Mar. 16, 2025
Sydney Mesher, who was born without her left hand, has made history as the first-ever visibly disabled person to become a Radio City Rockette.The 22-year-old from Portland, Oregon, detailed her journey to becoming a Rockette in aRadio City Rockettes videothis week, explaining that she dreamt about joining the holiday dance troupe when she was young.“I would always love watching the Rockettes on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” Mesher said. “It was such a fond memory that I have.
Mar. 16, 2025
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A conservatory lion escaped from a locked area andattacked and killeda 22-year-old intern on Sunday, according to authorities.
“Alex was working with one of our husbandry teams cleaning a lion enclosure, when a lion who had been locked into a separate holding enclosure somehow managed to enter the enclosure in which our team was working and killed Alex,” the statement said, adding that “no other humans were injured.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: Gillian Harris/CATERSWarning: The following story contains graphic imagery.Gina Arnold was driving home from work in the rain when she lost control of her car and flipped over seven times in October 2017. Although the seat belt saved her life, the device sliced through Arnold’s abdomen, leaving her with injuries doctors in Michigan had never seen before.“I was grateful that it saved my life, but it was hard to wrap my head around all the injuries the seat belt caused,” Arnold, 22, tells PEOPLE.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Getting aCOVID-19vaccine undoubtedly has its health benefits — and for one woman, getting the shots changed her net worth too.
During a press conference, 22-year-old Bugenske said she received a call from DeWine himself informing her she was a winner.
“I was screaming enough that my parents thought that I was crying and that something was wrong,” she recalled, according toCleveland.com. “When I started yelling that I had won $1 million and I was going to be a millionaire, they told me to calm down and make sure it wasn’t a prank before I really started freaking out.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo:GettyA North Carolinaschooldistrict is asking 225 teachers to each pay back $1,250 in bonuses they received on their paychecks due to a payroll error.The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) district has apologized to the English teachers for the Jan. 12 payroll error, which CMS caught five days later on Jan. 17 and notified the teachers on Jan. 18, according to a statement PEOPLE obtained from CMS.Explaining how the $281,250 mistake will be resolved, CMS said each of the 225 teachers “will have the option of repaying the bonus in a lump sum from their February check or may choose a payment plan with deductions over three months.