This Sunday morning, we're bringing you a story about anotherSunday Morning — a New York City bakery with an entire menu dedicated to one wonderful thing: cinnamon rolls. Founded by chefs Armando Litiatco and Ahmet Kiranbay, the eatery opened in January, and with variations like Banana's Foster and Blueberry Lemon Curd, it's easy to see why it sells out daily. CBS Morningswent inside the shop to report on the "cinnamon roll empire" and the social media attention it's been getting. For those too far away to sample the fare, here's a cinnamon roll recipe to try at home, featuring a pro tip vetted by Nice News' own Natalie Stone: Drizzle heavy cream over your rolls before you pop them in the oven to make them extra soft and moist.
— the Nice News team
Featured Story
Physical Touch Is the "Mother of All Senses" — Here's How It Benefits Our Lives
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We need four hugs a day for survival, eight for maintenance, and 12 for growth — at least according to a saying credited to renowned family therapist Virginia Satir. While regularly receiving a dozen daily hugs may feel excessive to some, it's all too easy to fall on the other end of the spectrum: spending more time connecting with your devices than your fellow humans. "Touch is the mother of all senses; if we receive touch regularly, it helps us to grow emotionally," massage therapist and healing expert Beata Aleksandrowicz tells Nice News. "Touch is what makes us human. It is the first sense developed in [the] human embryo." And though technology may have diminished our exposure to touch, our craving for it hasn't gone away. One 2019 study found that 72.7% of participants reported that their desire for touch exceeded their current touch frequency. "Touch is fundamental to all human interaction," Aleksandrowicz says, adding: "It gives us a sense of reality." But in what other ways does it impact our bodies, and how can we get more of it? Click below for Aleksandrowicz's insight and advice.
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All About the Children's Book Nice News Helped Inspire
Courtesy of Renee Bruns
When Nice News interviewed world traveler Renee Bruns in 2022, she had visited 110 countries in her wheelchair. We were impressed: Bruns is a former Fortune 500 exec who traded in life behind a desk for one on the go, defying expectations about people with disabilities. And our readers were no doubt inspired as well — one in particular most certainly was. After the piece went live that November, Bruns received an email from a woman named Virginia De Francisco. A retired teacher who now serves part-time as a school psychologist and also writes children's books, she was "amazed" when she read our article about Bruns, and knew she wanted to share her story with young people. "Her adventure was an adventure on which I wished I'd be brave enough to embark. I wanted kids to know about Renee because she defied the limited expectations anyone ever had for her," De Francisco tells Nice News, adding: "I want kids to feel empowered to dream big and make their dreams come true with the same determination and grit as Renee." One of Bruns' goals was to earn the Guinness World Record for the most countries visited in one year by a person in a wheelchair — and in early 2023, she got word that she'd officially achieved it. De Francisco thought the mission would lend itself particularly well to the page, and with Bruns' blessing decided to focus the book on that accomplishment. The women worked together for the following three years to bring it to life, and on July 1, Unlimited: Renee Bruns Set a Guinness World Record hit the shelves. Take a look at the cover and learn how the book is benefitting others with disabilities.
Culture
How The Beatles and Virginia Woolf Made It Into UK's 2025 Tree of the Year Contest
Ready to climb into the trees nominated for the U.K.'s Tree of the Year contest? The 2025 shortlist includes a 300-year-old cedar (pictured) renowned for being scaled by The Beatles, as well as a tree thought to have inspired Virginia Woolf and the ancient oak that served as a muse for a Radiohead album. While only one tree can win, the Woodland Trust's annual competition is designed to highlight the environmental and cultural importance of all rare, ancient, or at-risk trees. This year's theme is "rooted in culture," to celebrate how trees have inspired the creative minds of authors, poets, musicians, filmmakers, and even politicians. "Our oldest trees hold more stories than Shakespeare," actor Judi Dench, who is a patron of the Woodland Trust, said in a statement. "Some were putting down roots long before he began writing, more than 400 years ago. They are as much part of our heritage as any literature."You can vote for your favorite now through Sept. 19 — check out all the trees and cast your ballot here. The winner will represent the country in the European Tree of the Year finals.
Health
In Arkansas, a New Med School Reimagines Health Care With a Whole-Patient Approach
Timothy Hursley/ Courtesy of Alice L. Walton School of Medicine
Earlier this month, the doors opened to Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Arkansas, a medical school named after and opened by the world's richest woman. But what makes this school different isn't just its founder or the fact that its first five cohorts are getting a tuition-free education; it's also the curriculum. "They will get all the science and disease knowledge they need to manage the 'sick-care' side of things," Walton, who was motivated to start the school by her own health experiences, told Time magazine. But students will also get much more: "I wanted to create a school that really gives doctors the ability to focus on how to keep their patients healthy." Unlike many traditional programs, the inclusive curriculumprioritizes preventative health as well as whole-patient principles that integrate physical, behavioral, spiritual, and socioeconomic aspects of health into medical training. Design-wise, the school also stands out, with amenities such as healing gardens, a rooftop park, and outdoor classrooms reflecting the links between healing, art, nature, and science. The goal is to create a new pipeline of physicians who can address health care challenges with more empathy, particularly in medically underserved and rural communities (in Arkansas, nearly 80% of counties are considered medically underserved). "The foundation [of the curriculum] is traditional medicine but enhanced with the humanities and the arts to improve the delivery of care — so we improve on how we [act] with patients and how we partner with patients," said Dr. Sharmila Makhija, the school's founding dean and CEO. She added: "It's going to be really exciting and fun to see what happens."
Sunday Selections
Deep Dives
How one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy overcame obstacles to wow crowds
Experts weigh in on the questions you should ask yourself and your loved ones to plan for end of life — starting in early adulthood
Cancer and divorce are generally framed as tragedies, but in Katie Yee's debut novel, the topics are given the comedic treatment, and the result is a quirky, poignant story of resilience. It's told through an unnamed narrator who first finds out her husband has been unfaithful, then learns that the ensuing pain in her chest isn't heartbreak, but a tumor — and decides to name it Maggie (the woman her husband is having an affair with). It's written in short fragments that take place over the course of several months, during which our protagonist reckons with "grief, healing, and reclamation."
Sterling K. Brown executive-produces and costars in this miniseries based on the bestselling 2018 novel of the same name. Ernest Kingsley Jr. plays the titular character, George Washington "Wash" Black, who was born into slavery on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Barbados. After a fateful meeting with a scientist leads to his escape, Black (played as a child by Eddie Karanja) embarks on a "wild continent-hopping odyssey," per The Hollywood Reporter, ending up in Halifax, Nova Scotia — the last stop on the Underground Railroad. All eight episodes are available to stream now on Hulu.
This Week in History
The First Commercial Jet Takes a Test Flight
July 27, 1949
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Created by English aviation pioneer Geoffrey de Havilland (cousin to Oscar-winning sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine), the Comet is considered the first commercial jet. On July 27, 1949, it took its inaugural test flight, and three years later, the British Overseas Aircraft Corporation began operating the world's first commercial jet service.
With a max speed of 480 miles per hour, the 44-seat Comet revolutionized air travel, but its service was short-lived. A series of crashes in 1953 and '54 grounded the fleet, and by the time de Havilland retooled it,American manufacturers Boeing and Douglas had introduced their own jets, per History. Watch the Comet take its maiden flight.
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