Tag: pushing
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Colin Farrell finishes marathon while pushing friend in wheelchair
Colin Farrell pushed his friend Emma Fogarty, who lives with a rare skin condition, the final 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of the Irish Life Dublin Marathon in her wheelchair on Sunday. The 48-year-old star ran the marathon to raise funds for DEBRA, an Irish charity that supports people living with the incurable genetic condition epidermolysis…
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How one Minnesota college got nearly 90% voter turnout — and is pushing for more
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — On average, about two-thirds of students on college campuses get out and vote during every presidential election cycle, according to Tufts University Institute For Democracy & Higher Education. But one college in Minnesota blows the rest out of the water. St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking…
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The Republican mayor in Aurora is pushing back at Trump’s migrant depictions
AURORA, Colo. — The Republican mayor of Colorado’s third-largest city doesn’t think former President Donald Trump will follow through on his promise to visit the mountain community, which has become embroiled in the national debate over immigration that the GOP nominee is helping fuel. “I kind of doubt it by now,” Mike Coffman said in…