Jan. 29, 2026

Drone delivers steak and crab legs to prison

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Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories, including Brian, an NYC dog matchmaker whose adorable outings result in high adoption rates. Scientists modify a parasitic fungus to combat mosquitoes more effectively than chemical insecticides. Francois, a French daredevil, sets a Guinness World Record by bungee jumping at 16 sites over eight years. Prison guards intercept a drone delivering steak, crab legs, and contraband to inmates. Lastly, Buenos Aires hosts a gathering of 2,397 golden retrievers, breaking the previous world record.

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Callaroga Shark Media. I love this first story so much

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that I kept a picture of this guy. Hi. I'm

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Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Brian has become

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one of the most effective matchmakers in New York City,

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except he's matching dogs. Once a week, he heads to

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the animal care centers of New York City and loads

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a shelter dog into a backpack labeled adopt Me, and

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takes the dog out on an adventure subway rides walking around.

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On a recent outing, the dog was Bertha, a white

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pup with brown spots who had been found on the

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streets in October. That's the picture I kept inside the

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subway car. Bertha poked her head out of the backpack,

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licking Brian NonStop and leaning into strangers for scratches. A

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few days later, Bertha was adopted. Brian says that's the

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goal of every outing so far. He's taken out eleven dogs.

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Ten were adopted shortly after the videos were posted. The

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lone exception involved a medical issue that needed to be resolved.

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Brian writes playful captions for each video. For Bertha, he wrote,

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Bertha loves kisses. Many mentions of kisses subway rides, hot

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dog specific toys being held, and making friends or one

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dislike certain stuffed animals. Ryan said, it's crazy to me

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to be able to see a real world direct impact

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that you're improving the life of another person and the

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life of a dog because it took a few hours

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to go make some content. Fantastic scientists may have found

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a new ally against mosquitoes by turning one of the

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mosquito's natural enemies into a precision engineered killer. Hope no

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mosquitoes are listening to this episode. They're not going to

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like this one. There's a parasitic fungus which attracts insects

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with a floral scent, but only after it's killed its

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first victim. Well, some scientists genetically modify the fungus to

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produce the scent, constantly pumping out the scent around the clock.

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The compound is safe for humans. It's even used in perfumes,

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but irresistible to mosquitoes. In a test, the engineered fungus

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wiped out about half the mosquitoes. Unlike chemical insecticides, which

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mosquitoes are becoming resistant stance to this one has millions

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of years of evolution behind it. Making it harder for

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mosquitos to outsmart it. Now, what if they evolve to

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avoid this chemical, that would mean they'd have to avoid

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flowers entirely, which they need for food. Wow. Not good

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news for mosquitoes. A French daredevil who's into bungee jumping

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earned his second Guinness World Record by jumping at sixteen

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different commercial bungee jumping sites over the course of eight years.

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Francois's first record was by bunging jumping seven hundred and

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sixty five times in one day. Wow, that's one jump

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every two minutes. Now the second record jumping at sixteen

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different commercial bungee jumping locations over the course of eight years.

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Some of the places include Austria's rupert Herner bungee Jumping,

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Canada's Greek Canadian Bungee, Nepal's The Last Resort, Switzerland's Double

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O seven bungee verses, and Zambia's Shearwater bungee. Francois says,

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while living my passion, I want to serve a good cause,

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with the motto give as much as I jump. He

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used his jumps to raise money for the Catholic charity

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group Carretas. Here's one out of a movie. A drone

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dropped steak and crab legs for a prisoner, but the

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guards at the jail found it first. The meal was

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dropped into the Lee Correctional Institution prison by a drone.

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The South Carolina Department of Corrections went on social media.

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They showed a raw steak still in the grocery store,

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packing crab legs and old bay with the side plastic

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baggies of marijuana and a couple of cartons of cigarettes.

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All that was seized, as was the drone. Prison spokesperson said,

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I'm guessing the inmates who were expecting the package or

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crabby and good news if you like. Golden Retrievers and

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he were in Buenos Aires. Golden Retrievers from all across

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Argentina showed up at the Bosques del Palermo park and

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turned the park into a giant living bowl of yellow fluff.

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Golden retrievers sniffed one another enthusiastically. Some were dressed in

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soccer jerseys, others in two two's. One wore a Star

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Wars bandana. Meanwhile, a tea team of volunteers roamed with

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the park with clipboards counting every single golden They could.

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The tally came in twenty three hundred and ninety seven

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Golden retrievers, shattering last year's world record of sixteen eighty

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five set in Vancouver. Fausto is the event organizer. He's

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also a Golden Retriever influencer thanks to his dog Ali.

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Fausto said, this is a historic event and those are

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your five good news stories for today. Have an awesome day.