Good News Update: The miniature wiener dog that survived 16 months in the wild in Australia is headed home. Wildlife officials announced that they finally managed to catch her. Her name is Valerie. She ran off while her owners were camping on Kangaroo Island near Adelaide in late-2023. She somehow made it 529 days on…… read more »
18-year-old Victoria Hoffman asked social media for feedback on her prom dress. She showed it off on TikTok, and said, “Someone please tell me this is a good prom dress. It’s all I have, and it’s all I can afford.” And people didn’t just give Victoria a vote of confidence, they also sent her MONEY. …… read more »
A bunch of board game fans in Australia broke a world record for most people playing Monopoly at the same time. 918 players split up into groups of six and played on 150 Monopoly sets. The event raised money for a charity called the Little Legs Foundation that supports childhood brain cancer research………………. A group…… read more »
Firefighters in Raleigh rescued a pup that got stuck 15 feet down a storm drain on Saturday. One of them had to rappel down into the drain to retrieve the pooch, who wasn’t injured, and is now back home with its owner………….A miniature donkey named Murty went missing in Massachusetts the other day after a…… read more »
The birthday edition! The world’s oldest penguin, Spneb, turned 37 last week and got a special cake made of fish. She’s lived at a zoo in England since 1988. Her species usually lives 10 to 15 years in the wild…………… A guy near Niagara Falls named Burdett Sisler just turned 110 years old, and 250 people…… read more »
The Orlando bomb squad did an Easter egg hunt for visually impaired kids. They built special eggs that made a beeping sound so they could find them. The event was inspired by a first responder’s daughter who’s visually impaired………… Have you seen the footage of the elephants at a zoo in San Diego yet? They…… read more »
NASA is running a contest to find the best way to recycle astronaut poop in space. Whoever comes up with the best idea wins $3 million. Ideally, it would work with other bodily fluids as well……………A short pep talk by an American Airlines gate agent is going viral, because it’s a reminder to be nice to people. …… read more »
A guy in Maryland was helping his mom move some furniture when he found five old lottery tickets. And one hit for $50,000. She said she bought the tickets as stocking stuffers last Christmas. The two of them split the money…………….A kid in Indiana named Toby Lannert jumped into action and saved a high-school teacher…… read more »
An Illinois firefighter got trapped under rubble last Thursday when a home’s porch roof collapsed on him. But first responders and bystanders rushed in to lift it up, and he’s okay. There’s chest-cam footage, and you see a huge fireball from an upstairs window right when it happens. The home was a total loss, but…… read more »
How’s this for crossing party lines? A Democratic politician in Idaho named Brooke Green is fighting breast cancer. So, a few weeks ago, a group of GOP lawmakers shaved their heads in solidarity. She said she never expected such a touching show of support……….. Over a year ago, a lost and sick gray cat was…… read more »