Good News Headlines 10/12/2022
A big believer in the idea that our environment has an enormous effect on us, Jean Makesh, CEO of Lantern assisted living facilities, started thinking big — and way outside the box.
A big believer in the idea that our environment has an enormous effect on us, Jean Makesh, CEO of Lantern assisted living facilities, started thinking big — and way outside the box.
After vetoing similar legislation last year and threatening to do so again last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2183 into law, making it easier for farmworkers in the state to participate in union elections.
Buses in the Worcester area will remain free for at least another nine months after a Worcester Regional Transit Authority advisory board unanimously voted Thursday to continue its fare-free policy.
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday voted unanimously to pass a resolution urging President Joe Biden to release Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier from prison.
50 years worth of conserving the tern and puffin populations in Maine has created a stable colony of thousands of breeding birds. The birds are returning just as before to large numbers of breeding pairs and fledgling chicks.
There’re 3D-printed homes, and there’re prefabricated homes. Take the best of both technologies, throw in a groundbreaking use for discarded plastic, and you have a genius idea.
Marine veteran Travis Snyder is no stranger to the pain of veteran suicide. After leaving the military, he discovered his new purpose in life, to help other veterans dealing with mental health issues.
A UNESCO Natural Heritage Site has been saved from a rabbit and rat rampage, and 8 years after being declared free of invasives, the island is looking like its old self again.
The northern and central Great Barrier Reef have recorded their highest amount of coral cover since the Australian Institute of Marine Science began monitoring 36 years ago.
Wildflower meadows are beautiful; so beautiful in fact that a village in Britain has found they act as natural speed traps from motorists slowing down to look at them.
Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) today celebrated the bipartisan passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in the House of Representatives. The bill passed 267 to 157 and garnered the votes of 47 Republicans.
On July 14, the parents of Joaquin Oliver, took a mile-long convoy of 52 school buses—dubbed The NRA Children's Museum—to Ted Cruz's offices in Houston, Texas, to deliver Joaquin's letter to him.
The newest rail trail in Massachusetts officially opened in late June, offering a fresh 4-1/2 mile pathway to explore on foot, bike, scooter or wheelchair. The Twin Cities Rail Trail was built on top of the former Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a former public defender who rose to become a judge on a powerful federal appeals court, made history Thursday as the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.
Little did Liana know that John Cena would not only see her family's story, but go out of his way to provide a measure of comfort during a tragic and disorienting time.
Lizzo received criticism for a word included in her single “Grrrls,” which was seen as derogatory toward disabled people. Lizzo then removed the controversial lyric from her new song after a moving exchange with disabled fans.
A woman whose family fled to Britain to escape a war has closed her seaside hotel to tourists—so she can give Ukrainian refugees a place to stay. She has rolled out the welcome mat to 22 Ukrainians, so far, providing a “home away from home”.
From a Brooklyn school now graced with flowers, trees and a gazebo to a “little oasis of green space” in Philadelphia, US schoolyards are being transformed into green oases.
It would have been easy for Eric Ste Marie to mistake the bobbing brown head in the Detroit River to be a muskrat, but curiosity drove him to chase it. It turns out, it was the first “straight-up river otter” to be seen in the Detroit River in over 100 years.
The U.S. women's national soccer team (USWNT) is the winningest women's soccer team on Earth. Yet, players on the women's team have continued to get paid thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2018, paper and cardboard were the largest components of municipal solid waste in the United States with citizens throwing away a total of 67.4 million tons a year.
Central Park, New York City's 843-acre green lung created in 1858, is now a climate change laboratory that researchers hope will help parks nationwide become more resilient.
Now in its 12th year, NEVF is one of the largest vegetarian festivals, with more than 100 veg-friendly food and product vendors, non-profits, and presenters. Come by the Spirit of Change booth and say hello! 💗
People have driven their cars to the Ukrainian borders to pick up refugees, opening their homes up to host them; others are collecting medical equipment and sending it to those still in Ukraine.
A local grocery store chain is making a major commitment when it comes to combating climate change. Hannaford Supermarkets says it plans to be fully powered by renewable energy by 2024. That makes it the first large-scale supermarket to make the switch
This month, the world’s largest wildlife overpass — the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing — will begin construction across a multi-lane highway at Liberty Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains.
Washington, DC's cherry trees draw tourists in each spring with their blooms. The cherry trees were a gift from Japan in 1912 as a token of friendship and are now nearly as famous as the blossoms in the origin country.
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