Months before Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Southern California, he sent coach John Altobelli a text message to share with his baseball team. Altobelli’s team had just lost a major game, and he wanted his friend Bryant to give the players a pep talk. Unable to appear at the baseball field in…… MORE
Hours ahead of Monday’s memorial for Kobe Bryant, the man who chronicled all 20 years of Bryant’s NBA career in photographs recalled one moment in particular that captured athlete’s famed competitive mindset. Andrew D. Bernstein, the Los Angeles Lakers team photographer, said a January 2010 picture of an injured, exhausted Byrant preparing for a game…… MORE
The guilty verdict in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault and rape case is being called an important turning point in the #MeToo movement, but his attorneys are saying it is a failure of the justice system and their client never had a chance at a fair trial. Weinstein, a longtime successful Hollywood producer, was taken to…… MORE
NASCAR driver Ryan Newman led in the final lap of last week’s Daytona 500 when his car spun, went airborne and flipped several times. He was rushed to an area hospital. Newman confirmed over the weekend that he suffered a head injury from the fiery crash. “I was fortunate to avoid any internal organ damage…… MORE
There’s another wall President Trump is building — without spending a single cent on concrete or steel. And this week, a big piece of it becomes official. A new measure known as the public charge rule goes into effect on Monday. It’s a major change that could impact hundreds of thousands of people — or…… MORE
One man was shot and six other people were injured when a gun discharged during a dance at a flea market in Houston Sunday night, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of seven people shot at the Mercado SabaDomingo flea market in the northern part of the city…… MORE
A runner crawled for nearly eight hours to find help after injuring his leg in a national park in Washington, authorities said. “Carrying a charged cell phone and displaying incredible grit and determination to self-rescue likely prevented more serious injury in this case,” Jefferson County Search and Rescue said in a statement posted on Facebook.…… MORE
A convicted murderer escaped from a work release center in Alabama Saturday night, authorities said. Daniel Miner, 43, was reported missing after a Saturday night bed check at the facility in Childersburg, southeast of Birmingham, the state’s correction department said in a release. Miner is a white man, 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighs…… MORE
It’s an incredible feat at any age. But George Hood, who set the male world record for longest time in the abdominal plank position, is 62 and says he’s in the greatest shape of his life. On February 15, Hood held a plank for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds, which Guinness World Records…… MORE
From the time he began shooting make-believe game winners with his dad’s rolled-up tube socks, Kobe Bean Bryant always wanted to ball. But his years on the court don’t begin to sum up a life that spilled off the hardwood and into fans’ hearts. It’s sure to be emotional Monday at the Staples Center in…… MORE
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Q: NASA is working to make these possible within the next 15-years… A: Electric Airplanes
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