Book Fairies Giving Away 25,000 Books to New York’s Children Thanks to Big Donation
More than 25,000 books are on the way into the hands of underserved residents across New York City and Long Island. They’ll be distributed across the boroughs by Book Fairies a nonprofit that since 2012 has donated 6 million books to Title I schools, educators, and community partners. The donations come via the world’s largest […]
Groundbreaking Bowel Cancer Trial Had Zero Relapses for Patients After 33 Months
A small but substantial tweak to the treatment regime of bowel cancer demonstrated remarkable improvements in survival almost 3 years after surgery. Changing the kind of drug and the delivery window showed substantial improvements over the previous pairing, and build on earlier results showing that the drug led to major tumor shrinkage in patients with […]
2 Litters of Kittens Discovered Living Atop a Shelf at Lowe’s – Soon Ready to Be Adopted
Employees at a Lowe’s in Pennsylvania were shocked after they went to retrieve a pallet high on a shelf and heard a chorus of frightened mewling. Atop the boxes the pallet held, they discovered 7 kittens across two litters. The store in Downingtown called Lucky Dawg Rescue shelter and explained their predicament. Lisa Newton from […]
World’s Oldest Gorilla, Known for Her Dignified Manner, Celebrates 69
On April 13th, the world’s oldest gorilla celebrated her birthday with a vegetable feast at the Berlin Zoo. Named Fatou, no one knows how she was taken from her home in Africa, but one story says she was brought to France by a sailor who later had to sell her to settle a bar debt. […]
Good News in History, April 21
60 years ago marked the first Groundation Day, now celebrated every year on April 21st, when hundreds of thousands of Rastafari celebrate the arrival of Emperor Haile Selassie in Jamaica in 1966. The great significance of this event in the development of the Rastafari religion is that, having been outcasts in society, its adherents gained […]
Evidence from Pompeii Reveals Roman ‘Automatic’ Weapon Used More Than 2,000 Years Ago
2,100 years ago, famed Roman general and one-time dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla laid siege to a rebellious Pompeii during a lesser-known conflict called the Social War. On the day, Sulla brought along a special form of artillery. The contraption could fire multiple projectiles without needing either to reload or reengage the firing mechanism; in order […]
Historic Florida Town to Finally Get its Brick-Lined Streets Back After 10 Years of Advocating
Local but lovely, a historic street in a Florida town is getting a new-old makeover, that will restore the oldie charm and reduce traffic risk for pedestrians. The key to clearing both these hurdles in one leap is the recently-commenced re-bricking of 7th Avenue in Ybor City, near Tampa Bay, where contractors have sourced some […]
‘Landmark’ Antitrust Ruling Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Operating as Exploitative Monopoly
A jury recently decided unanimously that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster were operating as a monopoly, and that this had led to exploitative pricing and promotional contracts with venues. Rolling Stone magazine called it a “landmark decision,” and while fans and concertgoers shouldn’t expect ticket prices to go down anytime soon, it could usher […]
Good News in History, April 20
40 years ago today, Vladimir Horowitz, one of the world’s greatest pianists, returned to his Russian homeland, after 61 years away, to perform for an emotional audience in his hometown of Moscow. At the age of 82, Horowitz gave one of the most emotionally astonishing and riveting performances of his life. READ about the events of […]
US Again Wins Battle on Wake Atoll–Against Invasive Rats Depleting the Seabird Populations
For most people, Wake Atoll will remind them of a battle, not an island. Well now, 81 years later, another battle has been fought—and won—on Wake: against invasive rats damaging the island ecosystem. Wake Atoll is today an unincorporated territory of the United States, and it’s experiencing a cascade of positive ecological, infrastructural, and human […]