- PB&Js for all — or at least more
. Daily Edition • October 22, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Each October, people gather in Tualatin, Oregon, for a unique water race: the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta. The event, dating to 2004, is exactly as it sounds — participants climb into massive, carved out gourds, and paddle around a lake in the Portland suburb. “You’ve got an exciting activity that crowds love, you’ve got the costumes, cheering people, spectacle, pumpkins sinking, it has everything,” this year’s first winner, Gary…Read more
- Not your average “old ladies”
Sunday Edition • March 2, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If, say, Colman Domingo takes home an Oscar at tonight’s Academy Awards, Timothée Chalamet and the other best actor contenders can at least leave the Dolby Theatre knowing they lost out to some serious competition. But imagine coming up empty-handed while a literal cartoon character earns a golden statuette. Such was (sort of) the case in 1932, when Mickey Mouse won an Oscar. At least, so goes the internet lore: Learn what actually transpired and...
- “Pip watch” is on
Daily Edition • March 1, 2025 SUPPORTED BY In addition to being the first day of meteorological spring, March 1 marks the start of Women’s History Month. The annual observance corresponds with International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8. Throughout the month, Nice News will be spotlighting some trailblazing women and unsung heroes who have helped — and are helping — to make the world a better place. Stay tuned! Must Reads Mic drop: A century of the underrated sound tool that changed how...
- What’s sleepmaxxing?
Daily Edition • February 28, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Reminder: It’s tax season. If you find the prospect of going through the electronic filing process daunting, just imagine doing it all by hand. “I don’t have the computer figure it out. I do my own figuring,” Else M. Rike, a 100-year-old tax preparer who is still working on returns more than seven decades into her career, told The Wall Street Journal. Rike, who doesn’t use email and relies on the Postal Service for her clients’ filings, is part...