Month: October 2019

In 2003, when Hawaiian surfer Bethany Hamilton was just 13 years old, she lost her arm in a shark attack while surfing in Kauai. After losing nearly two-thirds of her blood, her life and future in surfing were anything but guaranteed. Surfing with one arm is a tall order, and doing so professionally nearly impossible,

Click here for updates on this story     Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — An Atlanta man who once tried to run for mayor has spent the last year trying to get Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city of Atlanta to unblock him on Twitter. “I use social media,” said Alex Barrella, a professional cartoonist. “It’s my

To plenty of people, the real world can seem scary enough these days. But if you’re one of those folks who needs an extra exhilarating jolt of fear around Halloween, you’re in luck. Haunted house attractions — which have exploded in popularity across the USA in recent years — provide a multitude of adrenaline-inducing thrills.

Swimming legend Michael Phelps is more likely to jump in a ball pool than a swimming pool these days. The 28-time Olympic medalist, who retired from competition after the 2016 Rio Games, became a father for a third time in September when his wife Nicole gave birth to baby boy Maverick. American Phelps, who already

The Jimmys have so much in common. Both are husbands, fathers, funny, and late-night talk show hosts. So, it was only a matter of time before Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel did a public service announcement to help people distinguish between them. At least, that was the idea. But in the skit, which Kimmel shared

The White House is urging all federal agencies to cancel their subscriptions to The New York Times and the Washington Post. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement Thursday that “not renewing subscriptions across all federal agencies will be a significant cost saving for taxpayers — hundreds of thousands of dollars.” The

Sen. Lindsey Graham and other congressional Republicans have slammed House Democrats for conducting their impeachment inquiry with depositions behind closed doors, but Republicans also used closed-door depositions during their impeachment inquiry of former President Bill Clinton two decades ago. Then-Rep. Lindsey Graham, at a November 1998 news conference one day after Special Prosecutor Ken Starr

If you ban it, they will come. That was the case at Uluru, the sacred red rock in Australia’s Northern Territory, where tourists flocked to make a final ascent before a permanent ban on climbing came into force. Images posted on social media showed long lines of visitors hoping to ascend the landmark, once known

“Mrs. Fletcher” takes a concept that sounds like a snooze and turns it into an unexpectedly absorbing limited series. Give much of the credit to “The Leftovers” producer-writer Tom Perrotta — adapting his book — and star Kathryn Hahn, who throws her all into a role distinguished by its lack of clear definition. Hahn’s Eve

Kanye West is a changed man. Where once he rapped plenty about sex, West now says he’s a born-again Christian on a different path. His latest projects reflect that. His “Jesus Is King” album and IMAX film were announced as dropping Friday, though the midnight deadline for the album came and went. In an interview

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced she won’t run for reelection to Congress in 2020, focusing her efforts on continuing her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Gabbard — who received 1% support in a CNN poll conducted by SSRS last week — remains a longshot candidate for the Democratic nomination, and some Hawaii political insiders

Paramedics discovered the bodies of 39 people in a truck container at an industrial park outside London in the early hours of Wednesday morning. All victims — including 31 men and eight women — are believed by police to be Chinese nationals. UK police appear to have established that the truck and its container followed