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Teen with long COVID, chronic illnesses turns around her life with service dog : NPR

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Lilla Lanivich, 14, and her service dog, Lopez, outside their family’s home in Rochester Hills, Mich. This year’s middle school winner of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, helped restore her independence. Emily Elconin for NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Elconin for NPR Lilla Lanivich and her service dog,…

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How Morteza Mehrzad, the world’s second tallest man, spiked Iran to Paralympic gold

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“SUPER SPIKE!” the PA announcer bellows inside the electric party atmosphere of the North Arena on the outskirts of Paris. Arms outstretched wide, Morteza Mehrzad, sitting on the floor in his red top and black trousers, lets out a roar to celebrate yet another punishing blow which immediately ends the rally. It is just one…

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Classes You’re Allowed to Take in Florida

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Following Florida’s recent ban on certain courses that were deemed “too woke,” school curricula statewide are starting to look very different from those in the rest of the country. Luckily, these Florida classes provide a more than sufficient education for real Americans, and offer instruction in a broad variety of subjects. Psychology Now that A.P….

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7-Eleven’s parent company rejects $38.6 billion takeover bid, says offer ‘grossly undervalues’ company

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Customers exit a 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & i Holdings Co., in Kobe, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. had made a preliminary non-binding proposal to buy Seven & i, which operates more than 85,000 stores across the globe, and the deal would be the biggest-ever foreign takeover of a…

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Boeing Starliner Returns Home to an Uncertain Future

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Until now, NASA has paid Boeing roughly $2.7 billion of the $4.6 billion total potential value of its commercial crew contract, according to Finch. The Starliner contract NASA awarded Boeing in 2014 originally had a maximum value of $4.2 billion, but contract modifications since 2014 have added $400 million to the deal. Most of the…

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Meet the Paralympic Iron Cowboy: ‘A bull broke my jaw, a bus ran me over – and I was hit by lightning’

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There is a point, as Fernando Rufino reels off the staggering list of mishaps and injuries that have shaped his life, when you begin to wonder whether you’ve been transported into some kind of alternate dimension. One of Brazil’s most famous Paralympians, thanks to his efforts in canoeing, Rufino goes by the nickname ‘Iron Cowboy’,…

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Tim Burton delivers a screwball sequel : NPR

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Michael Keaton returns, with the same messy green hair, rotting teeth and mischievous streak as before, in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption toggle caption Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures The impish demon known as Beetlejuice has been dead for centuries, but he’s enjoyed a pretty long life in popular culture. Tim Burton’s hit…

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2 Dow Jones Stocks Billionaires Are Buying

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Following the stock picks of billionaires can help any investor become more informed about the markets and what stocks might be worth closer consideration. Billionaire investors tend to focus on relatively safe companies that can grow and preserve wealth, and they can afford to conduct thorough research into the companies they invest in. They have…

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What we know about preventing mass shootings in schools : NPR

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Students and residents mourn those who lost their lives near the scene of the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images Wednesday’s violence at a Georgia high school and the arrest of a 14-year-old suspect follow a familiar pattern…

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Best USB-C PD laptop chargers 2024: More portable power

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“The best charger is the one that shipped with your laptop” is old advice that needs updating because there are often superior options available either as your principal laptop charger, as a spare, or as a flexible travel charger. You know that the charger that came with your laptop will work, but it won’t do…

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