A Paralympic gold medalist has become the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel, and she finished under time. She said that being blind has left her feeling “isolated,” but thanks to swimming, she has a “newfound confidence” and hopes her feat “inspires...
High along the peaks and ridges of the mountains in Ecuador, a 25-year-long conservation program is bearing succulent fruit in the form of cleaner water and abundant wildlife. Established in the year 2000, Quito’s fund for the protection of water has allowed a...
A 13-year-old girl has been invited to join the Mensa society after getting the maximum score on the IQ test—higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Sofia Kot Arcuri has been accepted into the club after achieving 162, the highest possible score for a girl of...
It’s a wise man or woman who treats strangers with kindness because of the old maxim that you don’t know what kind of day they’re having. For Tracey Holms-Williams, a Philadelphia trolley operator, that’s more than just a maxim—it’s her Modus Operandi. Working for the...
Two longtime English neighbors are celebrating their joint 101st birthday, born on the same day in 1924. Josie Church and Anne Wallace-Hadrill have lived side-by-side in Oxford since the 1980s, and the great-grans have celebrated their birthdays together for years. “I...
One of the “largest and most important” hoards of Iron Age artifacts ever found in England has recently been cleaned, studied, and presented to the media. It demonstrates a previously unknown level of wealth and trading connections typically associated with the...
A recent court ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks the first time an international judicial body has decided that indigenous peoples living in “voluntary isolation” have a right to do so, and that governments must act to ensure that right. The...
After a few years of Herculean efforts, UNICEF has reached a point where it has prevented two-thirds of Afghanistan’s healthcare sector from collapsing. Working mostly in rural areas, the operation has been vast, employing 28,000 full-time carers and physicians and...
Fearing the worst after a prop plane was reported overdue for landing in Alaska last Sunday, search and rescue volunteers were relieved when news rang out that all three passengers survived. The pilot and two children of elementary and middle school ages survived a...
A pioneer in utilizing drones for agriculture, a man with the same condition as Steven Hawking has built a flourishing business in just 4 years. Drones have plenty of use on the farm, and Kyle Albertson has developed services for surveying, crop spraying, and more....
Diplomatic channels between the UK and Russia have maintained a centuries-old tradition of grave tending for the fallen of wars long past, proving that there are notions in international relations that transcend even the sternest political policies. What’s more, news...
A New York hospital has declared a patient cured of sickle-cell anemia, a debilitating genetic disorder that mostly affects individuals of African heritage. Considered to be cured, other genetic treatments have proven successful in reducing or ending the bouts of pain...
With so many great plays in March Madness this week, check out the shot that carried multiple meanings as it sailed into the air, and into the history books this season. It required persistence, resilience, and Faith. Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel, who was born with a right...
The easy choice was revenge. Tina Crawford lost her only son Ira Hopkins in 2014 when gunshots struck him in a senseless robbery. He was 35. And it happened on his birthday. For a while, Crawford was overwhelmed with rage and craving retribution. An eye for an eye,...
A four-year-old boy is now pen pals with a woman 4,000 miles away after she replied to his message-in-a-bottle. Ford Thomas cast his letter into the sea which included his dad Joe’s email address. He also included a couple of drawings, a rock he’d found on the beach,...
Now from Turkiye comes the story of an annual spring reunion that has captivated the hearts of a nation for 14 years. It involves a simple rural fisherman Adem Yilmaz, waiting in his boat for the return of a dear friend: a white stork named Yaren. Casting his lines...
India’s Health Minister just reported that a national insurance program has treated an astonishing 6.8 million people for cancer, three-quarters of whom live in rural areas. The cost of the work amounted to $1.5 billion, described in the Indian counting system as...
In the remote mountains of northern Pakistan, four majestic snow leopards have been recorded recently moving through the snow-covered hills in a piece of footage that has ignited a flurry of excitement among conservationists. These animals are seldom seen alone, much...
A 9-year-old transplant survivor recently had the opportunity of a lifetime to help craft a menu item for the restaurant of a ritzy Pittsburgh hotel. In the name of raising money for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, little chef in the making Prince...
On New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, the complete remains of a wooden boat used by the islands’ indigenous Polynesians—perhaps even to arrive there, have been found. This monumental and unprecedented discovery will yield fascinating insights about the settlement of the...
A British grocery store delivery driver saved a woman’s life after she didn’t answer the door and he got the feeling that “something was wrong”. Leandro Pinto Dantas sensed there was a problem and decided to go back for another look in the window—and only then spotted...
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, another rebuilding effort is underway in New Orleans. The Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship organization is relaunching in the Big Easy for the first time since they were forced to close in the wake Hurricane Katrina. Kalli...
A special education teacher who received a double-lung donation recently led her class in making comfort blankets for donor families. Jackie Dennis says that even though the donation she received made her joyful, grateful, and relieved that she’d be able to watch her...
A New Zealand military chaplain recently recovered a fallen airman’s war medals and reunited them with the man’s next of kin. It cost the chaplain a few hundred dollars to perform this good deed, one which has seen them restored and presented to the aviator’s...
