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Robyn Machado has been lifting weights for over 20 years, and never broke anything until she snapped her radius bone last year. The 35-year-old shared a clip of the shocking moment to her TikTok account, @powerlifting_portagee, earlier this month, as she also documented her recovery journey. Machado, from Raleigh, North Carolina, explained the injury happened last March, just before the COVID lockdown. She recounted the moment to Newsweek, saying: “When I felt the pressure and heard the loud breaking sound, my first thought was, “OMG the bar broke”, until I glanced at my arm and saw a bone trying to poke through skin, I was so stunned that I screamed....

Elizabeth representing Kerala made it to the finals in third position at the end of the qualification round with a score of 578, while Anjum finished qualifying in pole position, three points ahead of Elizabeth. In the finals however, Elizabeth was in a league of her own, leading from the front across the three shooting positions of Kneeling, Prone and Standing in that order, to register a score of 459....

Tyson made headlines in 2021 after lawsuits were filed against the meatpacking company, alleging it took part in an illegal conspiracy to manipulate and inflate meat prices. Simultaneously, the company was under fire for the amount of COVID-19 deaths and positive cases reported by Tyson employees. The virus became so widespread that the company fired several workers, accusing them of betting on how many employees would test positive for COVID....

Campaign field organizer Dana Larkin shared a snapshot of the golden retriever at campaign headquarters in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The Boston University grad was having difficulty getting Warren’s dog down the flight of stairs. Even though Larkin attached the 16-month-old to a leash, the immovable Bailey had to be carried out of the room. Larkin tweeted, “After hours of pets and a full burrito later, Bailey had no intention of leaving headquarters....

Day and his wife, Ellie, were taking in the Cavaliers’ 104-100 win over the Thunder in Cleveland when James, who is listed at 250 pounds, stumbled into the courtside seats as he chased a loose ball toward the end of the fourth quarter. James lost his footing and landed directly on top of Ellie Day, who absorbed the brunt of James’ weight as her chair collapsed and the two fell to the floor....

The screen star, 35, announced in December 2020 that he is transgender, though has rarely been seen outside of rare social media photos since. All of that changed, however, when Page stepped out onto the Oscars stage with his Juno co-stars Jennifer Garner and J.K. Simmons to present the Writing (Original Screenplay) award. Cutting a dapper figure in a black tuxedo, Page joined his fellow screen stars in reading out the nominees before the award was presented to Kenneth Branagh for Belfast....

What Is an ELM File? A file with the ELM file extension is an Office theme file. These uncompressed settings files used by Microsoft’s Office and FrontPage programs hold all the different parts of the theme, and might also reference external JPGs or other images and files. The fantasy MMORPG video game Eternal Lands also uses the ELM file extension, but for map files. They are sometimes stored with GZ compression and are therefore named *....

In the Delaware Court of Chancery, Randall Baron, a lawyer for shareholders who is pressing for Musk to acknowledge mistakes in the acquisition of troubled company SolarCity, said Musk tries to run Tesla without interference and therefore bears responsibility for the company’s failures. Baron showed a video clip of Musk saying he liked running his own companies because no one could make him do what he doesn’t want to do, as well as characterizing Musk’s management style as imperious....

However, Musk’s acquisition of Twitter has not been without its challenges. In early 2022, Musk announced his intent to purchase the social media platform, with the deal finalizing on October 27 for an astronomical sum of $44 billion. Since assuming the role of CEO, he has sparked a significant amount of controversy with his policy changes on the platform. Shortly after the takeover, more than 4,000 employees were laid off, and several contentious decisions were made, such as offering verification ticks next to a user’s name as a paid service....

He tweeted about the mega company several times on Monday after he alleged they threatened to withhold Twitter from their App Store. He also accused them of hating free speech (while CCing Tim Cook) and discussed their “secret 30% tax” that they put on the App Store. While many were riled up by Musk’s many comments, others found the funny side after every tweet from the billionaire and Tesla CEO was followed by the words “Twitter for iPhone....

The billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX has long claimed the human-machine interface project could help to unlock the power of the human brain, helping people with paralysis or neural conditions. It now appears that vision is slowly becoming a reality. “A monkey is literally playing a video game telepathically using a brain chip!!” Musk said in a tweet on Friday alongside footage from a recent scientific test. The trial was conducted on a nine-year-old macaque named Pager, who had a Neuralink in each side of his brain about six weeks ago....

Jack Sweeney, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Central Florida, had amassed more than 530,000 followers on his @ElonJet account, which provided regular updates on the billionaire’s flights. Sweeney told Newsweek earlier this year that while Musk had offered him $5,000 to take down the account (an offer the student refused), he believed that ElonJet was safe after the entrepreneur vowed to guarantee “free speech” amid his recent acquisition of Twitter....

The Ravens linebacker was added to the Pro Bowl roster as an alternate on Sunday. He told the Ravens’ website he had to drop everything just to make the trip that included flights from Baltimore to Minneapolis, Minneapolis to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Honolulu in one day. MORE: Classic photos of the best Baltimore Ravens | Broken arm can’t break Thomas Davis That would have been tough under any circumstances, but the situation didn’t get any better when his luggage ended up in … Japan....

The Ligue 1 club announced on Monday that the 54-year-old is stepping down by mutual consent. “AS Monaco thanks Michael Emenalo for his commitment and wishes him all the best for future projects,” the club said in a statement. Emenalo took on the role in November 2017 after quitting a similar position with Chelsea. Monaco have endured a difficult spell since winning the Ligue 1 title and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2016-17....

Dr. Megan Ranney, a professor at Brown University who practices emergency medicine, made the remark during a Tuesday interview with CNN. She noted that shortages of supplies, in addition to the rising costs, were making it particularly difficult for hospitals and health care workers as COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continues to spread rapidly. “Here in Rhode Island, just like in New York, we’re experiencing the same frustration … the supply chain is absolutely broken,” Ranney said....

It was confirmed this week that the Brazil captain needs surgery on a hairline fracture to the fifth metatarsal on his right foot, an injury he sustained in the 3-0 Ligue 1 win over Marseille last weekend. Head coach Emery initially dismissed suggestions that his star forward would go under the knife, despite media reports to the contrary, and stated his optimism that he would face Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in which they trail 3-1....

The French capital side claimed the trophy for the fifth season in a row on Saturday thanks to a 3-0 victory in Bordeaux, with Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria the goalscorers. The victory secured a fifth trophy for Emery at PSG since he took charge in June 2016, but their defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16 has led to heavy speculation he will leave at the end of the season....

Flash forward 11 years, and nearly two thirds of my country’s citizens, or 13.5 million Syrians, have become refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced people. Bashar al-Assad remains in power, despite using chemical weapons against his own people, brutally killing his detractors and imprisoning hundreds of thousands of Syrians who have spoken out against his regime. Most of these detainees remain missing, their loved ones wondering day and night if they are alive....

Rebels sophomore wide receiver Elijah Moore and the football program issued mea culpas through the university for Moore’s unsportsmanlike conduct penalty with four seconds remaining against Mississippi State. Moore raised his leg and simulated a canine peeing on the Bulldogs’ end zone after scoring a touchdown. The 15-yard penalty pushed back the potential game-tying extra-point kick, which Luke Logan missed wide right. Ole Miss lost 21-20. CFB150: SN ranks the 10 greatest rivalries...