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June 9, 2026

The Jacket in the Carpool Lane

The Jacket in the Carpool Lane
The Jacket in the Carpool Lane
5 Good News Stories
The Jacket in the Carpool Lane

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In Chicago, two automated delivery robots—one from Serve Robotics at Grand and Racine and another from Coco Robotics at North and Halsted—crashed into bus shelters and shattered glass, with no injuries reported, prompting a petition to end the program with nearly 4,000 signatures. Pickle the pony, rescued at nine months old in critical condition with strangles, equine flu, and repeated salmonella positives, has recovered at the Penny Farm Rescue and Rehoming Center and bonded with a friend named Cheddar. Off Israel’s coast, diver Shlomi found a second crusader-era sword near where he discovered one in 2021; it likely dates to the 12th century and was made in Europe. In Los Angeles, a driver tried to use the carpool lane with a jacket posed as a passenger, and in Ohio, authorities warned drivers about a loose ostrich running near traffic.

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0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. In Chicago, two separate automated delivery trucks crashed out of bus shelters. So the good news here is you're on team humans. We're going to be okay for a while. First, the robot operated by Serve Robotics crashed into a bus shelter at Grand and Racine, shattering the glass. A spokesperson said, we're aware of the incident involving one of our robots. No injuries reported. Our team responded quickly to clean up and reviewing what happened. Then a few days later, a robot operated by Coco Robotics smashed the glass at a bus shelter on North and Halstead. Coco's VP said, we're aware of an incident today in Chicago involving our robot. This is something we take seriously and as well outside the norm of our operations. A petition calling for the program to end has gathered almost four thousand signatures. Good news for Pickle the pony. Pickle the ponies now thriving after being rescued in such poor conditions that Pickle could barely stand or breathe. Pickle was found when he was just nine months old and critically ill.

1:07 Test showed he was suffering from multiple serious conditions, including strangles, equine flu, and salmonella. Staff said he was so weak and so small that a person was able to carry him to the horse trailer by himself. Charlotte is one of the rescuers and said he very nearly didn't make it, but eventually turned a corner and started to recover. The team worked so hard and nursed him back to health, and his vet said he's never known a pony to test positive for salmonella as many times as Pickle did. Pickle now was at the Pinny Form Rescue and Rehoming Center. Pickle has made a best friend now. Bagel's friend is Cheddar. They enjoy greezing and playing in the field. A diver off the coast of Israel found a crusader sword in the same general area where he had found a crusader's sword five years earlier. Schlomy made headlines in twenty twenty one after discovering a heavily encrusted sword on the seabed. Now, Shlomy was diving again in the same area and found another one, similarly buried in sand and covered in shells and marine growth, believed to date from the twelfth century, and was handed over to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The scan suggests only a small portion of the iron blade survives and that the weapon was likely made in Europe.

2:10 That makes it likely the sword belonged to a European crusader operating in the region during one of the medieval Crusades. Professor Debbie's Wickle says this is an extremely rare fine that sheds light on the crusader presence on the country's coast. Only a handful of similar swords from the Crusader period are known in Israel to date, and this discovery contributes greatly to our understanding of the use of naval anchorages and the lives of warriors during this period. Don't do this one. A driver in Los Angeles got caught for a creative interpretation of car pooling. An officer on the I ten I noticed a vehicle traveling in the carpool lane with what appeared to be a passenger. I think you know where this is going. Yep. It turned out upon closer inspection the person riding shotgun was just a jacket strapped in with a seat belt. The California Highway Patrol said that passenger turned out to be a jacket carefully wrapped around the front seat with the seat belt fastened across it to resemble a person at least try, but jackets don't count toward calibooline requirements. Authorities remind us of the occupacy rules, noting fictitious friends and manneqan co pilots don't cut it, and if you're driving around Ohio, be on the lookout for a loose ostridge. Authorities in Madison County issued a public alert a loose ostriche was spotted sprinting around traffic. The Sheriff's office has urged drivers to use caution in the area. I know I do a lot of these stories, but can you imagine you're driving and there's just suddenly an ostriche. I mean, you gotta sometimes think about some of these stories we do.

3:32 I still like the donkey that was painted as a zebra. Anyway, if they catch the ostrich, I will let you know. In those your five good news stories for today,