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England was rocked recently by a spate of riots, vandalism, and violence partly targeting Muslims, but one man went viral on social media for proving that such deplorable behavior is the exception, not the rule, in Jolly Olde England. The mosque in Southport was burned down last Tuesday, but local Bricklayer…

In 2019, GNN reported that country star Brad Paisley had broken ground on a free grocery store that would allow residents of Nashville suffering from food insecurity to ‘shop’ with dignity and variety. Now, after five years of unexpected challenges, Pasiley is looking to expand by building another location in North…

12 years ago today, NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars to begin a long and illustrious career as a robotic surveyor and geologist. It has spent most of its life operational life climbing the slopes of Mount Sharp after landing in Gale Crater. GNN has reported on many of its discoveries,…

Woe betide anyone who plans road construction in Rome. In late July, news headlines brought the world up to speed regarding ongoing excavations of the previous center of the Catholic Papacy—the Patriarchio, a palace of Papal authority dating back to the late Roman Empire. Discovered during roadwork in the plaza in front…

In winter of 2022, Maine was accorded the honor of a visit from a Stellar’s sea eagle, a truly incredible raptor with an 8-foot-wingspan that may have been diverted from its migratory path as far away as Russia. Now, it’s the turn of this strange, long-necked “devil bird,” to send the…

A 47-year-old paralyzed man hopes to become the first person to cycle the entire 1,000-mile length of Britain using a motorized bike controlled by his chin. Andy Walker set off on his epic voyage from Lands End today, in a specially made quad-cycle with the goal of arriving at John O’Groats…

A Texas zoo has made history with the first back-to back gharial crocodile hatchlings born in North America. One gharial newborn arrived on June 16—and the second was found a week later—at the Fort Worth Zoo. Gharials are listed as ‘critically endangered’ animals, with only around 650 adults left in the…