Photo via AP Article via canoe.com SAN FRANCISCO — A baby sea lion wandered onto a busy highway in South San Francisco Tuesday, stopping vehicles and alarming motorists before officials whisked it away. SFGATE reports California Highway Patrol received the call around 8:30 a.m. Motorists had tried to shoo...
Photo by Desmond Alexander Article via marijuanamoment.net According to an 11-page summary of the legislation obtained by Marijuana Moment on Friday, Illinois residents will be allowed to possess 30 grams of cannabis flower, five grams of concentrates and 500 milligrams of THC contained in cannabis-infused products. Non-residents of...
Photo by WTVR Article via goodnewsnetwork.org This café owner serves up much more than meals – he has spent the last year serving up kindness to a stranger who loved his cooking.Juan Carlos Beristain has been the culinary mastermind behind JC’s Cafe in Cary, Illinois. In addition to...
Photo by Fly for the Culture Article via goodnewsnetwork.org There is a notorious lack of diversity in the aviation industry, but this man is using his passion for flying to encourage youngsters to pursue their dreams – no matter their race.According to a 2017 census from the Bureau...
Photo By Guillermo Legaria / AFP / Getty Images Article via CNN.com Tom Crowther is a climate change ecologist at Swiss university ETH Zurich. Four years ago he found there are about 3 trillion trees already on earth -- much higher than NASA's previous estimate of 400...
Image By America Tonight Article via Reuters.com KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ras Iyah V. describes himself as confrontational, especially with the police. Well known in Jamaica for his outspoken support of the marijuana industry, the Rastafarian - who sports a long, white beard and dreadlocks -...
Image By Brooks Rehabilitation Article via Today.com Seattle Seahawks linebacker Shaquem Griffin is determined to inspire the next generation of kids with disabilities to chase their dreams. For children like a little Seahawks fan named Joseph, who is missing part of his left arm, just meeting Griffin can...
Photo by Bertram Nudelbach via Flicker (CC BY-SA 2.0) Article by Lorin Fries, via Forbes There’s a moment during my grocery shopping that I’ll call supermarket aisle paralysis. I hold two jars next to each other in the florescent light, scanning their minuscule print for clues. Or...
Graphic by Matt Withers/The Economist Article via Economist.com The first great surge of foreign interest in Africa, dubbed the “scramble”, was when 19th-century European colonists carved up the continent and seized Africans’ land. The second was during the cold war, when East and West vied for the allegiance of...
Photo by Axel Heimken (AFP Photo) Article viaYahoo! News Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian lawmakers said Thursday. "We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change it will...