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Fat Bear Week is back
Daily Edition • October 2, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s one of our (and your) favorite stories of the year: The trend report is in for the predicted popular baby names of 2025. Nameberry released its forecast last week, laying out a few different buckets that next year’s monikers will fall into, including “global Americana” (Xochitl, Ewan, Eleni), “country rebrand” (Mabel, Polly, Huck), and “landscape names” (Acre, Cloud, Ridge). Read the full report. Must Reads The “comet of the century” is...
Meet the good Samaritans of Hurricane Helene
Daily Edition • October 1, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Renowned folklorist Henry Glassie famously called history “a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveler.” And our latest Cause of the Month — the Warrior Women Project — is in pursuit of making that map more complete. The nonprofit recovers and shares the stories of the women who fought for Indigenous self-determination and cultural survival during the Red Power Movement, which took place from the...
Tips for coping better
Daily Edition • September 30, 2024 SUPPORTED BY The first fallen leaf of autumn can be so exciting. But when the hundredth falls and your lawn becomes more leaf pile than grass, it’s time to get creative. The Forest Service recently suggested “six artsy, nerdy, and goofy ways” to enjoy and use fall leaves, a list that includes stuffed scarecrows and starting an herbarium. Must Reads It’s the last day to donate to our September Cause of the Month, benefiting Stop Soldier Suicide These U.S....
Meditating daily: How hard can it be?
Sunday Edition • September 29, 2024 SUPPORTED BY If you, like the Nice News team, have a multitude of adorable animal livestreams bookmarked in your browser, the neat website we’re highlighting today will be right up your alley. Zoolife partners with ethical zoos and animal sanctuaries across the globe to offer visitors 24/7 video of species like western lowland gorillas, snow leopards, and river otters, complete with the ability to zoom in and change angles. It’s subscription-based and...
The latest homebuying trend
Daily Edition • September 28, 2024 SUPPORTED BY There was something neighborly in the air in the 1970s. Right around the time that Barry Manilow wrote State Farm’s iconic jingle — and only a few years after Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood premiered — a woman named Becky Mattson in Lakeside, Montana, decided the country needed a bit more goodwill and camaraderie, and thus started National Good Neighbor Day. In 1978, then-President Jimmy Carter issued a proclamation making the holiday official, and...
NFL stadiums step up as disaster shelters
Daily Edition • September 27, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Can you believe it’s been nearly half a century since the words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!” were first broadcast over the airwaves? Saturday Night Live returns tomorrow evening for its banner 50th season, with Jean Smart (fresh off her Emmys win) hosting and Jelly Roll (fresh off his Grammys nom) serving as the musical guest. See who else has been scheduled to host and perform this season so far. Must Reads Learn what to expect...
The colorblind-friendly lenses made for leaf-peeping
Daily Edition • September 26, 2024 SUPPORTED BY We’re reaching the off-season for many of America’s national parks, which means the stunning spaces are about to get less crowded and easier to access. In anticipation of reduced visitation, six popular destinations, including Glacier National Park in Montana and Acadia National Park in Maine, are dropping their reservation systems for the rest of the year. On this topic, mark your calendars for National Public Lands Day on Saturday — it’s a...