The Good News Thread

[Vash01]

A heartwarming story from Texas. It made me tear up.

Strangers took in a delivery driver for 5 days after she was stranded in the Texas storm | CNN

When a delivery driver's car began sliding down on an icy Texas driveway, the driver closed her eyes, praying she wouldn't hit the client's home.

www.cnn.com

 

[Buzz]

Chinese bowl bought for $35 at a yard sale sold for over $700,000

An exceptionally rare 15th-century Chinese antique that wound up at a Connecticut yard sale sold for well over its auction estimate during Sotheby's "Asia Week."

www.cnn.com

 

[skatesindreams]

An era, sadly, gone:

How a Pan Am flight attendant fell in love with a CIA officer on an airplane

Jocelyne Nowaski was working on a flight from Paris to New York when federal security officer Tyler Harding stepped on board. It was love at first sight for both of them, setting in motion a whirlwind romance that was followed by a life of glamorous travel.

www.cnn.com

 

[attyfan]

How weird ... and nice:

Friends find out they're biological sisters years after they met working at the same restaurant | CNN

It started as a joke. Cassandra Madison, 32, and Julia Tinetti, 31, began telling people they were sisters not long after they met in 2013 while working at The Russian Lady restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut, but a recent DNA test confirmed that they are actually biological sisters.

www.cnn.com

 

[Vash01]

An era, sadly, gone:

How a Pan Am flight attendant fell in love with a CIA officer on an airplane

Jocelyne Nowaski was working on a flight from Paris to New York when federal security officer Tyler Harding stepped on board. It was love at first sight for both of them, setting in motion a whirlwind romance that was followed by a life of glamorous travel.

www.cnn.com

What a lovely story! So happy for them!

I flew Pan Am with my parents on a 747 and we loved it. I love to travel. I sent an application for an air hostess (?) position at an airline after I had finished a master’s degree but I didn’t go to the interview because it felt like too big a jump from science research to serving drinks. May be I should have tried for it - an opportunity to see the world. Luckily I have seen many parts of the world but I have a very long Bucket list.

 

[Vash01]

How weird ... and nice:

Friends find out they're biological sisters years after they met working at the same restaurant | CNN

It started as a joke. Cassandra Madison, 32, and Julia Tinetti, 31, began telling people they were sisters not long after they met in 2013 while working at The Russian Lady restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut, but a recent DNA test confirmed that they are actually biological sisters.

www.cnn.com

Amazing story.

 

[Buzz]

People rallying behind Toronto chef after restaurant was vandalized twice this weekend

Toronto chef Kareema Beckles is still reeling from a nightmarish weekend at her Caribbean fusion restaurant. The owner of Chef Kareema, Beckles' lon…

www.blogto.com

 

[Buzz]

Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25m

Action Comics #1, which sold for 10 cents in 1938, is the world's most valuable comic book.

www.bbc.com

 

[Vash01]

Baby found at a subway station. Sweet story. I hope this really happened.

'We found a baby on the subway - now he's our son'

Danny Stewart saw something on the floor of an NY subway station - soon he would treasure it more than anything.

www.bbc.com

 

[Vash01]

An elephant calf fell in a dug well in India. Local authorities rescued him.

Elephant calf rescued from bottom of India well

Forest officials in a rural area of India's southeastern Odisha state rescued an elephant calf on Saturday (April 10) from the bottom of a well. As villagers watched, officials used an excavator to dig down to the elephant, which had fallen in as a herd passed through the area during the night.

metro.co.uk

 

[lise]

We were officially matched for our adoption last week; just found out that we are traveling to meet them.in 3 weeks! Can't wait!

 

[Vash01]

I hope this is not too political for this thread.
A black police officer was vindicated 15 years later for stopping excessive force by another police. She was fired at that time.

After 15 Years, Court Vindicates Black Officer Fired for Stopping Excessive Force - News & Guts Media

It’s an all too familiar story: Greg Kwiatkowski’s, a white cop “in a rage,” was using a chokehold on a black man, Neal Mack, who pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Mack was in handcuffs and had been punched in the face while restrained. But this story ends differently than the story of George...

www.newsandguts.com

 

[Buzz]

New NFL star throws draft party at homeless shelter where he and family once lived

Najee Harris changed in the parking lot of the homeless shelter that once housed him and his family ahead of the first night of the NFL draft, putting on the outfit he would wear to be drafted…

thehill.com

 

[MsZem]

I'm not sure which thread this should go in, but it's definitely good news!

Israel's first transgender referee takes field as woman

Israeli soccer's first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman last week.

www.ctvnews.ca

More pictures from today's match (in Hebrew):

היסטוריה בליגת העל: ספיר ברמן היא השופטת הטרנסג'נדרית הראשונה בכדורגל הישראלי

השופטת, שנמצאת במהלכו של הליך להתאמה מגדרית, ניהלה את המפגש בסמי עופר בין הפועל חיפה ובית"ר ירושלים בפלייאוף התחתון. גם השופטת הרביעית היא אישה - מיתר שמש. ברמן אחרי המשחק: "מרגישה שיש שינוי חיובי בחברה"

www.ynet.co.il

 

[Vash01]

A restaurant manager who forced a Black man to work without pay owes him more than $500,000 in restitution, court rules | CNN

A South Carolina man who was enslaved for five years, forced to work over 100 hours every week without pay and subjected to verbal and physical abuse was supposed to receive close to $273,000 in restitution after his former manager pleaded guilty.

www.cnn.com

 

[Buzz]

How One Studio Is Pioneering the Martial Arts Version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Peter Shiao, founder and CEO of Immortal Studios, is bringing wuxia storytelling to Western audiences

www.thewrap.com

 

[Buzz]

Zimbabwe wasn’t on Google Street View until this man volunteered to map it himself l GMA

After he was unable to find his hometown on Google Street View, Tawanda Kanhema decided to take matters into his own hands.Subscribe to GMA's YouTube page: ...

www.youtube.com

 

[Cachoo]

This Girl's Harvard University Admissions Essay Is Going Viral, And It's Inspiring For Anyone Who Has Lost A Parent

"As I write this essay, there is a blue line under the word 'parent' telling me to check my grammar; even Grammarly assumes that I should have parents, but cancer doesn't listen to edit suggestions."

www.buzzfeed.com

 

[Buzz]

Teen battles both homelessness and CV to win scholarship.

High school senior overcomes homelessness, coronavirus before earning $40K scholarship

Looking ahead, Omar Bahena said his goal is to become an engineer, "get a great job, give everything to my family."

www.wesh.com

 

[PeterG]

'I'm having a baby on the 407!' Video captures Ontario woman giving birth along busy highway

This has been reported on numerous Canadian news channel...and it makes me cry (happy tears) every time.

 

[Buzz]

Selling US style Chinese food in China.

These Guys Are Bringing New York Chinatown Food to China

What happens when a Chinese-American restaurant opens in China? Nom Wah Tea Parlor is one of New York’s oldest Chinese restaurants, serving Chinese-American ...

www.youtube.com

 

[Vash01]

I don't know if this belongs in the Good news thread, but here is a story of a murder mystery solved 40 years later. It brought closure to the mother of one of the victims.

The Orange Sock Killer of Breckenridge Found Using DNA

One detective worked the case for 30 years: ‘I’ve been trying to define my emotions.’

medium.com

I first saw the news in an article on WaPo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/25/guanella-pass-alan-phillips-murder-colorado/

In the discussion someone posted the link which gives the harrowing details. Sad story but at least the bad guy was caught and he will be tried for two first degree murders.

I believe we will learn about the missing details during the trial in Colorado.

 

[Buzz]

Magawa the hero rat retires from job detecting landmines

Magawa, who was awarded a gold medal for his heroism, is set to enjoy a happy retirement.

www.bbc.com

 

[Vash01]

Magawa the hero rat retires from job detecting landmines

Magawa, who was awarded a gold medal for his heroism, is set to enjoy a happy retirement.

www.bbc.com

Cute! I didn't know animals won medals too.
That's a brave rat and a smart one too.

 

[Buzz]

Freddie Figgers: The millionaire tech inventor who was 'thrown away' as a baby

Entrepreneur Freddie Figgers says life has taught him that the important thing is people, not profits.

www.bbc.com

 

[Buzz]

Bidder pays $28m for space trip with Amazon's Bezos

The mystery auction winner will be part of the the first human flight by space company Blue Origin.

www.bbc.com

 

[Vash01]

Bidder pays $28m for space trip with Amazon's Bezos

The mystery auction winner will be part of the the first human flight by space company Blue Origin.

www.bbc.com

If I were a multimillionaire, I would certainly outbid him.
I typed in multiBillionaire but stupid autocorrect changed it to multimillionaire. Nobody can come pe by being 'only' a multimillionaire. Jeff Bezos has 195 Billion.

 

[Buzz]

Ancient fort discovered by Great Wall of China

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Fort by Great Wall of China

Archaeologists in China recently unearthed the remains of a Great Wall fort that had been buried for hundreds of years. The Qingping Fort dates to the Ming D...

www.youtube.com

 

[Buzz]

Toronto, Canada and Global Breaking News – CP24

Most recent News News business news stories and video from CP24

www.cp24.com

 

[Buzz]

Murder victim identified after 44 years as Gordon Edwin Sanderson.

Cold case murder victim 'Septic Tank Sam' identified as Edmonton man after genetic tests

More than 40 years after his body was discovered in a septic tank in Tofield, the unknown murder victim, known as “

edmontonjournal.com