Good News Headlines 1/1/2024
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Best Uplifting Photos Of 2023 Are Guaranteed To Make Your Eyes Smile
by Good News Network
“A great news photograph can be many things, but its core quality is that it tells you a story and lives on in your memory,” says picture editor Jon Mills, who prepared a list of the best photos from this year. Many of our favorite 2023 pictures are stunning images of the natural world. Some show moments of intense emotion. But these dozen photos chosen by GNN are guaranteed to uplift your spirits—or your curiosity—as we look back on the past year.
Life On The Edge: Meet The Man Who Walked Around The UK
by Ella Braidwood, The Guardian
Christian Lewis is sitting in the kitchen of a family home that is not his own, having only met the owners once before. He needed a reliable internet connection to do this interview and the family, who have followed his journey on social media, offered him their place. This, says Lewis over Zoom, is “not the first time things like this have happened”. That’s putting it mildly. The Lewis I speak to today is a man totally transformed from the 37-year-old who first set out to walk the entire coastline of the UK back in August 2017.
Weird, Wild And Wonderful Stories Of Joy From 2023
by Bill Chappell and Emily Alfin Johnson, NPR
When the news isn’t great, it’s natural to seek out things that can give you a lift. And in 2023 the news was often a grind, confronting us daily with war, tragedy and controversies. But there was also joy to be had, signs of people thinking about and caring for each other and the world around them — or simply having a good time. There were exciting firsts, wild discoveries and what can only be called a weird year for the Dallas Zoo. As we look back on 2023, here are a few stories that warmed our hearts, made us laugh and left us feeling hopeful.
‘Time That We Right These Wrongs’: Biden Pardons Thousands For Marijuana Use And Possession
by Alex Henderson, AlterNet
In 2020, Joe Biden campaigned on pardons or commutations for non-violent drug offenders — and in 2022, he pardoned thousands of federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana. More news came on Friday when the president announced that he was “commuting the sentences of 11 people who are serving disproportionately long sentences for non-violent drug offenses.” Biden added that “following my pardon of prior federal and D.C. offenses of simple possession of marijuana, I am issuing a Proclamation that will pardon additional offenses of simple possession and use of marijuana under federal and D.C. law.”
The Remains Of Thousands Of Native Americans Were Returned To Tribes This Year
by Logan Jaffe, Ash Ngu and Mary Hudetz, ProPublica
American museums and universities repatriated more ancestral remains and sacred objects to tribal nations this year than at any point in the past three decades, transferring ownership of an estimated 18,800 Native American ancestors, institutions reported. And more repatriations are forthcoming. Museums, universities and government agencies have filed 380 repatriation notices this year — more than the previous two years combined — under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, declaring that they plan to make human remains and burial items available to tribes.
