Vinesh Phogat is not one to dwell on self-pity. “During our time, we were lucky if we got a decent wrestling mat,” says Sakshi Malik, the only woman wrestler from India to win a medal at the Olympics — a bronze at Rio 2016. “We had bare minimum equipment, and no experts helping us.” Slowly, over the last decade, driven …
PITTSBURGH — America’s 20th-century “tree army” brought generations of citizens closer to nature’s wonders while enduring the nation’s greatest economic plight. It’s stocked three times per year.” Also located within the park’s cabin colony are two small bridges of stone and mortar constructed by CCC workers. “They’re pretty rustic,” Kimberly Peck, environmental education specialist at the park, said of the …
COGGON, Iowa — A Chicago man who allegedly shot and wounded a sheriff’s deputy after robbing an Iowa gas station was captured and charged Monday after eluding authorities during a 14-hour manhunt. Stanley L. Donahue, 36, was taken into custody Monday afternoon just north of Coggon, Iowa, where the robbery and shooting took place at a Casey’s General Store on …
Oregon Public Health Workers Race To Vaccinate 'Extreme Risk' Counties Enlarge this image toggle caption Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle In Linn County, Ore., public health officials have worked tirelessly to build an efficient mass vaccination clinic at the County Fairgrounds. "We have tons of extra doses, and people aren't coming in unfortunately," says County Public Health Director Todd …
Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. “What we’ve taken for granted for 100 years in public health is now very much in doubt,” said Lawrence Gostin, an expert in public health law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. THE MASK FIGHT IN KANSAS The public health workforce in Kansas …