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Good News Only Update!!

It's time for a good news update to start your Sunday morning. No spin. No conspiracies. Just the truth and the facts.

Aaron Parnas Sep 14

Good morning and Happy Sunday, everyone! As always, this is your good news only update to start the week on a positive note. This past week has been especially difficult for many, and later this afternoon I’ll cover the serious news that deserves your attention. But right now, I want to begin the day with stories of hope and inspiration—because we could all use a reminder that good things are still happening in the world.

On a personal note, I received some exciting news this week: our channels had a measurable influence on the Canadian elections. According to a study from The Globe and Mail, we were the most-watched American news channel in Canada—ranking just behind two of Canada’s largest domestic outlets. That’s proof that our message isn’t just reaching people in the United States, but resonating across borders and around the world.

At a time when misinformation spreads like wildfire, my mission remains simple: to deliver truth and facts, without spin and without agenda. Too many outlets—including The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and Fox News—chose to fuel conspiracies this week. I refuse to do the same.

If you believe in honest journalism that prioritizes integrity over outrage, I invite you to subscribe today. Together, we’ll continue building a community committed to truth, accountability, and reporting that millions can trust.

With that, her'e’s all the good news:

• After 8-year-old William lost his beloved plush dog “Dog” in Wyoming winds, his father contacted Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken, who dispatched deputies to search. Deputy Tyler Christen found Dog in roadside weeds and mailed him back in a care package with sheriff patches and souvenirs. The reunion taught William not only about loss but also kindness, as his dad noted he learned “there are great people in this world that will do things to help you, even when they don’t know you.”

• A compassionate Minnesota pizzeria owner, Chris Kolstad of Pizza Man, offered free pizzas to people seen eating from his dumpster, posting a viral plea on Facebook that raised over $4,000 in donations and has since provided food with dignity to more than 100 people in need.

• Brazil recorded a 65% drop in Amazon rainforest burned by fire in 2025, the lowest level since monitoring began with MapBiomas after the 2019 wildfire crisis. Researchers credit heavier rains and more cautious local communities. Nationwide, burned land fell by 54%. The decline comes as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva prepares to host COP30 in Belém, underscoring his pledge to end Amazon deforestation by 2030.

• After decades of pollution, the Chicago River is set to welcome swimmers for the first time in over a century thanks to the Clean Water Act, major sewage and stormwater infrastructure upgrades, and nonprofit projects like Urban Rivers’ “Wild Mile,” which have restored wildlife and transformed the waterway into a biodynamic, swimmable, and revitalized urban asset.

• Global rice prices have fallen to an 18-year low of about $365 per ton as per-acre yields nearly doubled to 4.7 tons since 1975, with 2025’s Asian rice crop expected to hit 541 million tons—advances in farming technology and irrigation driving record harvests that could help ease food insecurity despite ongoing crises.

• British kitesurfer Jake Scrace set a Guinness World Record by reaching 1,587 feet in a tow-up stunt over the Isle of Wight’s iconic Needles, nearly doubling the previous record, in a feat verified with drones and altimeters and backed by a 30-person crew.

• A Kentucky nurse revived a drunk raccoon she found unconscious in a dumpster outside a moonshine distillery by performing CPR, later releasing it back to the wild after it sobered up, while a Canadian server separately rescued a drowning baby raccoon—two heartwarming examples of humans saving animals in need.

• The North Yorkshire Moors Heritage Railway in England has “hired” three black stray cats—Titch, Clinker, and Ash—to serve as mousers and delight visitors, continuing the station’s long tradition of feline staff while giving the once-feral trio a cozy new home and playful jobs.

• The world’s smallest snake, the Barbados threadsnake, was rediscovered under a rock in central Barbados during an ecological survey after nearly 20 years without verified sightings, thrilling conservationists and underscoring the urgent need to protect the island’s fragile forest habitats.

• After nearly nine years of rehabilitation at Borneo Orangutan Rescue Alliance’s “Jungle School,” Popi, a female orangutan rescued as an infant from the illegal pet trade, was successfully released into East Borneo’s rainforest—reuniting with old companions and symbolizing a major step in protecting endangered orangutan populations.

• At 66, retired accountant Kent Broussard fulfilled his childhood dream by enrolling at LSU, re-learning the tuba, and making the school’s marching band — becoming its oldest member by 41 years — showing that “your only failure is not trying.”

• Once nearly extinct, Australia’s ampurta (crest-tailed mulgara) rebounded during severe droughts in the 2000s and 2010s, expanding its range by over 48,000 km² and thriving as rabbit populations collapsed, leading the IUCN to reclassify it from Endangered in 1999 to Least Concern in 2019 — a rare conservation success driven by climate extremes.

• In Bhusuwal, India, railway manager Ity Pandey converted an old first-class train coach into “Rudra,” a mobile hospital equipped with ECG, lab, OBGYN, and treatment facilities, now traveling across the Bhusuwal Railway Division to deliver healthcare to over 25,000 remote railway workers and their families, treating hundreds in a single day and linking patient records to the divisional hospital for continuity of care.

• When Pennsylvania man Hunter Metzger requested a “last meal” from Texas Roadhouse for his terminally ill Great Dane, Iris, the staff went above and beyond—preparing her steak dinner with love, writing condolence notes, personally offering sympathy, refunding the order, and inspiring thousands with their compassion and kindness.

• Sunny, one of bald eagle pair Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets in Big Bear Valley, made her first flight on June 2, 2025—leaving the nest to the delight of thousands watching the livestream, while sibling Gizmo and parents looked on.

See you this evening.

— Aaron