If curating a more positive social feed is one of your 2025 goals, we have to put this Instagram account on your radar: Tiny Kindnesses. The perfectly titled page compiles small, significant acts of kindness and shares them with its 35,000 followers. It’s impossible not to feel a smile creeping up on your face after reading a few of the heartwarming posts.
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Cleaner Oceans and a New WNBA Team: 10 Things to Look Forward to in 2025
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The bottles have been popped, the cookies have been eaten, and the tree has been tucked into its box for another year (unless you’re like some Nice News team members who keep it up for a few more weeks). But the joy doesn’t have to end with the holiday festivities. Now that we’ve kissed 2024 goodbye, it’s time to welcome all the possibilities of a new year — and luckily, there’s plenty of exciting news on the horizon. From epic celestial shows to the promise of a cleaner Baltic Sea and a WNBA expansion team hitting the court, 2025 is already packed full of exciting events. So mark your brand-new calendars, because we’re getting started with 10 things to look forward to over the next 12 months.
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“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Is Back — And Sure to Be as Heartwarming as Ever
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Welcome back, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition! Tonight, ABC will air the premiere of the much-adored home renovation series, over a decade after the show’s original run concluded. Like the OG show, the reboot will highlight the stories of inspiring families who could use (and deserve) an upgraded home space. The famous “move that bus!” line will also be back, according to the trailer. But this time, the organizing duo leading up The Home Edit — Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin — are stepping in as hosts, joining forces to bring the heartfelt home makeovers to life. “It’s such an iconic franchise,” Teplin told People magazine.“And then not only is it the one deserving family, but it brings the whole community together in such an unbelievable, just compassionate way.” A sneak peek of the first episode highlights the Warren Family in Texas, who lost their husband and father, a pastor and the owner of a neighborhood restaurant. Tune in at 8 p.m. ET, and keep the tissues handy.
Environment
Wisconsin Celebrates the 125th Anniversary of Its Oldest Park
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The Wisconsin State Park System is celebrating a milestone this year: its 125th anniversary. In 1900, Interstate Park, located along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, was established as the first of Wisconsin’s 50 state parks. A century and a quarter later, the site is still a sight to behold. It’s home to world-famous potholes formed by glacial meltwaters, stunning trails that hug the water’s edge, and no shortage of recreational activities. Such a significant milestone requires not just one celebration but a year full of them. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will host a series of candlelight hikes, skiing events, a ceremonial planting of 125 trees, and more, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The state park system is using this time to reflect on the past and also look ahead — to the next 125 years. Administrator Diane Brusoe said in a statement that the anniversary is “an opportunity to look to the future and highlight the investments that we are making to expand access to public lands and maintain a state park system that serves the health and well-being of the people of Wisconsin long-term.”
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Innovative tech is helping reduce the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths at a clinic in Malawi (read more)
NASA researchers pieced together compelling insights on a “tipped over” black hole (read more)
Baby food, formula, and diapers might be exempt from sales tax in South Carolina, per a pending bill (read more)
Three adorable African lion cubs were born at a zoo in England — a boost to conservation efforts (read more)
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When a passerby spotted a cat walking on a floating piece of ice in Massachusetts, it kicked off a full-blown feline rescue mission. A shovel, boat, and lots of quick thinking later, the cat — later identified as a 20-year-old blind tuxedo named Tiki — was safely plucked from the frigid water. Buttoning up the happy ending, Tiki is now back home and cozy with his grateful owners.
Photo of the Day
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At the end of 2024, the National Park Service announced the creation of a new monument in Maine honoring the life and legacy of Frances Perkins. If you’re wondering who that is — and why exactly she warrants a whole national park — we’re here to help you out. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, Perkins was America’s first woman cabinet secretary and the longest-serving secretary of labor. See photos of the new monument.
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Quote of the Day
“I do have reasons for hope: our clever brains, the resilience of nature, the indomitable human spirit, and above all, the commitment of young people when they’re empowered to take action.”
