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Paralympic sprinter Nick Mayhugh refused to let his dreams die
Paralympic sprinter Nick Mayhugh's life changed at 14 years old. He had been having difficulty using the left side of his body and one day experienced a grand mal seizure, leading to a loss of consciousness and violent contractions. An MRI revealed he had cerebral palsy, the result of a "dead spot" on the left
Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy will miss 2024 season with knee injury
Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy will miss the entire season after he underwent knee surgery, the team a nnounced Wednesday. McCarthy tore the meniscus in his right knee during the Vikings’ preseason opener Saturday, a 24-23 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. McCarthy played 30 snaps and threw a touchdown pass on his final
Thousands in Puerto Rico without power and under flood threats as Ernesto turns into a hurricane
More than 700,000 electricity customers in Puerto Rico were without power Wednesday after then-Tropical Storm Ernesto brought heavy rains and high winds that tore down trees on the U.S. territory, officials said. The storm, which later strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane, did not make direct landfall in Puerto Rico, but it dropped around 10
Nassau County, New York, signs first face covering ban into law
A controversial ban on wearing face coverings in public was signed into law Wednesday in Nassau County, New York — the first ban of its kind in the country. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the bill at a news conference Wednesday morning. Nassau County covers part of Long Island, just east of New York
Video shows 2 toddlers in diapers saved from Texas highway after being thrown from vehicle in crash
The father of two toddlers thrown from a Jeep in a highway crash is likely to face criminal charges, officials said Wednesday. The accident occurred Sunday on Interstate 10 East, on the outskirts of Houston. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez described the incident on X as “a two-car crash where one of the cars flipped
Disney Says Disney Plus Terms Of Service Prevent Lawsuit Over Allergy Death
If you've ever signed up for Disney+, is it a reasonable assumption that by clicking on the user agreement for the streaming service, the terms can be extended to protecting the company from going to court over a wrongful death that happened in one of its theme parks? According to Disney's lawyers, the Disney+ user
X’s AI image generator debuts with few guardrails on political content
An upgraded version of X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok can now generate images — of almost anything. And some users have noticed just how few guardrails this latest language model has, compared to its competitors. The model, Grok-2, appears to carry few limitations on creating fake images of political figures. Since its rollout Tuesday in
Kraven: The Hunter Trailer Shows Blood And Violence, Reveals The Rhino
A new trailer for Sony's R-rated Spider-Man spin-off movie Kraven: The Hunter has arrived showing more of Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the title character and revealing Rhino (Alessandro Nivola) for the first time. Kraven: The Hunter is an origin story for the Marvel villain, telling the tale of how his relationship with this gangster father, Nikolai
Disney says man can’t sue over wife’s death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service
Disney is trying to have a widower's wrongful death lawsuit dismissed and sent to arbitration because the man had signed up for a Disney+ account several years ago. Jeffrey J. Piccolo sued Disney Parks and Resorts in February, months after his wife, Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan, died after she consumed food containing allergens at a restaurant in
Black Ops 6 Early Access Beta Codes Are Available In Another Way Right Now
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 releases in October, but the game's multiplayer beta arrives later this month. If you're not interested in preordering the game or you don't have access via Game Pass, there is another way to get in to the early access period of the test. As is becoming a yearly tradition