Wild Turkeys delay Staten Island Subway

From 5 Good News Stories - five good things in the news by Caloroga Shark Media / Happiness Good News Lab

April 14, 2026 · 4 min

About this episode

This episode features uplifting stories including a heartwarming adoption, a breakthrough in prostate cancer detection, and wild turkeys causing subway delays.

A Doctor Adopts a Young Heart Patient, New Prostate Scan, and More Johnny Mack presents five good news stories: a 4-year-old boy named True, born with congenital heart disease and in foster care, arrived alone for a seven-hour heart surgery at Children’s Nebraska Hospital when his social worker had COVID; anesthesiologist Dr. Amy and her husband Ryan adopted him a month later, and with help from relatives and a coworker, all six siblings found homes, including True’s sister Lainey adopted by Amy and Ryan. A PSMA PET/CT scan that makes prostate cancer cells glow may reduce invasive biopsies; in a 660-man study it helped identify low-risk or no-cancer cases that avoided biopsy while enabling targeted biopsies for positive scans. Johnny Cruz Buckingham set a record skiing on asphalt at 69 mph. At Chester Zoo, critically endangered rollaway monkey Messiah had pioneering foot surgery and soon gave birth to a healthy daughter, Laha. Staten Island Railway delays were caused by wild turkeys on the tracks, believed descended from pets released in 1999. John also hosts Daily Comedy News Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! For Apple users, hit the banner which…

People in this episode

Host: Johnny Mack

Topics covered

heart surgery
adoption
prostate cancer
wild turkeys
endangered species
record-breaking

Keywords

heart surgery
adoption
prostate cancer
wild turkeys
endangered species
record skiing

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Organizations: Children’s Nebraska Hospital, Chester Zoo, Happiness Good News Lab