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A runner recently finished 36 marathons in 36 days despite being told she wouldn’t live past 16 years old. 32-year-old fitness coach Sophie Holmes set a record when she finished the Edinburgh Marathon. Holmes, who has cystic fibroids, has now raised £25,000 from the challenge, which started with the London Marathon. She’s the first person…

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Jeremy Renner is a “walking” miracle. The “Hawkeye” star recently sprinted up his driveway for a Brooks running shoe campaign after almost losing his life last year in a snowplow accident. In an interview with People, Renner explained, “I was barely walking, so I didn’t know what these shoes were going to do for me.”…

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Kathie Lee Gifford was shocked when Howard Stern called to apologize. The former “Today” co-anchor recently wrote a new book titled “I Want to Matter: Your Life Is Too Short and Too Precious to Waste.” It explores the power of self-love and features self-reflecting questions for readers to understand their hopes and dreams better. In…

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The first episode of season 19 of “America’s Got Talent” recently premiered, starting things off with a golden buzzer. When 55-year-old school janitor Richard Goodall took the stage to sing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin,” the judges and crowd were shocked by his beautiful voice. Speaking with the host Terry Crews ahead of his audition, the…

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Taya Kyle encountered a real-life nightmare on Feb. 2, 2013, when her husband, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were murdered at a Texas gun range by a former Marine they attempted to help. The loving mom of two and wife has bravely shared her family’s story and worked to inspire…

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There’s a reason why Brandin Cooks has been on five NFL teams in his career. He’s been traded four times, and he shares an NFL record with Eric Dickerson, but it’s hardly because of a lack of talent or any problems in any locker room. As a matter of fact, the wide receiver had a…

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It seems Pittsburgh Pirates phenom starter Paul Skenes already knows what he wants to do when his pitching days are over in the MLB. USA Today Sports’ Bob Nightengale wrote a feature on Skenes, where he spoke with his former college baseball coach while he spent his first two seasons at the Air Force Academy.…

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Two young sisters whose lives were nearly ended after a terrifying drowning accident have been released from the hospital. Caitlin McKnight, the girls’ mother, told CBN, “Witnessing such a miracle is a blessing of faith. Medicine and therapy are the tools, but prayer and belief in God’s promise is the cure.” As CBN previously reported,…

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Newly released dashcam footage of an accident that left a massive semi-truck dangling from a bridge earlier this year is going viral and for a good reason. The heart-stopping footage of the Kentucky four-vehicle crash, which unfolded in March on the Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky, is absolutely shocking. The accident supposedly happened when…

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A set of quintuplets from New Jersey recently celebrated all of them graduating from the same university. Victoria, Ludovico, Ashley, Michael and Marcus Povolo all earned their degrees from Montclair State University, making it a special milestone for the siblings. All of them have different interests, earning their respective degrees in different subjects. Victoria majored…

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