After spending the last few months offering guidance to youngsters, strangers from around the world decided to thank Grandma Eileen for her wisdom.
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The Norwegian government has just passed a total ban on all fur farming. The legislation, which was announced by the Norwegian Animal Rights Organization (NOAH) on last week, will make it illegal for the country’s 340 fur farms to continue business. The facilities will have until 2025 to close down entirely. The ban’s approval was [...]
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When Kyle Clark got a package in the mail from a grieving viewer last month, he brought it onto his show for a special broadcast.
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This 12-year-old boy can do more than just play “Wonderwall” on the guitar – he can play 44 different instruments. Neil Nayyar of Oak Grove, California holds the Assist Foundation’s world record for being the youngest person to proficiently play the highest number of musical instruments. The prodigy didn’t become a musical genius overnight, however [...]
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50 years ago today, Jimi Hendrix recorded his version of the Bob Dylan song ‘All Along the Watchtower’. Sitting in on the session at Olympic Studios in London, just six months after Dylan’s original recording, were Rolling Stone Brian Jones and Dave Mason from Traffic. The single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience peaked at [...]
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I’ve got some awesome news from our GNN west coast office… We’ve partnered with a super-cool morning host in L.A. to produce a new radio segment featuring my work as “The Good News Guru”, a title I happily received from the Washington Post nine years ago. I know you will love Ellen K. She is a [...]
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Keanu Reeves has gone undercover as a hero. For 15 years, in fact, he’s been ‘The One’ — playing in a blockbuster charity role for kids with cancer, following his sister’s diagnosis of leukemia. Wanting to remain anonymous, he reportedly has never attached his name to the nonprofit foundation that he set up to fund cancer [...]
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Fredrick White was just trying to do something good for his fellow men when he went to Goodwill to buy a couple of jackets. Before the 19-year-old had even paid for a bunch of the store’s secondhand winter coats, however, a stranger in line struck up a conversation with him. The stranger, Jim Glasgow, was [...]
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I was a young mother living with my husband, my young son and my cat in New York City. When you live in New York City, since you cannot go out in the backyard, you take the baby’s stroller, put in all the things you might need (diapers, wipes, hats, sunscreen, juice etc.), and you [...]
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The types of tumors included in this test account for about 60% of the deaths from cancer in America – and some of them are near impossible to detect.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN journalist Howard Bryant about the emotional testimonies against the former doctor of the USA Gymnastics team. How did the abuse remain hidden for decades?
On this day 54 years ago, Capitol Records released their first album by The Beatles in the United States. Entitled Meet The Beatles!, it featuring the hit, “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” and topped the charts for 11 weeks — until it was replaced by the band’s second LP. (1964) MORE Good News on [...]
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Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to file a criminal complaint against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. She will be the last survivor to speak at his sentencing hearing in Michigan.
The past few NFL seasons have been mired in controversy, from findings about concussions and brain damage to injustice protests and domestic violence. Have you changed how you watch as a result?
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The Lesson: It’s true that body weight is strongly correlated with the risk of various diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. But there are numerous other indicators as well, including blood pressure, blood sugar, blood fats, and inflammation. Eating more vegetables and exercising more often can make anyone healthier, no matter their [...]
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