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Beyond the Headlines: 10 Best Feel-Good Stories That Shined Amidst the Tragic News of 2023

Beyond the Headlines: 10 Best Feel-Good Stories That Shined Amidst the Tragic News of...

10 real-life feel-good stories that broke through the tragic narrative of 2023, celebrated compassion’s transformative power, and restored our faith in humanity.

The Restaurant With No Prices

Husband and wife duo, Freddie and Lisa McMillan, are feeding more than empty stomachs with their donations-only Drexell & Honeybee restaurant in small-town Alabama.

Super ‘Blue Moon’ to Rise Late August Also the Biggest Supermoon of the Year—Here’s...

“Once in a blue moon” denotes something that happens hardly ever. Yet blue moons are more than a figure of speech, as this month of August is about to prove.
A replica Noah’s Ark built to 1:40 scale

Man Painstakingly Crafts Scaled-Down Model of Noah’s Ark to Last Detail, Brings Bible Epic...

Newly-retired construction worker spent years building perfect replica of Noah’s Ark. Hs creation is faithful to one of the Bible’s most enduring epics.

All Serial Killers Were Failed by Parents and Were Cruel to Animals

“Murderers…very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids…a fascination with cruelty to animals is a red flag in the backgrounds of serial killers and rapists.”
Star-Forming Region in Carina Nebula

‘New Era in Space Exploration’: Scientists React to New Webb Images

Astronomers and scientists are reacting to newly released images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a “new era in space exploration.”

Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found in Fossilized Egg

"This is one of the best-preserved dinosaur embryos ever found in science," says Fion Waisum Ma, lead author of the dinosaur embryo study from...

Man Reflects on His 9/11 History and Flight 93 Families Honoring New Heroes

It was a beautiful day for golf and Steve Aaron, then-deputy communications director for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, intended to enjoy a few rounds...

9/11 20 Years Later

The 9/11 20 Years Later documentary delivers a powerful and inspiring message of resilience through the words of those who were there, those who...

Swallowed By A Humpback Whale

Michael Packard says his vessel was positioned off Herring Cove Beach off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts and was about 35 feet down when...

Andrews High principal sings ‘I Will Always Love You’ to Class of 2021

It was a moment worth celebrating as seniors graduated from T. Wingate Andrews High School in High Point, North Carolina. They were shocked by...

Solar Eclipse 101 | National Geographic

A total solar eclipse happens somewhere on Earth once every year or two. What is an eclipse? Learn more about how solar eclipses happen,...