## 'Never lose courage': A Paralympian who could barely walk as a kid takes 2 track medals

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'Never lose courage': A Paralympian who could barely walk as a kid takes 2 track medals.

In a few days, she will leave the Paralympics in Paris with two medals and arrive home to a massive celebration.

Pal, now 23 years old, was born with cerebral palsy and misshapen legs and feet, so she could barely walk as a child.

When I was 18, I was watching sports videos on social media, and a video showing para athletes popped up.

People used to say about me, “she can’t even walk properly, so how can she run well?”

Since I wasn’t able keep my feet straight on the ground, I would just walk on the front of my feet.

I couldn’t keep my feet straight on the ground, so I would just walk on the front of my feet. »

### N.J. Democrat ignites right wing by saying assassination attempt stemmed from GOP rhetoric, ‘availability of assault rifles’

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Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing at his resort in Florida on Sunday.

No one was hurt, but Trump has since blamed Democrat rhetoric for the second attempt on his life in just two months.

She suggested that the attempted assassination stemmed from the GOP’s rhetoric and the availability of assault rifles in the country. »

### Microsoft says Russian operatives are ramping up attacks on Harris campaign with fake videos

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Microsoft said Tuesday that Russian operatives have in recent weeks intensified their online attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign by producing and disseminating videos promoting “outlandish conspiracy theories” aimed at stoking US racial and political divisions.

Russian operatives promoted the latter story through a website pretending to be a local San Francisco media outlet, Microsoft researchers said.

CNN has requested comment on the Microsoft report from the Harris-Walz campaign and from the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC. »

### The FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to election officials in more than 15 states

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The latest packages were sent to elections officials in Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York and Rhode Island.

The FBI is collecting the packages, some of which contained “an unknown substance,” agency spokesperson Kristen Setera in Boston said in a statement.

It’s the second time in the past year that suspicious packages were mailed to election officials in multiple states. »

### Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

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A Hezbollah official told The Associated Press the pagers were a new brand, but declined to say how long they had been in use.

The pager bombings are likely to stoke Hezbollah's worries about vulnerabilities in security and communications as Israeli officials are threaten to escalate their monthslong conflict.

This story has been updated to correct the name of the Hezbollah lawmaker’s son killed by a pager blast. »

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