After a historic inaugural campaign, the awards continue to pile up for the Iowa women’s wrestling team. Head coach Clarissa Chun was named the USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year on April 20. The announcement was made by the organization during the 2024 Olympic Team Trials in State College, Pennsylvania. This is Chun’s second
A promising young surfer, then 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton’s world was turned upside down when she lost her arm in a shark attack. On “Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey,” Bethany detailed how her family’s faith in God helped her through these troubling times: “My dad worked really hard — like two to three jobs at a time, so we had a really simple childhood. But they gave me so much. They gave me so much time, and they gave me my faith in God. And so, when I lost my arm, it was almost like...
For decades, corporations have used taxpayer-funded fellowship opportunities to help them secure billion-dollar defense contracts.
It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the...
A quiet, religious and respectful Rwandan immigrant family in Ohio found their life turned upside down last month when their patriarch was accused of genocide – dating back decades to the war crimes and violence which forced them from their home country. Now relatives of engineer and father-of-four Eric Nshimiye tell Sheila Flynn why they’re convinced of his innocence
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Jayhawk golf just keeps building. KU women's golf is headed to an NCAA tournament regional for the second time in as many years. It's the first time with NCAA regional bids in consecutive seasons in program history. It'll be KU's third ever NCAA regional appearance. The Jayhawks got an at-large bid for []
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - An already impressive roster for K-State women's basketball is adding a major scoring weapon. On Sunday, 6-foot-1 forward Temira Poindexter committed to Kansas State. The rising senior will play her last year of college hoops in Manhattan after spending three seasons with Tulsa. As a junior, Poindexter won Player of the Year []
A new review in JAMA highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women’s health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for cardiovascular disease, cancer, hip fractures, and other conditions in postmenopausal women.
Manahel al-Otaibi, who frequently promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror lawsA young women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia was secretly sentenced to 11 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court after being arrested for “her choice of clothing and support for women’s rights”.Saudi officials confirmed in a statement to the United National high commissioner for Human Rights that Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced on 9 January for what the Saudi government called...
Christie Brinkley may be one of Billy Joel's several ex-wives, but she is his only "Uptown Girl." The supermodel, 70, was spotted at Joel's concert in New York City on Friday. In video obtained by Fox News Digital, Brinkley looked elated as she swayed back and forth to "Uptown Girl," a song Joel wrote about her in 1983. She was broadcast on the jumbotron for the whole crowd to see. Another angle of the moment, captured and shared on TikTok, shows Brinkley singing along. CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 'OPEN'...
Thirty years ago, two pivotal events reshaped the African continent: the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and the dawn of democracy in South Africa. These historical milestones, though starkly different—one a profound tragedy and the other a triumphant transition—share a common timeline and have deeply influenced the discourse on human rights, justice, and reconciliation. Now, three decades later, the youth of both nations carry forward these legacies, poised to shape their futures...
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