HONG KONG — Some families go to the beach for vacations, others visit big cities. Jamling Tenzing Norgay’s family climbed mountains. “We went on a trek to some beautiful ridges. That’s what we did all the time, with my father,” said Tenzing, whose father, Tenzing Norgay, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa who in 1953 became one […]
Keynote speaker Sandy Dukat, a Canton native and retired Paralympian, speaks at Thursday’s Goodwill community breakfast at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Nash Family Event & Conference Center. Sandy Dukat, a Canton native and Paralympic medalist, says her family’s no-excuse policy helped her excel in life. “The one thing my siblings never gave me […]
David Beckham hopes a new documentary about Manchester United’s treble-winning side can inspire the current under-performing players. Beckham’s Studio 99 company was involved in the production of 99, a three-part series celebrating the historic achievements of the 1999 team that launches on Amazon Prime Video on May 17th. Twenty-five years on from his central role […]
A Los Angeles resident, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading “Squatting is not the Answer,” across the street of a formerly vacant home that had been recently taken over by a group of homeless mothers in 2020. Four years later, a controversial TikTok has ignited the issue of squatting, and some lawmakers […]
A Los Angeles resident, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading “Squatting is not the Answer,” across the street of a formerly vacant home that had been recently taken over by a group of homeless mothers in 2020. Four years later, a controversial TikTok has ignited the issue of squatting, and some lawmakers […]
A Los Angeles resident, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading “Squatting is not the Answer,” across the street of a formerly vacant home that had been recently taken over by a group of homeless mothers in 2020. Four years later, a controversial TikTok has ignited the issue of squatting, and some lawmakers […]
For the last century, flamingos in Florida were more likely to be spotted on T-shirts and cups in a souvenir shop than flapping around in the wild. Then last summer, a flock of the rare and beautiful birds — a group is fittingly known as a “flamboyance” of flamingos — was blown to Florida on […]
While watching a movie, a Michigan man witnessed the main character win big while playing the lottery. “The main character was my look-alike, so I took it as a sign to go buy a ticket,” he told Michigan lottery officials in an April 17 news release. His intuition was right. The 26-year-old from Genesee County […]
A kerfuffle in Grand Rapids, Mich., in recent days revealed a grim truth about America’s institutions in these troubled times: Too many of them lack the courage to stand up to the threat to democracy that is Donald Trump, thereby contributing to the alarming staying power of the once and perhaps future president. We already […]
Mar. 25—”Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.” For those not familiar with the poem, the rest of the words paint a picture of a peaceful place where pets that have passed are restored to health and watch over their owners on earth. And if Rainbow Bridge had a spokesman, or […]
Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may stand little to no chance of winning in Sunday’s election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decades-long campaign to achieve gender equality in the West African nation. Anta Babacar Ngom, a 40-year-old business executive, is a voice for both women and young people – […]
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Fannie Lou Hamer’s daughter celebrates her mother on the 42nd anniversary of the civil rights activist’s death. Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, perhaps more than any other female activist of her generation. And because of her compelling and heartfelt calls to action during the civil rights movement, she has […]