Category: Inspiring News

Father-of-5 Leads Parents Suing School Board for Asking Students Their Gender Pronouns, ‘About Their Sex Lives’

Outraged parents launched a lawsuit against Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) in Virginia for teaching inappropriate, sexualized material to children, and other violations of state constitutional rights protecting parents and children. America First Legal on July 21 served discovery requests seeking answers from LCPS, School District Superintendent Scott Ziegler, and several other school board officials on…


Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey’s Readers: True Courage

This is the 14th installment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. McGuffey’s Readers played an important…


‘I Wanted to Do Something Entrepreneurial’: Boy, 16, Starts Food Truck Business After Inspiration From Granddad

At 16, Jacob Irving from Montgomery, Texas, has achieved an incredible feat by starting his own gourmet hotdog truck business, after garnering inspiration from his grandfather. “I knew that I wanted to do something entrepreneurial and I knew I wanted to do it soon,” Irving told The Epoch Times. Jacob and his grandpa trying to cook…


‘Dream Come True’ for Mother-Daughter Duo Who Pilot Southwest Flight Together

A mother and daughter who are both pilots have become Southwest Airlines’ first mom-daughter duo to pilot an aircraft together. On July 23, 2022, Captain Holly Petitt and her daughter, First Officer Keely Petitt, co-piloted Southwest flight #3658 from their hometown of Denver, Colorado, to St. Louis, Missouri. Flying the two-hour flight, they made history…


VIDEO: Rescued Baby Elephant Refuses to Go to Sleep, Adorably Protests Bedtime

A rescued elephant calf, found as a days-old orphan in Kenya, has become a colorful character at her sanctuary home. One funny video of the calf’s antics went viral, after she refused to go to sleep one night and was caught on camera trying to clamber out of her stable for extra playtime. Sheldrick Wildlife…


Real-Life Rapunzel Hasn’t Cut Her Nearly Six-Foot Long Hair in Almost 30 Years

A 38-year-old fashion and hair model from Ukraine is believed to be a real-life Rapunzel for her almost-six-foot-long head of beautiful light-brown hair. She hasn’t cut her majestic locks since the age of 12 and wears her hair as a badge of pride and beauty. Alla Perkova lives in Odesa, Ukraine, where she was born…


‘Love at First Sight’: Grieving Dog Gives Hugs and Kisses to Rescued Kitten at Their First Encounter

A grief-stricken dog who lost his Labrador sister received a wonderful surprise when his owner brought home a tiny rescued kitten. To the owner’s shock and delight, the pup’s first reaction was heartwarming. When Emilia Ivan heard from a friend about a tiny kitten alone in a field in May, with no mother or siblings…


Arkansas Couple Confront Food Shortages, Inflation by Growing Own Food, Starting Off-Grid Homestead

Mad Max never seemed so near at hand. With ballooning inflation and looming food shortages, people are facing potentially hazardous futures. “Experts” and world leaders are calling it a “transition.” Into what, they don’t say, but it looks bad. Like many even-keeled Americans, though, Becky and Cam Porter from northwest Arkansas are transitioning on their…


The Moving Story Behind Dog Sitting All Alone, Staring at the Sea: ‘It Broke My Heart’

On a family outing to the beach near her home in Peru, a woman came across a little dog sitting all alone and watching the ocean. As it turned out, there was a sweet, sad story behind his sea-gazing. Jolie Mejía, 23, of Lima, first saw the dog on the nearby sandy shores of Punta…


Boy, 5, Gives His 30 Cents to a Homeless Man, Inspiring a Chain of Kindness

In a tender example of generosity, a 5-year-old in Nashville, Tennessee, gave his 30 cents—which was everything he had—to a homeless man he encountered on the street. Justus Mateo Smith, 5, and his father, Justice, 40, encountered the man at a busy intersection, just off a highway exit, in the middle of rush-hour traffic. The…