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Down 2-0 in the Olympic semifinals, Canada stormed back with three unanswered goals, including Nathan MacKinnon's winner with 35 seconds left. The comeback sets up a dream gold medal matchup against the U.S. on Sunday.
Nathan MacKinnon scored with 35 seconds left to send Canada to the Olympic gold medal game with a thrilling 3-2 comeback win over Finland. The birthplace of hockey is now one win away from its third straight Olympic title.
The "Quad King" is trading his skates for a stethoscope. Nathan Chen, who won gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, just started medical school at Harvard with a special welcome from another skating legend.
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While Nathan Hale's failed spy mission became legend, 17-year-old David Maltbie quietly succeeded at the same impossible task. Newly discovered letters reveal how this forgotten Connecticut teenager outwitted the British for months during the American Revolution.
Fremantle Dockers player Nathan O'Driscoll is using his platform to break the silence on mental health struggles in professional sports. His honest message is inspiring teammates and fans to prioritize emotional wellbeing.
Tom Wilson risked his Olympic tournament to stand up for injured teammate Nathan MacKinnon after a questionable hit during Canada's 10-2 victory over France. The Washington Capitals enforcer dropped the gloves in the third period, knowing Olympic rules could end his Games early.
Team Canada scored three unanswered goals in the final period to stun Finland 3-2 and advance to Sunday's Olympic gold medal game. The comeback victory came despite losing captain Sidney Crosby to injury the day before.
America's champion competitive eater returns to Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest this Saturday, aiming for his 18th victory in 19 years. Joey Chestnut bounced back from a 2024 ban to reclaim his crown with 70½ hot dogs last year.
After missing last year's contest, competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut returned to Coney Island and claimed his 18th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest title. The 10-time consecutive champion downed 66 hot dogs and buns on the Fourth of July, proving his dominance in the sport remains unshaken.
When Ben Cucci lost his baby brother Nathan, he turned his grief into action by donating diapers to other NICU families. Nearly a decade later, Nathan's Butterflies has spread kindness across continents.
What started as a post-high school adventure in 2010 turned into a beautiful life story for Auckland's Nathan James Thomas, who now raises his baby daughter in the Polish countryside. His journey shows how staying open to possibility can lead to unexpected happiness.
When a stranger was swept into a raging Texas creek, David Flores didn't wait for help to arrive. He grabbed his phone, hit record, and waded into chest-high floodwaters to bring Nathan home safely.
When a man was swept into a raging creek during record rainfall, David Flores didn't wait for emergency crews. He walked straight into chest-deep floodwaters to bring a stranger named Nathan home safely.
Nathan Yuill raised $2,000 in just 24 hours to fill Easter baskets for nearly every child at his Alaska hospital. The 12-year-old is two treatments away from remission after battling stage-4 lymphoma.
A Jewish American soldier buried in a mass grave with Nazi troops for eight decades has finally been identified and laid to rest among his fellow heroes. DNA technology and one family's persistence brought 1st Lt. Nathan Baskind home.
When Nathan Gansert saw a small plane disappear from the sky, he didn't hesitate. He drove straight toward danger and pulled two women from an overturned aircraft before help arrived.
When Nathan Gansert saw a plane losing altitude over Pembroke Pines, he didn't hesitate. His quick action helped save two people from an overturned aircraft, earning him a hero's recognition from city leaders.
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Nathan Thomas became the world's youngest male professor at just 18, shattering a record that stood since 1746. Now he's teaching engineering students his own age at Miami Dade College.
Nathan Thomas stepped into a Miami Dade College lecture hall at 18, not as a student, but as the professor. He just broke a 306-year-old Guinness World Record.
Nathan Beard captured an intimate moment of his aunt recovering from a fall in Thailand, winning Australia's top photography prize. She passed away in July, never knowing the award she helped him achieve. #
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