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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Blake Haxton. It has been edited for length and clarity.This Friday — five days after smiling on the podium at the Paris Paralympics — I’ll be back at work, crunching numbers behind a desk in Ohio.It hasn’t really sunk in yet.…
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance on Friday defended former President Donald Trump’s praise for a top GOP megadonor that included downplaying the importance of the Medal of Honor.”I don’t think him complementing and saying a nice word about a person who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom is…
At the center: American gymnast Jordan Chiles and Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu, whose razor-thin fight for an Olympic medal has already blow up into threats of legal action and vows for “justice.”The drama kicked off last Monday during the floor exercise in Paris.Initially, Chiles finished fifth with a score of…
Alev Kelter helped her team win bronze in rugby sevens — the US’s first Olympic medal in the sport.She shared how she trained, ate, and recovered to prepare for success at the Olympics.This story is part of “Road to Paris,” a series chronicling athletes’ and spectators’ experiences at the Olympic…
Veterans of a top-secret World War II unit that used inflatables and fake soundtracks to feed phony intelligence to Nazi Germany were given the congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.The work of the “Ghost Army” unit, comprising the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and 3133rd Signal Service Company, is believed to have…
