- US crime down across all categories
Daily Edition • August 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The start of a new school year is exciting for a lot of kids and families, but for some, the transition can also bring up feelings of anxiety or uncertainty. Psychology professor Shannon Pickett has over a decade of experience counseling school-age children (and has three of her own) — read her five tips for a smooth back-to-school season. Nice News Today There’s a lot of not-so-nice news about the state of mental health in the U.S., particularly…Read more
- “World’s loneliest plant” is looking for his match
Daily Edition • May 30, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Social media trends come and go like the tide, but every so often one catches our eye as being particularly heartwarming and Nice News-worthy. Enter: the recent surge of young people filming their Gen X parents dancing to Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy,” an ’80s hit. The videos are wholesome and the dance moves often hilarious, but they also encapsulate something deeper. Salon’s Gabriella Ferrigine writes that the trend has “inadvertently served as a...
- Colon cancer blood test nears FDA approval
Daily Edition • May 29, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Each year for nearly two decades, Google has called upon young artists around the country to submit drawings to the Doodle for Google contest. The winner gets to see their work displayed on the search engine’s homepage — an immense honor given that the site sees nearly 6 million searches per minute. The finalists are in for the 2024 contest, which asked participants to incorporate their wishes for the next 25 years in their doodles. Vote for your...
- A rare “planet parade” is coming 🪐
Daily Edition • May 28, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Peregrine falcons, once at risk of endangerment, are making a comeback in the U.S. and the U.K. Four chicks born in England earlier this spring are evidence of that — and you can help name them. The Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is asking the public to submit name suggestions for the young animals and will announce the winners June 8. The organization also set up wildlife cams for the peregrine chicks, so you can tune in while we await the naming...