Ukrainian Paralympic Athletes Compete with Heavy Hearts in Beijing

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Valerii Sushkevych, chairman of the Ukrainian Paralympic committee, can detect that her athletes are not sleeping in their pink, puffy eyes. He knows that they are worried and fearful about the fate of their family and country, which was attacked by the Russian Army. He sees athletes glued to their cell phones, …

2,700-Year-Old Figurine Reveals a Heavy Mystery

Two summers ago, while snorkeling in the marshy streams of the Tollense River on Germany’s Baltic coast, a 51-year-old truck driver, Ronald Borgwardt, made a startling discovery. Mixing the peat, she got a six-inch-tall bronze figurine with an egg-shaped head, looped arms, lumpy breasts, and a snout that would make an anteater envy. The figurine …

Alvin Kamara Charged with Heavy Battery After Nightclub Argument

New Orleans Saints fleeing star Alvin Kamara was arrested Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas for a grievous battery charge that caused grievous bodily harm, according to a statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He was released from the Clark County Detention Center after posting a $5,000 bond later that day, and his next …