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Meet Maria Pepe: The Little Leaguer Who Paved the Way for Girls in Baseball

Culture, Sports / 2 min. read

Got a daughter, niece, cousin, or little sister who loves baseball? Thanks to trailblazer Maria Pepe, they can make lifelong memories and forge important bonds while competing in their favorite game as Little League baseball players — an experience that was historically reserved only for boys. In an interview with Today, Pepe, who grew up […]

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Maria Pepe smiles and holds a large black and white framed photo of herself in her baseball uniform

Divers Rescue Woman’s 100-Year-Old Wedding Ring From River: “A Total Miracle”

Humanity / 3 min. read

While it’s often said that not all heroes wear capes, a few in the vicinity of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, do wear scuba tanks, as Emma Lyon can attest. On May 7, Lyon was attending a regatta and had been cheering on a local race participant with such enthusiasm that the ring

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lush greenery and small boats line the River Great Ouse

Meet the First Man to Visit Every U.N. Recognized Country and Travel to Space

Culture, Exclusive / 2 min. read

Jim Kitchen dreamt of becoming an astronaut as a child. While in college in the 1980s, he worked selling low-orbit space travel, despite constant ribbing from his friends about the then far-off idea. And when he married his wife, he asked for a prenup with the sole stipulation that he be allowed to go to

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Jim Kitchen smiles in front of a wall filled with bright posters and mementos from his travels

Woman “Addicted” to Giving Back Donates More Than Half of Her Lottery Fortune

Culture, Humanity / 2 min. read

Frances Connolly can’t get enough of giving.  The 55-year-old in Hartlepool, England, won 115 million pounds (about $144 million in USD at the time) in the lottery in 2019, and she’s already given over half of it away to friends, family, and charities.  Connolly has set up two organizations in the years since her and

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