Home Search
virginia - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
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)...
New Process ‘Vaporizes’ Plastic Bags and Bottles to Help Make Recycled Materials
An innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste plastic items in our society into hydrocarbon building blocks for use in making new plastics.
The scientists behind...
Good News in History, August 27
Happy 85th Birthday to Osage-American travel writer William Least Heat-Moon. His debut novel, Blue Highways, (1982) is a chronicle of a three-month-long road trip...
Good News in History, August 26
233 years ago today, John Fitch was granted a US patent for a boat propelled by steam power which used mechanical paddles to propel...
Injured Bald Eagle Plucked From River in Daring Rescue By College Staffers in Maryland (WATCH)
A bald eagle, injured and alone near the Chesapeake Bay, earned an A+ for the staff at Washington College after they made a daring...
Stray Pup Chases a Doggie Day-Care Bus and Gets Adopted
A determined Lab has found a new home in Georgia after galloping alongside a doggie daycare bus until he won over the driver and...
Good News in History, August 21
85 years ago today, civil rights protestors quietly entered the library in Alexandria, VA to stage a sit-in. One young black man, well-dressed and...
Startup Replaces 6 Million Plastic Bags with Prototype Made from Corn Waste That Decomposes in 180 Days
An Indian entrepreneur is using sugar, cellulose, and corn fibers to make a plastic-like carrier bag for small Indian businesses.
His company Bio Reform has...
Good News in History, August 14
87 years ago today, the National Scenic Trail known as the Appalachian Trail was completed by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Claimed to be the...
12-year-old Girl Earns ‘Black Belt’ of Fishing, Becoming Master Angler of Maryland
A story coming from Maryland celebrates the depths of a young girl's talents, as a 12-year-old fishing enthusiast received honors from the state.
Dubbed the...
Good News in History, July 30
On this day 94 years ago, at the conclusion of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, La Celeste, or Uruguay, won the trophy. Rarely considered as favorites...
Family Brings in Peruvian Mom Who Hadn’t Seen her Son in 20 Years—And Captured the Tearful Moment on Video
A Virginia family set into motion a heartwarming reunion between a mother and son after 20 years apart—and captured the moving moment on video.
Juan...
Good News in History, July 4
20 years ago today, in quite unbelievable fashion, Greece beat Portugal 1-0 to become European champions for the first time in her history. Several...
Good News in History, June 30
84 years ago today, Congress ordered the creation of the Fish and Wildlife Service. The FWS was later reorganized into the 'US' Fish and...
She Finally Earned Her Stanford Master’s Degree at 105: ‘I’ve waited a long time for this’
Stanford University's 2024 graduation ceremony featured a 105-year-old student completing a master's degree in education—83 years after she started her coursework.
Eight decades ago her...
Good News in History, June 23
137 years ago today, The Rocky Mountains Park Act passed Canadian parliament, establishing Banff National Park, the nation's largest and most famous park. It...
Good News in History, June 17
66 years ago today, Things Fall Apart, believed to be the most read, best-selling African novel ever written, was published. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe depicts...
Good News in History, June 12
Happy 50th Birthday to Hideki Matsui, aka "Godzilla". The DH and outfielder was one of the best Japanese visitors to these shores who ever...
10 Places Perfect for Remote Workers–And Some Will Pay You Thousands to Move There
2023 saw a record wave of Americans leaving big cities for smaller ones, a trend that grew out of the pandemic when millions of...
Good News in History, June 7
Happy 50th Birthday to Edward "Bear" Grylls OBE. The British adventurer and television presenter became wildly popular across the United States from his program...