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At 4 feet, 8 inches tall, Simone Biles often feels she has “the weight of the world on my shoulders.” On Tuesday, the world discovered the GOAT is also human. But Biles, the only survivor of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal to return to the Olympics, said she’s on a more important mission than…

Suni Lee’s historic performance -- highlighted by the most difficult, astonishing uneven bars routine in the world -- capped an immensely difficult journey.

Hospitals are surging with unvaccinated patients infected with the Delta variant -- which could affect car accident victims and other non-Covid-19 patients who need hospital care, doctors say.

Covid-19 hospitalizations are reaching all-time highs in parts of the South, with some patients unable to get the care they would normally receive.

Those unvaccinated against Covid-19 aren’t just risking their own health -- they’re also jeopardizing medical care for others and fueling a surge that’s forcing more students to quarantine, doctors say.

Doctors say keeping kids Covid-free is critical to ensure in-person learning, prevent long-term complications and help stave off more aggressive variants for everyone.

Catastrophic damage means some areas won’t have electricity for up to a month -- which can be deadly in the oppressive heat. The next few weeks will be ugly. Here’s what experts say residents can do:

The logistical nightmares can be overwhelming. Here’s how survivors can avoid post-storm hazards, get help and take the first steps toward recovery.

Just a few weeks ago, an unvaccinated father of six was on a ventilator with Covid-19 pneumonia in both lungs. What happened afterward stunned his family -- and may have spared countless other families from suffering.

The new Omicron variant might prompt a return to stricter Covid-19 measures if not enough people get vaccinated or boosted, health experts say.

Anyone sick of hearing about new variants -- or the possibility of new Covid-19 restrictions -- can help stop the cycle by getting vaccinated and boosted, doctors say.

“So many survivors deal with severe mental illness and substance abuse and trauma,” former Olympian Tasha Schwikert said. “That settlement will help pay for mental health services and related needs for survivors going forward in their lives.”

The Omicron variant is going to make the start of 2022 difficult as infections surge and hospitals grapple with the most contagious strain of coronavirus yet, health experts say.

The man suspected of shooting a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy has died, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said.

At first, the grief-stricken congregation didn’t know who would take the reins from Jacki Sundheim and plan her synagogue funeral with the same tenacity and care that she always bestowed onto others.

Authorities have identified five of the six people who were killed in a Virginia Walmart after the store’s manager began firing Tuesday night before killing himself.

The 66-year-old man suspected of killing four people at a California mushroom farm he worked at and three others at another nearby site Monday had been accused of trying to suffocate and threatening to kill a former coworker at another job nearly a decade ago.

Residents of the Ohio village of East Palestine remain unable to return home after a controlled release Monday of a toxic chemical from cars that were part of a train derailment three days ago, Mayor Trent Conaway said during an evening news conference.

A piece of train equipment reached a “critical” level -- 253 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient -- and an audible alarm instructed “the crew to slow and stop the train to inspect a hot axle,” a new report states.

Your dream of buying 400 private jets or some Lamborghini Veneno Roadsters for you and 143 of your closest friends could become reality after Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. The grand prize is worth an estimated $1.2 billion (before taxes, of course). If you hit the jackpot but can’t wait 29 years to collect all your dough, the cash value option is a more modest $551.7 million. The fateful numbers will be plucked at 10:59 p.m. ET Wednesday. Of course, you’re far more likely to get killed b…