Good News Headlines 12/29/2025
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North Carolina’s Lumbee Tribe Receives Full Federal Recognition After 137-Year Effort
by Kristin Wright, NPR
After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government. Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the historic milestone in Washington, D.C., this week. Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery witnessed President Trump sign the bill that extended acknowledgment to the tribe at the White House on Thursday.
What Went Right In 2025: The Top 25 Good News Stories Of The Year
by Gavin Haines, Positive News
Scientists treated the ’untreatable’, species came back from the brink, solar surged, deforestation fell, rivers were revitalised, 70 declared ‘the new 60’, and the smartphone-free childhood caught on, plus more good news.
Salamanders Can Regrow Limbs. Could Humans Someday?
by Kermit Pattison, The Harvard Gazette
Biologists long have been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have solved part of the mystery of how they accomplish this feat. In a new paper published in the journal Cell, researchers documented how this bodywide response in axolotl salamanders is triggered by the sympathetic nervous system, or the “fight or flight” network.
Taylor Swift Donates $1M To Feeding America To Help Hungry Families During The Holidays
by Kamrin Baker, Good Good Good
Tuesday morning — just two days before Christmas, and upon the release of the final episodes of Taylor Swift’s “The End of an Era” docuseries — Feeding America took to social media to announce a generous donation from the superstar. “We are incredibly grateful for Taylor Swift’s $1 million donation to Feeding America,” Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said in a statement.
Arizona Cancels Medical Debt For Almost Half-A-Million Residents
by Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
Another more than $200 million in medical debt has been wiped out for Arizonans. And the recipients are going to know who to thank: Gov. Katie Hobbs. The new figure was announced Monday by Allison Sasso. She’s the president and CEO of Undue Medical Debt, a company that agreed earlier this year to use some $10 million in state American Rescue Plan COVID relief dollars to buy up medical debt from hospitals and doctors for a few pennies on the dollar.
