldorf Astor, in 1906 and follow his path into politics. Winning the seat for Plymouth-Sutton, she entered the House of […]

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