In Better News

IBN 11/06/2024

Topics from this episode:
-Woman who gives free rides to those in need gets good karma.
-A $4 thrift store vase turns out to be an ancient Mayan artifact.
-Neighbors learn sign language so 6-year-old deaf girl can trick-or-treat for the first time.
-Crossing Scotland in an amphibious bicycle canoe.
-A new treatment for brain cancer.

IBN 11/05/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A generous roofer at the right place and right time.
-Trick-Or-Treaters doing the right thing.
-An eighth graders project gets adopted by the state.
-Rats with tiny backpacks are being used to sniff out wildlife smugglers.
-A girl with bowed legs gets life changing surgery.

IBN 11/04/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A man goes from convicted felon to hero twice over.
-A new state park in Brazil is protecting South America's largest trees.
-The world's first commercially operated electric hydrofoil ferry.
-The Men's Shed of the Year shortlist announced.
-A man helps homeless dogs by feeding them every day.

IBN 11/01/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A state trooper saves a struggling mom with sage advice.
-How one man created a park by planting more than 40,000 trees.
-A lost Mayan city is discovered.
-Actor Colin Farrell finishes the Dublin Marathon while pushing a friend in a wheelchair.
-Two unwanted dogs get adopted together.

IBN 10/31/2024

Topics from this episode:
-Elementary school renames a building after the beloved custodian.
-Teacher uses her own body to protect a student from an attack.
-Twins that still use their secret language.
-Guide dog leads stranded blind man home.
-A dog that wasn't wanted is now working as a deckhand on a boat.

IBN 10/30/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A device that helps you fall asleep faster.
-Lost in space no longer.
-House with elaborate frescoes unearthed at Pompeii.
-Roman statue unearthed in Bulgaria.
-The service dog that joined the Marching Band.

IBN 10/29/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A missing runner survives a month alone in the wilderness.
-The San Francisco Muni trains are finally getting an upgrade.
-A powder that sucks carbon dioxide out of the air.
-A more efficient way to pull water from the air.
-Quadruplet cows beat the odds.

IBN 10/28/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A bittersweet moment as employee with Downs Syndrome retires from McDonald's after 25 years.
-Repurposing old wind turbines into tiny houses.
-The best place to check out fossilized poop.
-New type of wheelchair with hands-free steering.
-Revolutionary new way to remove a brain tumor.

IBN 10/25/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A piece of music history is going up for sale.
-An economical way to donate your used clothing and accessories.
-Massive amounts of Lithium found in Arkansas.
-16-year-old cancer surviver is saving lives.
-A man in Texas is trying to create the next great American trail.

IBN 10/24/2024

Topics from this episode:
-A 4-year-old collects stuffed animals for hurricane victims.
-America's Top Young Scientist.
-Good news in the fight against tuberculosis.
-AI safety system saves a heard of elephants from a train collision.
-4 critically endangered Sumatran tigers born.