Good News & Inspiring Stories - Page 172

May 19, 2020

With only months to live, Indiana high school senior gets married in touching ceremony

Former Indiana high school swimmer Chase Smith is suffering from cancer and was only given several months to live. In celebration of love and life, he married his girlfriend Sadie Mills last month, after planning the wedding just days before. 

May 18, 2020

Myanmar pastor presumed dead returns home more than a year later

A senior pastor is reunited today with his family after being kidnapped and declared dead more than a year ago, according to a Christian mission organization.

May 18, 2020

New Jersey state troopers help deliver baby on the side of the highway

This was one special pit stop in New Jersey. Two of its state troopers are being commended after helping a Tennessee woman deliver a baby girl on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike over the weekend. 

May 18, 2020

UK woman, 102, beats coronavirus: 'A miracle recovery'

The 102-year-old, who once worked alongside Winston Churchill, was at one point given less than two hours to live.

May 18, 2020

Michigan priest goes viral for drawing water gun in fight against coronavirus: '2020, folks'

A Roman Catholic priest has gone viral for his attempt at keeping an ancient tradition alive while social distancing at the height of Holy Week and the coronavirus pandemic.

May 18, 2020

North Carolina man hears screams, pulls 2 young girls from Outer Banks rip current in 'heroic' rescue: officials

A man in North Carolina is being praised for jumping into action when he heard the screams from two children and pulled them from a rip current in the Outer Banks on Friday, according to officials. 

May 16, 2020

VA nurse whose special teddy bears soothed coronavirus patients to be honored by NASCAR

Virginia ICU nurse Michaelle Vaughan is set to be honored Sunday at NASCAR's "The Real Heroes 400" for her work making special teddy bears to give to lonely patients. 

May 15, 2020

Girl, 10, sends over 1,500 art kits to kids in homeless shelters, foster care during coronavirus shutdown

Chelsea Phaire is just finishing fifth grade but she could graduate in kindness.

May 14, 2020

'Quaranchella': Elton John substitute puts on concerts in California cul-de-sac

Weekly, socially distant concerts in a suburban Los Angeles cul-de-sac is the new art form to emerge during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s called “Quaranchella,” and it has become a source of community and connection at a time when they’re sorely lacking.

May 14, 2020

Breakfast for our Heroes: NJ man whose father died on 9/11 gives back to health care workers

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy highlighted the efforts of George Zakhary on Twitter Wednesday after he launched a campaign to buy breakfast for medical workers who are on the front lines, fighting the novel coronavirus.