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December 27, 2024
While Sierra Leone's government doesn't collect data on amputees, the United Nations estimates about 500,000 disabled in the country.
June 22, 2020
A double amputee was left writhing on the ground as protesters called for his prosthetic legs to be returned after…
March 11, 2016
A California man died in custody one day after being arrested on suspicion of murdering is wife. The problem? It…
June 13, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Disturbing footage of California cops misbehaving during a marijuana raid was released on Thursday prior to a…
January 23, 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Georges Exantus thought he'd never dance again. He was lucky just to be alive...
June 22, 2012
VIDEO - Kari Miller is a United States military veteran, who was hit by a drunk driver and lost both…
May 25, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - Colonel Greg Gadson is a double amputee who lost his legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq…
May 15, 2012
VIDEO - April Brown was once a cosmetologist, fashion designer, and working mother of two daughters. She's now a multiple…
March 6, 2012
VIDEO - After the 2011 World Championships, Jerome Singleton Jr. feels it's safe to refer to himself as the 'Fastest…
October 24, 2011
In a new study, diabetes appears to dramatically increase a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other types of…
February 28, 2011
Merlyna Adams lost her hands and legs below the knees in 2008 after a kidney stone blockage a year earlier…
July 21, 2010
VIDEO - For a 4-year-old, someone who just mastered the art of walking a few years earlier, learning to navigate…
May 14, 2010
VIDEO - "You have a population which is still suffering and in need of aid," says Wyclef Jean...
May 6, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Kiera Brinkley doesn't mind curious children, and mostly brushes off the stares of adults...
March 26, 2010
VIDEO - As many as 4,000 people had amputations from the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government says killed an…
January 26, 2010
VIDEO - Doctors in Haiti are reporting that nearly 70 people a day are becoming amputees...