Category: News

A few weeks ago, the CBS Evening News featured a rural South Carolina man who is transforming lives by repairing broken cars and giving them away for free. Where Eliot Middleton lives, there’s no public transportation, no Ubers or taxi’s. So, if you don’t have a car, there are few options for those with kids […]

LEGO recently announced they now have a prototype brick made from recycled plastic that lives up to company standards for the iconic building toy. The new prototype uses PET plastic from discarded bottles, yet it meets all the company’s strict quality and safety requirements. A team of more than 150 scientists and engineers are working […]

When friends try to hold you back from being too generous and kind, you know you’re doing something right. When icy temperatures this past winter froze Kodak, Tennessee, shutting power down and freezing pipes, Sean Patel, owner of the local Quality Inn, wanted to do something to help his neighbors: open his hotel to all […]

The percentage of Americans who evaluated their lives to be ‘thriving’ reached 59.2% in June, the highest in over 13 years of ongoing measurement—and exceeding the previous high of 57.3% from September 2017. During the initial COVID-19 outbreak and economic shutdown, the thriving percentage plunged nearly 10 percentage points to 46.4% by late April 2020, […]

The inspiring street performance group Improv Everywhere placed a decal on the pavement in a park that read, “stand here for dance party.” Designed in the style of the ubiquitous social distancing circles, most passersby ignored it, or took photos, once they read its appealing message. But whenever anyone followed the instructions and put their […]

It’s fair to say that over the last few years we’ve come to learn a lot more about body shaming, and how it’s never okay to judgemental about another person’s size, whether they’re a size 8 or a size 18. Just as we know it’s not okay to tell someone they’re “too fat,” we’ve also […]

Eating out can be a bit of a minefield. And t here’s nothing worse than having a bad meal when you’ve been dreaming about it since you woke up. Sometimes the food was undercooked, off the menu or cold. Unfortunately, we’ve all been there. But a restaurant inspector has revealed some of their best tips […]