United States Highlights
California Joins 30 States to Require Financial Literacy Courses For Teens in Every High School
California will be helping teens mold their futures as early as possible, by requiring every high schooler to pass a financial literacy course. Legislation now being implemented after its passage in 2024 made California the 26th state to require a stand-alone personal finance course for all public high school students (including charter schools). The one-semester […] The post California Joins 30 States to Require Financial Literacy Courses For Teens in Every High School appeared first on Good News Network .
Boston Aims to Tackle 100-year Flood Risks with $10 Billion in Infrastructure Projects
Expected to see 10 to 18 inches of sea level rise over the next 25 years, the city of Boston and the US Army Corps of Engineers have released a feasibility study for 20 separate infrastructure projects to protect the historic city’s coastline. The study estimates that if nothing is done, costs to the city’s […] The post Boston Aims to Tackle 100-year Flood Risks with $10 Billion in Infrastructure Projects appeared first on Good News Network .
California Creek Restoration Helps Young Salmon Grow Twice as Fast—And Doubles Their Survival Rate
Along California’s redwood coast, conservationists have been working for more than a decade to give a damaged creek something surprisingly simple: room to behave like a creek again. Prairie Creek is one of the last refuges for three threatened species of salmon: California Coastal Chinook, Northern California steelhead, and coho salmon (whose numbers declined by […] The post California Creek Restoration Helps Young Salmon Grow Twice as Fast—And Doubles Their Survival Rate appeared first on Good News Network .
Fishing Guide Dials 911 for Entangled Manatee, Leading to Rescue While Calf Watches
A manatee is swimming free again thanks to a fishing guide who reported the animal tangled in crab trap lines, and the Georgia and Florida wildlife experts who raced to the scene. The drama played out over two days last week on the Mackay and Hampton rivers off St. Simons Island. Though often unnoticed in […] The post Fishing Guide Dials 911 for Entangled Manatee, Leading to Rescue While Calf Watches appeared first on Good News Network .
Brown Student Spends Summer Helping Teens Find Their Voice in English
For a group of teenagers learning English in Providence, Rhode Island, summer school this year looked a little different. There were vocabulary games and journal entries, but also trips into the community where students could put their new language skills to work—whether speaking with a cashier at a local market or learning how to describe […] The post Brown Student Spends Summer Helping Teens Find Their Voice in English appeared first on Good News Network .
Voyager 2 was Running Low on Power Until NASA Engineered a ‘Big Bang’ to Buy Another Year
NASA engineers found a way to free up power aboard Voyager 2, helping the nearly 50-year-old spacecraft continue its scientific work. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory team decided to simultaneously shut down certain powered components and replaced them with options that use less energy—while also making sure Voyager 2 stayed warm enough to function properly. Decaying […] The post Voyager 2 was Running Low on Power Until NASA Engineered a ‘Big Bang’ to Buy Another Year appeared first on Good News...
Loggerhead Sea Turtles Break Nest Record in Georgia – The Most in 37 Years
Loggerhead sea turtle nests along the Atlantic coast in the US have set a new 37-year record, topping every annual count for beaches in the state of Georgia, going back to 1989. The state’s Department of Natural Resources calls it “a slow but steady rebound” for the animal listed as threatened under the Endangered Species […] The post Loggerhead Sea Turtles Break Nest Record in Georgia – The Most in 37 Years appeared first on Good News Network .
16-yo Rookie Lifeguard Leads Heroic Ocean Rescue–With Viral Video of Harrowing Effort
The rookie lifeguard didn’t flinch. A giant wave slammed into the California shore and a 10-year-old boy was instantly swept up. Luckily, a 16-year-old lifeguard ran to help, rushing toward a rescue that would go viral on social media, earning Ryder Williams praise across the internet. It’s Ryder’s first summer working as a lifeguard, scanning […] The post 16-yo Rookie Lifeguard Leads Heroic Ocean Rescue–With Viral Video of Harrowing Effort appeared first on Good News Network .
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Scientists and Volunteers Take Big Step Towards Saving Rare ‘Cryptic’ Australian Orchid
There are many orchids at risk of extinction in Australia alone, few more than this rosella spider orchid. Thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers however, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Victoria actually possess a nursery with twice as many orchids as were estimated to exist in the wild when they started, providing a stable […] The post Scientists and Volunteers Take Big Step Towards Saving Rare ‘Cryptic’ Australian Orchid appeared first on Good News Network .
Resurrecting Plant Inspires ‘Fridge Free’ Vaccines That Could Save the Millions of Doses Wasted Annually
A new ‘fridge free’ production method for vaccines could create far more reliable immunizations for low and middle income countries, as well as cut back on waste. Currently, it’s estimated that a large percentage of all vaccine doses are thrown out because the “cold chain,” a strict process of temperature controlled storage from the moment […] The post Resurrecting Plant Inspires ‘Fridge Free’ Vaccines That Could Save the Millions of Doses Wasted Annually appeared first on Good News Network .
Tribute to Dolly Parton: Country Music Star and Childhood Literacy Champion Giving Free Books to Kids (1946-2026)
Dolly Parton passed away yesterday at age 80 following a brief battle with cancer. She leaves behind a legacy captured in many GNN stories; one of championing childhood literacy, uplifting Americans of every gender, color, and creed, and of several enduring musical hits in the country genre. Multiple reports from family detail that she passed […] The post Tribute to Dolly Parton: Country Music Star and Childhood Literacy Champion Giving Free Books to Kids (1946-2026) appeared first on Good News...
India’s Lion Populations Increase 70%, Total Habitat by 15% Over the Last Decade
The Asiatic lion populations living in western India have increased 70% over the last decade, while their rangeland has also increased 15%. In a large protected area called the Greater Gir Landscape in Gujurat state, the animals now number 891, up from 523 lions in 2015. Though almost entirely pictured as an African animal, subspecies […] The post India’s Lion Populations Increase 70%, Total Habitat by 15% Over the Last Decade appeared first on Good News Network .
Good News in History, August 26
235 years ago today, John Fitch was granted a US patent for a boat propelled by steam power which used mechanical paddles to propel it atop lakes and rivers—an invention that revolutionized commercial transportation of both passengers and freight. The American inventor, clockmaker, silversmith, surveyor, entrepreneur, and engineer, also provided beer, rum, and other supplies […] The post Good News in History, August 26 appeared first on Good News Network .
Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina
From Turin comes a surgical world-first: the simultaneous transplant of a complete human macula, along with the cornea, sclera, and connective tissue, from one of the patient’s eyes to the other. It allowed a woman blind for several years to immediately gain enough vision to recognize both her son and her faithful canine companion, Joe. […] The post Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina appeared first on Good News Network .
US Approves First Drug That Targets Root Cause of Narcolepsy Rather Than its Symptoms
A Japanese pharma company has developed a drug that treats the root cause of a leading form of narcolepsy, and is celebrating as it becomes the first of its kind to receive American FDA approval. Narcolepsy type-1 afflicts 120,000 people in the US, and is characterized by sudden bouts of intense daytime drowsiness, disrupted nighttime […] The post US Approves First Drug That Targets Root Cause of Narcolepsy Rather Than its Symptoms appeared first on Good News Network .
Over 3,000 Endangered Yellow-Legged Frogs and Tadpoles Unleashed to Reclaim SoCal Mountains
American amphibian lovers will be jumping for joy at the news of 3,000 frogs and tadpoles from an endangered species bred and released into their former mountain homes. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been breeding and reintroducing the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog for decades into the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains. Leaving their […] The post Over 3,000 Endangered Yellow-Legged Frogs and Tadpoles Unleashed to Reclaim SoCal Mountains appeared first on Good News Network .
Man Saves Baby Otter with CPR: ‘A life’s a life, no matter what it is’
It takes a village to raise a child they say. Well a story comes to us now from Alert Bay in British Columbia, where it took a village to save one. It was a retired logger and fisherman named Gordon Mellish who first rescued three baby otters, having been told by a neighbor on the […] The post Man Saves Baby Otter with CPR: ‘A life’s a life, no matter what it is’ appeared first on Good News Network .
Pakistan Combines River Dolphin Sanctuaries Along the Indus River, Protecting 250 Miles of Habitat
Pakistan has created a wildlife sanctuary along 123 miles of the Indus River where it’s estimated 440 of these extraordinary freshwater cetaceans live. The endangered Indus River Dolphin has seen large declines in the amount of river it’s able to access as Pakistan’s economic growth drove river infrastructure projects like dams and irrigation canals. Some […] The post Pakistan Combines River Dolphin Sanctuaries Along the Indus River, Protecting 250 Miles of Habitat appeared first on Good News Network .
‘Wood Foam’ Startup Uses Logging Waste as Substitute for Plastic, Producing 400 Pounds Daily
The University of British Columbia has taken low value timber waste and turned it into “wood foam” to replace plastic in packaging. With one of the largest timber industries in the world, the innovation clears two hurdles in one leap: cutting back on polluting, long-lived plastics, and utilizing a waste product from an already existing […] The post ‘Wood Foam’ Startup Uses Logging Waste as Substitute for Plastic, Producing 400 Pounds Daily appeared first on Good News Network .
Good News in History, August 27
Happy 87th Birthday to Osage-American travel writer William Least Heat-Moon. His debut novel, Blue Highways, (1982) is a chronicle of a three-month-long road trip that Least Heat-Moon took throughout the United States in 1978 after he had lost his teaching job and been separated from his first wife. He tells how he traveled 13,000 miles, […] The post Good News in History, August 27 appeared first on Good News Network .