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Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the whiz kid Ivy League-educated high school valedictorian accused of the execution-style murder of the CEO of one of the nation's largest healthcare providers, may have spiraled out of control after traumatic back surgery. The procedure, which allegedly left Mangione in significant physical and emotional distress, may have contributed to his deteriorating mental state, a factor authorities are considering as part of their investigation. New York prosecutors have formally accused 26-year-old Mangione, a native of Towson, Maryland, of the fatal shooting of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson. The incident occurred outside the New York Hilton in midtown...

Luigi Mangione, the suspect arrested in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, fell out of touch with some of his friends and family earlier this year, according to multiple media reports. The loss in contact seemed to align with a back surgery Mangione underwent to treat chronic pain linked to a pinched nerve. R.J. Martin, the founder of a co-living space in Hawaii called Surfbreak, told the Honolulu Civil Beat that Mangione lived in the community, near Honolulu’s Ala Moana Beach Park, for six months in 2022.

Frightening video shows a person running on top of a moving train at the same Queens station where a teenage girl died and her young friend was critically injured while subway surfing over the weekend. A heart-pounding clip taken Thursday by a concerned New Yorker near the 111th Street station in Corona shows someone precariously jogging along the top of an elevated subway car. A second clip from April shows at least five youngsters atop another subway car in the same corridor along Roosevelt Avenue. Advertisement

American surfing legend Bethany Hamilton has called out officials in California after organizers of a competition in Huntington Beach were told a transgender surfer must be allowed to compete in the women’s division. Hamilton, 32, posted a message on social media Friday about the controversy surrounding the inaugural Huntington Beach Longboard Pro in California this weekend after reports revealed the event’s organizers were forced to reverse their stance on transgender athletes or risk having it canceled.

An 8-year-old Virginia boy who died after falling from the roof of a moving vehicle was “car surfing” while his older sister was driving, police said. New footage reviewed by Hampton police revealed that the minor, who was not named, had climbed out of the window of a 2006 Ford Explorer while under the supervision of Enashia Futrell, 18, on Oct. 2. As the older sister drove around an apartment complex on Golden Gate Drive, the boy stood on the roof of the car, pretending to surf the streets for 1,000 feet until he was launched from the vehicle, 13...

Five sports have been added to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles have after being approved by the International Olympic Committee's executive board. Three of the sports — baseball/softball, cricket and lacrosse — have been played at past Olympic games, while flag football and squash will make their Olympics debut in LA. The five sports are "in line with the American sports culture and will showcase iconic American sports to the world, while bringing international sports to the United States," IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement. The global sports tournament hasn't been held in the U.S. since the...

An otter with dreams of being a surf champion shocked Santa Cruz beach-goers when it swam right up to a group of surfers, picked out a board and went for a ride. The incredibly anthropomorphic encounter happened on Sunday at Cowell Beach near the boardwalk. Mark Woodward, who goes by Native Santa Cruz on Twitter, posted photos and video of the moment. Woodward wrote that the otter sniffed around a number of boards before settling on its favorite, a blue one. Advertisement “He was going from board to board and seemed calm and friendly even as he was a few...

Local surfing magazine will stop publishing indefinitelyOn Friday evening, CEO and founder of the magazine Santa Cruz Waves Tyler Fox announced in an Instagram post that the magazine will pause indefinitely. The magazine, which has published six issues a year for the past nine years, was a guide to all things surfing in Santa Cruz for locals and tourists. Boasting advertisements from local businesses, the magazine also covered environmental issues with its most recent issue dedicated to climate change. “It has been a joy, it has been an honor working with all of our advertisers, the community, the artists, the...

Pro surfer Bethany Hamilton says she does not intend to participate in upcoming World Surf League events after the organization announced a change in policies that will allow trans women to compete in women's events.In two different videos shared to Instagram, Hamilton said she believes she is speaking up for other pro surfer women who fear being "ostracized" for having the same opinions.The World Surf League this month announced plans to adopt the International Surfing Association’s policy, which requires trans athletes seeking to compete in the women’s division to maintain a testosterone level less than 5 nonomoles per liter (nmol/L)...

Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practicing tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said. Support staff on jet skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the beach, but all attempts to revive him failed. Freire was one of the three Brazilian surfers who became known as the “Mad Dogs” after conquering the giant wave “Jaws” in Hawaii. They were featured in the 2016 documentary Mad Dogs.

Lifelong surfer Jim Affinito is convinced a shark wanted to eat him for Halloween dinner. The Prunedale resident was enjoying a surfing session on Monday, Oct. 31, with no other surfers around on a beautiful late autumn afternoon off of Otter Point in Pacific Grove. At age 50, he has surfed many times in those same waters since he was a teenager. After about 45 minutes Affinito paddled out to deeper water about 100 yards offshore then sat up on his board waiting to catch a wave. Suddenly he felt a hard jolt from below that sent him into the...

A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after hitting his head while subway surfing on top of a New York City train Thursday evening, officials say. The boy was believed to have been riding on top of the train car as it entered the station and struck his head on “an unknown object” and suffered “severe head trauma," according to police. He was removed from the top of the train and transported to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition. Earlier this month, a video circulated on social media showing about eight people subway surfing, running and even dancing on top of...

Before 2020, Bella Bonner had never put on a wetsuit in her life. She’d never laid down on a surfboard, let alone popped up on one and felt the energy of a wave pushing her toward shore. Bonner, who moved to Santa Cruz while attending middle school, had lived for 16 years within 5 miles of the ocean, yet had few immersive experiences in or on Monterey Bay. “So many people associate Santa Cruz with surf history, but fail to acknowledge the deep roots that the practice actually has in Native Hawaiian and African communities and cultures.” Bonner suited up...

At least four large surf lagoons are proposed for the region around Palm Springs, which is more commonly known for art festivals, mountain hikes and golf, and has no natural waves in sight. The proposals, which range from private, luxury communities to a public wave park, come as surfing soars in popularity in the United States. It became an Olympic sport last year, and industry experts forecast its continued growth as travel recovers following pandemic shutdowns and amid a rise in inland surf parks, according to San Jose-California-based Global Industry Analysts Inc. Cheyne Magnusson, a pro surfer who is revamping...

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The greatest competitive surfer of all time, American champion @kellyslater has been warned he has no chance of getting into Australia without being vaccinated. The 11-time world champion had been expected to compete at Bells Beach over Easter. https://t.co/OF81oZXOfr #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/bnms57NeoD— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) January 20, 2022 11 time world champion Kelly Slater will face the same treatment as Novak Djokovic with senior Government Ministers declaring he has “no chance” of entering Australia unvaccinated. Slater has been outspoken against mandatory Vaccinations…Kelly Slater…🔥❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/MFrtjZYsKu— Pelham (@Resist_05) January 12, 2022 Highlights from better days

Sharks and tourism at what cost? Joseph Troy, July 25, 1936 (Death) Ida Parker and Kristin Orr, September 4, 2014 Cleveland Bigelow, August 13, 2017 William Lytton, August 15, 2018 Arthur Medici, September 15, 2018 (Death) Julie Dimperio Holowach July 27, 2020 (Death) This is a list of people across New England that have had their lives significantly altered by 'encounters' with (great) white sharks. Some have survived the unprovoked attacks; others are no longer with us. Notice the distinctive increase in shark attacks in just a four-year period. The debate over how to respond to the dramatic increase in...

A man in New York City died early Saturday morning while subway surfing on top of the J-train on the Williamsburg Bridge. The 32-year-old man lost his footing, fell from the train onto the tracks, and was struck by an incoming train, the New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to CNN. Officers found him "unconscious and unresponsive" around 4:35 a.m. and emergency medical services pronounced him dead at the scene. Authorities have not yet identified the individual. **SNIP** "Riding on top of trains is not smart," MTA Spokesperson Tim Minton told CNN. Thrill seekers often find their way on top...

Pilot notices several other sharks during flightA surfer in Volusia County had a close call with a shark while “hanging 10″ off Ponce Inlet. A drone pilot shared video with News 6 showing the close encounter on Monday.

Canines and humans hit the waves Saturday at the annual Surf City Surf Dog competition in Huntington Beach. Competitors had 12 minutes to catch their top five waves and be judged on confidence level, length of ride and overall ability to ride. [photos at link]