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Hero NYC Cops Carry Four Elders Out of Burning Building on Their Shoulders (WATCH)
5th Precinct officers of the NYPD had no intention of waiting for firefighters to come to the 6-story apartment building in flames right across...
Irish Musicians Saving Oral History By Recording Elders Singing the Old Songs (Watch)
A small collective of intrepid and inquisitive young Irish musicians have taken it upon themselves to rescue a tradition of song when perhaps no-one...
Elders Around the World in Their 80s, 90s, and 100s Are Bouncing Back From Virus – and Sharing Advice
Seniors in the 80s, 90s, and 100s are surviving COVID-19 coronavirus and share advice on how to handle stress of cancelled weddings, and the future.
After Becoming a Pilot, Man Fulfills Promise to Give Village Elders Their First Ever Plane Ride
This pilot celebrated the achievement of his lifelong dream by helping the seniors of his community achieve their own dream of flying.
Jimmy Carter and 3 Other Elders to Visit North Korea, Ease Tensions
Ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter and three other former leaders arrived in Beijing on Sunday en route to North Korea to discuss the revival of...
The Elders Announce Visit to Middle East
A delegation of six Elders, from the independent group of eminent global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela, will visit Israel, the West Bank...
Mandela and The Elders Head to Darfur
South African Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu will lead a group of elder statesmen later this month to visit Darfur. This is to be the...
In Ethiopia, Elders Dissolve a Crisis the Traditional Way
An Ethiopian scholar retired from Harvard has led a 'council of elders' in brokering the solution for an intractable two-year political crisis by using...
The Elders – Veteran Diplomats Unite to Save the World
Imagine a group of famous retired diplomats forming an alliance to solve the world's most intractable problems. Meet The Elders: Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan,...
Good News in History, November 7
Happy Birthday to Joni Mitchell who turns 80 today. The Canadian singer-songwriter and painter is one of the most influential female musicians of the...
Good News in History, October 9
On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers...
Good News in History, October 7
On this day, 139 years ago, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr was born. In his long and distinguished career, he made foundational contributions to...
How a Chatty Motorist Led to One of the Biggest Finds in Greek Archaeology–the Lost 2,800-year-old Temple of Artemis
From the magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America comes the story of an immense discovery 120 years in the making.
One of ancient Greece's...
Good News in History, September 11
On this day across history, imperial aggression was resisted or rolled back by indigenous peoples in both the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest (9)...
The World’s Oldest Human Gives Us the Best Advice, Before She Dies at 117 Years
"Order, tranquility, contact with nature, emotional stability, no worries, no regrets;" might these be a string of virtues that the Stoics strove to obtain...
Daredevil 94-Year-old is Oldest Ever to Take on World’s Fastest Zip Line–Going 100mph
A 94-year-old Englishman decided to have a go on the world's fastest zip line to raise money for his local hospice care.
Great-grandfather-of-four David Aris...
Stunning Ancient Roman Mosaic Found Submerged in the Sea off Naples
A stunning underwater mosaic dating to the late Roman Empire has been discovered under the sea in the Bay of Naples.
Deposited there via seismic...
‘Shy’ Senior Lands Modeling Career at 70 After Stranger’s Instagram Post Goes Viral
A retiree says she spent her life with low self-esteem, but now she can be seen on catwalks after a stranger approached her on...
Good News in History, July 18
103 years ago today, John Glenn, the American aviator, politician, and astronaut who became the third American in space, was born. The Ohio-born pilot...
Good News in History, July 9
Happy 49th Birthday to the "coolest, weirdest, and savviest rock stars of our time," Jack White. Born in Detroit, his run of work with...