BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The passenger from Spain that Sonia Sanchez picked up at the airport in Colombia's capital in March did not seem well.
He coughed during the Uber ride in her ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Users of mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs in Taiwan could soon face fines if they exceed a newly proposed speed limit, after legislators on Thursday (May 21) gave...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury, where 41 residents have died from the coronavirus, has been cited by regulators for infection control violations and fined three t...
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — In the days before the Life Care Center nursing home became ground zero for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., there were few signs it was girding against an illness spreading rapi...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé is in hospital for what he says are two days of routine physical exams.
“I hope to be back home tomorrow and starting my physical therapy. All is good, thank Go...
HAGATÑA, Guam (AP) — For Antonina Palomo Cross, Japan's occupation of Guam started with terror at church. The then-7-year-old was attending Catholic services with her family when the 1941 invasion beg...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Soccer great Pelé did not attend a ceremony Thursday to unveil a statue of him representing Brazil's historic 1970 World Cup winning team. The Brazilian has suffered with mobility pro...
NEW YORK (AP) —
In Bangladesh's biggest airport, workers held up digital thermometers to passengers' heads. A beeping alarm sounded as a passenger walking through a thermal scanner ...
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for stabbing to death an elderly couple as they sat in their wheelchairs.
Onis Donnell Moon, 52, wa...
CHICAGO (AP) — Amtrak has suspended a pricing policy that resulted in a $25,000 travel bill for a group of activists who use wheelchairs heading to an Illinois conference and rally on disability right...
TOKYO (AP) — The official posters are out for this year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The 20 posters have been created by 19 artists in fields ranging from painting, graphic desi...
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s civil war has exacted an enormous toll on people with disabilities, who find themselves on the margins of society and excluded from badly needed humanitarian assistance, Amnesty I...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets.
"Wow, Wanda the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago marked the debut of a TV show that would make history.
The educational and yet silly "Sesame Street" was meant to help young children get ready for sc...
JERUSALEM (AP) — One by one, the 40 descendants of a group of Israeli siblings leaned down and hugged the elderly Greek woman to whom they owe their very existence, as she sat in her wheelchair and wi...
