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Super PACs, the shadowy big-money spending groups best known for their influence in national politics, are playing an ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...

After illness and having two children, wheelchair racer Jade Hall has renewed enthusiasm before the London Marathon.

A couple decades ago, Josh Holley, who’s from Milton, won a state championship on the Cabell Midland track team. Now, at 37 ...

Paula Radcliffe has announced her retirement from running, with the London Marathon icon deciding that it's finally time to ...

Crossing the finish line of the world’s most prestigious marathon is more than a story of celebration, it is one of redemption for Tom McCall.

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Colm Homan is halfway through his toughest challenge yet as he continues to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Homan ...

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