- A sweet way to reduce anxiety
Daily Edition • October 28, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Nice News readers know all about Fat Bear Week — but what about Fat Squirrel Week? The inaugural contest, hosted by Texas Parks and Wildlife, is inspired by Alaska’s annual chonky bear event, with 16 squirrels from Lone Star State parks vying for the top title in a bracket-style competition. The winner: Chunkosaurus Rex, who beat out Chunk Norris, Nutella, and Stanley “The Texas Tank.” Must Reads The rundown on the Social Security cost-of-living…Read more
- Saved: 100-year-old landmark
Sunday Edition • February 23, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Do you know the Muffin Man? At Nice News, we can proudly say that yes, indeed we do. His name is Jacob Kaufman and he and the Muffin Lady, aka Julia Levy, are the founders of the philanthropic National Muffin Day. Their holiday-slash-movement rallies volunteers to bake muffins for people experiencing homelessness and is celebrated annually in mid-February. Since its inception in 2015, more than 25,000 of the tasty treats have been distributed by...
- Nature vs. nurture: aging edition
Daily Edition • February 22, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Today is World Thinking Day — “a day of international friendship and a time to stand up for causes that could improve the lives of girls around the globe,” per the Girl Scouts. The global organization offers resources and activity guides for the occasion, prompting scouts to recognize the power of their thoughts. We’ll also take this opportunity to remind you that Girl Scout Cookies are currently available for sale (and home shipping!). Must...
- A mother’s love, seen from underwater
Daily Edition • February 21, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Hundreds of thousands of people have been memorialized in The New York Times obituary section — people who left a mark on society. But one of the paper’s obituary editors, Amy Padnani, noticed a few years ago that some of history’s trailblazers had been left out, namely many women and people of color. So in 2018, she launched “Overlooked,” a series of obituaries honoring “remarkable people” whose deaths went unreported. Learn more about the...