Michael Ham was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and placed in a wheelchair at the age of 4. At the age of 10, his father left the family, leaving his mother to raise him alone. Toward the end of college ...

FRANKLIN, Va. — In a downtown area with just one stoplight, you can bet the shops up and down Main Street are local and family-owned. “I see people pull up, I think, ’Oh maybe they’re coming in,'" ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Doctors predicted he wouldn't make it past his 20s after being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. Not only has Dr. Felix Wu defied the odds, but he's also been thriving after ...

A Lehigh Acres man remembered as an inspiration to many, including the local firefighter community, continued to lead through his strength and perseverance in the winnowing days of his life. Thomas ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When moving your body, it's probably not something you have to think twice about. For Monterious Phillip, he had trouble just getting out of a car. When he was 16 years old, he ...

Jon Whitmer likes to laugh and is quick with a joke. When people ask how he's doing, he often says, "I'm doing pretty good for a guy who's been dead for 22 years." The remark refers to the fact that ...

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A powerful new endurance event is coming to North Bristol, created by a team of four local relatives and driven by one of their own living with muscular dystrophy. Henry Biggin, 29, from Bristol, has ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Venezuelan man with muscular dystrophy was the last runner to cross the finish line of the Chicago Marathon — nearly 17 hours after he started the race. Maickel Melamed, 38, of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Finister, 52, from Evenley, will take part in the Bidwells Oxford 10k this Sunday (Image: Supplied) A man is running a 10k ...

The dead and unaccounted for residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, reflect the area’s rich cultural diversity, an international tragedy that has touched members of a tight-knit ...