- Healing through art
Best of 2025 • Humanity Edition Happy New Year’s Eve! We’re wrapping up 2025 on an especially inspiring note with the humanity edition of the Best of Nice News. The stories below are just a glimpse of the many ways people continue to remind us of the good that exists (and has always existed) in the world, even in the toughest of times. All that goodness adds up, and we hope it leaves you feeling as hopeful for the year ahead as we are. We’ll be back with regular programming tomorrow! Humanity…Read more
- Historic school lunch legislation
. Daily Edition • October 10, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Now introducing: Bastian, a 7-year-old rat terrier mix and the winner of People’s World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest. The pup, who lives in Levittown, New York, with owner Joelle Andres, has come a long way. He was rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas in 2018, and adopted by Andres from a shelter in New Jersey. Today, he loves long walks, socializing with other dogs, and communicating via buttons. Click to see some...
- Spooky deep-sea discoveries
. Daily Edition • October 9, 2025 SUPPORTED BY In a podcast episode last month, we shared all about the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt. And now, any Americans feeling left out can take part in a new, U.S.-based treasure opportunity. Organized by an auction house called Stack’s Bowers Galleries in celebration of its 90th anniversary, the hunt is taking place in four cities (New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Miami), with certificates for rare coins and banknotes hidden in each locale. Learn how...
- Today’s Pick: A very furry field trip
Editors’ Picks • October 8, 2025 Today’s story is a bit of a tearjerker if you’re a pet lover, in a good way. Across the country, animal shelters are implementing programs that allow caring people to take dogs and cats on “field trips.” These rendezvous can last a couple hours or the entire weekend, and they benefit both our four-legged friends and the people chaperoning them — most profoundly, by helping the animals find their forever homes. Learn how the programs work and how to get...