Sunday, October 25, 2026
America's Good News: Sunday, October 25, 2026
From American history
On July 4, 1848, some 20,000 people watched the cornerstone of the Washington Monument go down on the National Mall. By 1854 the marble shaft stood more than 150 feet tall, and then the money ran out. For more than two decades it sat there, a stump, and during the Civil War the grounds around it served as a cattle yard nicknamed the Beef Depot. In 1876 Congress took over, and Army engineer Thomas Lincoln Casey shored up the foundation and got the masons climbing again. On Dec. 6, 1884, his crew set the capstone and its aluminum tip at 555 feet, making it the tallest building in the world. You can still see where the marble changes color. America doesn't always finish on schedule, but it finishes.
1. Honored at last on the National Mall: a new memorial salutes the nearly 700,000 Americans who served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm
The National Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial was dedicated Oct. 24 near the Lincoln Memorial. Authorized by Congress in 2014 and paid for with private donations, it honors the nearly 700,000 Americans who served in the Gulf War.
Original title: “More than 35 years later, Gulf War veterans see their service honored on National Mall”
2. A third shift for the heartland: Hyundai Translead's Illinois trailer plants will now bring 3,750 jobs
Trailer maker Hyundai Translead will add a third shift at its planned plants near Joliet, Ill., raising the project to $600 million and 3,750 jobs, up from $450 million and 2,500 in March. The plants will reuse two former factory sites.
Original title: “Hyundai Translead adds 1,250 more jobs to Illinois expansion”
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3. Catching the uncatchable: American physicists hold a single particle of antimatter in place for months
A Northwestern University team caught a single positron, the electron's antimatter twin, chilled it to near absolute zero and has held it for months in a "container without walls," where it can be studied with extreme precision.
Original title: “Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months”
Source: Read the full story: Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months →
4. The neighbors didn't wait: their CPR kept a Detroit dad alive until firefighters brought him back
When a Detroit father of two collapsed in cardiac arrest Aug. 4, two neighbors started CPR and kept him alive until fire crews revived him with a defibrillator. On Oct. 23 the city honored them all. He is doing well.
Original title: “Detroit neighbors, firefighters honored after helping save man who went into cardiac arrest”
5. 'If we're down, we're not out': the Brewers erase a four-run hole to take a 2-0 World Series lead
Down 4-0 after one inning, Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 5-4 in Game 2. Sal Frelick tied it with a sixth-inning homer and rookie Cooper Pratt singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh. The Brewers are two wins from their first title.
Original title: “Brewers rally vs. Rays in Game 2 to take 2-0 lead in World Series”
Source: Read the full story: Brewers rally vs. Rays in Game 2 to take 2-0 lead in World Series →