Good News Headlines 12/24/18
No Government Shutdown Can Keep NORAD From Tracking Santa’s Journey On Christmas Eve
by Christina Maxouris, CNN
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its top-notch radar system will tell you when to get your cookies and milk ready for Santa’s arrival… Read More
Corona Is Switching To Vegan Plastic-Free Beer Can Rings
by Lauren Wills, Live Kindly
The popular beer company Corona is to become the first global brand to trial fully plastic-free six-pack can rings. According to Beverage Daily, Corona is set to trial rings made from plant-based, biodegradable fibers… Read More
Defeated In Court, Education Dept. To Cancel $150 Million Of Student Loan Debt
by Anya Kamenetz, NPR
The U.S. Department of Education is sending emails to about 15,000 people across the country telling them: You’ve got money… Read More
U.S. Just Finalized The Largest Offshore Wind Sale In The Nation’s History
by McKinley Corbley, Good News Network
In an exciting new display of America’s shift towards sustainability, the government has just leased out 390,000 acres of federally-owned waters for offshore wind farming… Read More
World’s First Lab-Grown Steak Is Made From Beef But Slaughter-Free
by Gunseli Yalcinkaya, Dezeen
The first steak grown in a laboratory from cow cells as a meat alternative has been developed in Israel, and claims to have a texture and flavour similar to conventional meat… Read More
Aussie Uni Students Set Solar Car World Record
from Motoring
Although solar cars are unlikely to enter mass production any time soon, that hasn’t stopped University of NSW students from completing the arduous journey from Perth to Sydney in a solar-powered car… Read More
This Photographer’s Goal: A Picture Of Every Holocaust Survivor In The U.S.
by Karyn Miller-Medzon, WBUR
An estimated 100,000 Holocaust survivors live in the United States today — all of them over the age of 70. With their numbers dwindling and anti-Semitism on the rise, some wonder, will they be remembered? Enter John and Amy Israel Pregulman… Read More
Memorial Park To Be Built Commemorating Huntsville, Alabama’s 1st Public School For African Americans
from WAFF/Good Black News
The William Hooper Councill Alumni Association broke ground on a memorial park celebrating Huntsville’s first public school for African-Americans. Councill High School opened in 1867 and closed in the era of desegregation in the 1960s… Read More
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