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Kayleigh Williamson, 33, made history as the first woman with Down syndrome to finish the New York City Marathon. Thousands of spectators cheered for Kayleigh as she crossed the finish line after her 10 hour journey. Her mother, Sandy, ran alongside her daughter the entire time, describing the experience as “emotional.” “New York changed the…

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Pro-surfer Bethany Hamilton recently visited the place where a shark attacked her and took her left arm 20 years ago. She captioned the three photos on Instagram, “20 years later, this was the location of my shark incident as a 13-year-old girl.” Her story was portrayed in the film “Soul Surfer.” In the first, 13-year-old…

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Actor Matt Damon recently joined the fight to save a historic 12-member church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City from being sold to developers who want to destroy it to make way for a $30 million luxury condominium. Damon’s effort to save the West Park Presbyterian Church, located at 165…

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A Maryland woman’s response to a TikTok prompt has gone viral after she shared how she chose to keep her baby after becoming pregnant after being sexually assaulted. Today, Angela Harders is a homeschool advocate and founder of PAX ministries, a ministry that seeks to “provide education, information, and inspiration for physical, mental, emotional, relational,…

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