I announced last month that Good News Network was giving away 2,500 free books for our 25th anniversary—and it took many weeks to read and assess the hundreds of requests. But all the books have now been packaged, and I wanted to share the wonderful list of groups that are receiving them. The paperback—And Now,
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Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, TOMAGWA HealthCare Ministries and Texas A&M School of Medicine announce new Saturday medical clinic.
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Parks departments across the country are beginning to offer free all-terrain wheelchairs at their visitors centers for disabled people to explore their states’ treasures of nature. Such programs have already cropped up in Colorado, Michigan, and South Dakota, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a National Park Service unit, has also added off-road wheelchairs to
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  After 185,000 hours, 8 years, and 45 iterations, Heinz has redesigned their superior plastic tops to be completely recyclable. Why so much? Why’d it cost them $1.2 million in R&D? The top was not easily recyclable before, which resulted in as many as 1 billion of them every year going into landfills. For years
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British scientists have grown human red blood cells in a lab for the first time, and conducted a clinical trial to give it to patients. The blood is grown by encouraging stem cells found in a blood donor’s sample to become new red blood cells, and opens the door to transfusion treatments for those with
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Democrats love to feign outrage at the role “dark money” plays in politics. Dark money, they say, allows unnamed donors to have undue influence over elections and that kind of… ...

It is now official. Republicans have won the House of Representatives. According to Decision Desk HQ, the GOP will hold at least 218 seats following yet another race called in… ...

If former president Donald Trump does indeed run again as is widely expected, he will do so without the support of one of the most powerful people in news: media… ...

On Tuesday, a federal judge voided the Title 42 order, which many Republicans and authorities along our southern border see as crucial to ensuring the nation’s sovereignty, as well as… ...

Despite the effort to kill off the Pelosi attack news, the continued fumbles in the press keep the story alive. The attack on Paul Pelosi, the spouse of House Speaker… ...

We’ve written before about how rumors have been swirling since the looming September 2020 confirmation battle over Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.)… ...

A wide majority of Americans, 81%, are willing to put aside disagreements with others in order to work on a cause they hold dear to their hearts, according to a new post-election survey. The poll of 2,000 adults revealed that when it comes to supporting a cause four in five are willing to put their
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At a recent event, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos named Dolly Parton as the latest winner of his Courage and Civility Award. The award recognizes leaders who “aim high, find solutions, and always do it with civility”. Each awardee receives 100 million dollars to invest in the charities of their choice. In Dolly’s case, the mega-donation
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Drones can be crucial during natural disasters by transporting supplies to people in need, but they can only carry about 30 percent of their mass as payload. What if the delivery drones themselves were made of food? Now, researchers have developed a small flying craft with wings made of rice cakes. The team at the
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Chi Weindel, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow doing research at the Texas A&M University School of Medicine, recently received a prestigious Launch Award from the Parkinson’s Foundation to study factors that influence Parkinson’s disease.
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Rural hospitals are more than health care providers to residents and surrounding communities. They are economic catalysts for their entire region, not only through the services they offer but also through significant employee bases that drive demand for schools, housing, transportation and other vital services. Hospitals are often the largest employer and a significant community
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There seems to be a common thread among the overeducated, elitist class — the same class that is currently in charge of our public school system. They have the idea… ...

After a disastrous midterm election showing, pundits want someone to blame, and for many of them, they have just the guy: former President Donald Trump. He endorsed bad candidates, they… ...

I wrote earlier what an embarrassment Joe Biden was during his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for projecting weakness. Xi made Biden walk over to him in their meeting,… ...

Democrat Katie Hobbs is projected to defeat Republican Kari Lake in the heated race to become Arizona’s next governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Hobbs is the incumbent secretary of… ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, fresh off his thrashing of Beto O’Rourke in the gubernatorial election, is demanding an investigation into voting irregularities that occurred on November 8 as voters tried… ...

What’s the current timeframe these days of “conspiracy theories” becoming fact? Whatever it is, it sure seems to be accelerating. Heck, I’m old enough to remember when sharing the COVID-19… ...

The Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy is one of three institutions set to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Pharmacogenomics (PGx) AcceleratorTM. The initiative, sponsored by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, aims to improve the health of millions across the
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The introduction of antibiotics in the 20th century was something of a medical miracle. But widespread use of these lifesaving drugs is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a growing 21st century public health problem. Researchers have been investigating how exposure to antibiotics can lead to drug-resistant bacteria for years; however, quantitative studies of
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Over the past few decades, the U.S. dairy industry has seen a reduction in the number of dairy farms. However, the farms that remain have increased their milking herd sizes, leading to an increased number of workers needed to perform a variety of farm tasks. These workers often work eight- to 12-hour shifts, six days
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Camille Peres, PhD, has been named the 2022 Woman of the Year by HFE WOMAN at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 66th International Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Peres was honored for her lifetime of achievement and service and recognized for her research that has had a global impact on improving the productivity, health
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The Texas A&M University System recently approved the merger of two research centers in the Texas A&M University School of Public Health to form the newly named Center for Community Health and Aging (CCHA). James N. Burdine, DrPH, Regents Professor in the Department of Health Behavior, and former founding director of the Center for Community
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Andrea J. Boudreaux, PsyD, MPH, FACHE, has been named a 2022 Diversity Leader to Watch by Modern Healthcare. She currently serves as executive director of Children’s School Services at Children’s National Hospital where she oversees health outcomes and access for 90,000 children in the Washington, D.C., area. Since graduating from the Texas A&M University School of
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Studies have shown that many Black and African American communities are at a disadvantage when it comes to physical activity opportunities. Specifically, discrepancies exist when considering infrastructure development for walking, mass transit, biking and more, such as adequate bike lanes and sidewalks. To help promote physical activity at the community level, the Centers for Disease
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The humble beaver could hold the key to saving our water, according to new research that found how their dam building skills protect rivers threatened by climate change. If rivers should come under pressure from drying up, beavers’ tendencies to build dams under such conditions will help sustain the water flow and quality. The research, done
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In this episode, I spoke with my colleague, Brandon Morse, Deputy Editor at RedState. We discussed a recent article he wrote about the stigma around being white. It was an… ...

In the last hour of RedState’s election night coverage live stream, I congratulated the Washington establishment on successfully defending the status quo from the so-called Red Wave. The message of… ...

A coalition of groups are envisioning the former jails on Rikers Island as the hub for green energy generation, enough to power 45,000 homes. They also see it as a potential hub of green energy job training, and as a replacement for at least several of New York City’s gas-fired power plants. Since New York
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To celebrate Veteran’s Day this week, a dedicated 50-year volunteer for Disabled American Veterans was gifted a new van so he could continue his labor of love. Former US Marine Len Johnson drives to other veterans’ homes in Philadelphia to support them in any way he can—so people at the TrueCar website saw an opportunity
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A pilot has captured the jaw-dropping spectacle of St. Elmo’s Fire from his cockpit. Airbus captain Luis Andress was flying from Miami to Denver last month when he encountered the scene. It was part of the overall effects of Hurricane Ian when it hit the gulf coast of Florida this year. St. Elmo’s Fire occurs
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Australian conservationists have released 10 juvenile turtles into the wild, which they had saved from becoming charred omelets during the 2020 bushfires. The Manning River turtle is one of Australia’s most endangered reptiles, but a conservation program put into place years ago to stop the loss is now coming good. Capable of living only in
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Note: This “Moore to the Point” commentary aired on NewsTalkSTL on Monday, November 14th. Audio included below. I always thought the quote “Lead, follow, or get out of the way”… ...

Much of the action will be playing out behind closed doors in private caucus meetings. WASHINGTON — Congress is returning to an extremely volatile post-election landscape, with control of the… ...

A 14-year-old in San Diego, California, was named the grand prize winner of this year’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition. Leanne Fan developed Finsen Headphones, a low-cost headphone device that uses machine learning and blue light therapy to detect and treat mid-ear infections in children—potentially preventing up to 60%
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It’s the most wonderful—and disorderly—time of the year. With so many people flying home this holiday season, flight delays and cancellations are inevitable, leaving down-on-their-luck travelers looking for hotels in unfamiliar cities. Well, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with Lowes to offer a free stay in a room decked-out with holiday cheer and
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A fairytale rescue saved an experienced diver from drowning when a trio of mermaids suddenly showed up off Catalina Island in California. Pablo Avila lost consciousness while scuba diving with his son and a friend on Oct. 23, which coincided with the second day of a mermaid training course nearby. A 33-year-old mermaid performer and
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Saying some of us are in ill humor following the November 2022 election ranks alongside saying there are differing opinions on Donald Trump in the Understatement Hall of Fame. People… ...

Folks on the left are still freaking out about Elon Musk buying Twitter. Ever since he bought the social media company, they have been screaming like drunken banshees about the… ...

It’s been another bad day of political news for Republicans. On Saturday evening, Trump-endorsed Joe Kent lost WA-03, a district that the GOP won by 13 points last go around.… ...

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free
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Michael Balderson thought it would be fun to reveal his newly-shaven face to his baby during a little game of peek-a-boo. The 42-year-old had worn a beard for the entirety of little Theo’s life, so the shock was evident on the child’s face. Mom captured the moment on a video that shows the 11-month-old baby
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The first sentence ever discovered that was written in the Canaanite language turns out to be a plea to eradicate beard lice. Unearthed in the area of an ancient city in Israel by a team from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Southern Adventist University from Tennessee, the ivory comb dates back 3,700 years. The inscription
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An intermediate-mass black hole lurking undetected in a dwarf galaxy revealed itself to astronomers when it gobbled up an unlucky star that strayed too close. The shredding of the star is known as a ‘tidal disruption event’ or ‘spaghettification’—and it produced a flare of radiation that briefly outshone the combined stellar light of the host
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A cat traveled more than 280 miles to its old home before being reunited with her relocated owners and taken back to her new home—a whopping 13 months later. Laëtitia De Amicis moved with her family and their three cats because of work reasons a year ago, leaving the Orne region of France. The family
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A guided mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as using ‘the gold-standard’ antidepressant drug—escitalopram—for patients with anxiety disorders, according to a first-of-its-kind, randomized clinical trial from Georgetown University Medical Center. “Mindfulness meditation currently is reimbursed by very few (insurance) providers,” says Elizabeth Hoge, MD, director of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program and associate professor
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A baby born weighing less than a loaf of bread at just 535 grams has finally returned home to sleep in her own room. Lauren Ormston’s pregnancy was initially smooth sailing. All her scans came back healthy—even the one at 20-weeks—and she expected to welcome her baby on July 1st. But on March 4, she
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On Tuesday, the Sunshine State overperformed-and for great reasons. Like many, I was casually surprised when the result started coming through Tuesday night, and we did not see the massive… ...

While I’m not a huge fan of anyone suddenly losing their job as it’s one of the worst feelings in the world, there was something cathartic about watching the Twitter… ...

I previously covered some of Joe Biden’s comments in the wake of the midterm elections. Biden indicated that despite 75 percent believing that country was going in the wrong direction,… ...

I suppose 2024 has officially kicked off, or at least Donald Trump believes so. After threatening Gov. Ron DeSantis with blackmail just prior to the 2022 election, the former president… ...

“Buckle up.” These are the words of a senior adviser to Donald Trump in teasing a big announcement by the former president next week. By all appearances, Trump has not… ...

A new survey shows that most people wish they had asked relatives more about their life while they were alive—after discovering interesting stories once they had passed. In the lead up to Remembrance Day (11/11), when people honor war heroes on November 11, the poll of 2,000 adults found that 53 percent had learned something
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Volunteers carved a 100-foot mural of poppies onto a beach in a poignant tribute to the fallen ahead of Remembrance Day, November 11, which commemorates the formal end of the First World War on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Retired doctor and beach artist Claire Eason led
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A South Carolina community came together this week to make 10,000 sandwiches in one day to give away to local food banks, schools, soup kitchens, and shelters. The 200 volunteers in Greenville were also honoring the amazing legacy of Eugenia Duke, a local woman who bucked every norm 100 years ago to start a business
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“It’s time for poor, working-class, and young people to have a seat at the table,” said Maxwell Alejandro Frost while campaigning for the US House of Representatives in Orlando, Florida. And, his time will start in January when he’s sworn in as the first Generation-Z member of Congress, the month in which he turns 26.
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