3 women’s world records set at the annual Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin

This year, 66 men and 40 women attended the three-day competition that ended Saturday, representing 16 states and nine ...

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. Her sister, Cindy McVey, ...
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Local Company Taking Part in World Skydiving Day

MARION COUNTY, TN (WDEF) — Saturday is World Skydiving Day, and a local company is taking part. Chattanooga Skydiving Company is owned by a second-generation skydiver. Justin Silvia’s father was a ...
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22-Year-Old Woman ‘Experienced’ in Skydiving Dies During Incident at Airfield

A woman died while parachuting at one of the U.K.'s busiest skydiving centers. At around 12:13 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 5, emergency services were called to a skydiving incident near Langar ...
People

22-Year-Old Woman ‘Experienced’ in Skydiving Dies During Incident at Airfield

The incident occurred near Langar Airfield in Nottinghamshire, England, on Sunday, July 5 Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in The U.S. Sun, ...
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Woman, 22, dies in skydiving incident near airfield

A skydiver's body has been found near an airfield in Nottinghamshire, police said. Emergency services were called to reports of an incident near Langar Airfield at 12.13pm on Sunday. The 22-year-old ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Every American Knows the Declaration of Independence. Almost Nobody Knows the Woman Who Printed It

As Baltimore’s postmaster and printer to the Continental Congress, Mary Katharine Goddard produced the first official copy of the Declaration of Independence to include the signers’ names—and added ...
Military.com

First Women's Parachute Team Jumps Into Normandy for D-Day's 82nd Anniversary

Women jumpers from the Fox Force Foundation and VFW, dressed in World War II-era gear, before their historic jump to commemorate D-Day in Normandy, France. (Michelle Cheeseman) A group of eight brave, ...
The Washington Post

These American women are making history as referees at the men’s World Cup

ATLANTA — They say well-behaved women seldom make history, but Thursday, the three American women making history at the men’s World Cup were in charge of the men’s behavior. Referees Tori Penso, ...
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Grand Junction woman part of 12 killed in Missouri skydiving plane crash

BUTLER, Mo. (KJCT) — A Grand Junction woman has been confirmed as one of the 12 people killed in a Missouri plane crash on Sunday. The Bates County Coroner’s office in Missouri identified the woman as ...
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Dr. Jen Sharp, leader in women’s skydiving, killed in Butler plane crash

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A leader in the skydiving community was one of 12 victims killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Butler, Missouri ...