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Two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Coughlin reveals his wife's four-year battle with incurable brain disorder that has left her struggling to speak or move: 'Our hearts are broken'

Judy Coughlin, the wife of two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom, is bedridden with a brain disorder that has left her struggling to speak or move, her husband of 54 years revealed Tuesday. In a guest piece for The New York Times, Tom opened up about his wife's absence from public life and described the experience of caring for Judy over the last four years as she battles progressive supranuclear palsy, an incurable brain disorder that affects patients' ability to walk, speak, and move. 'As so many of you are gearing up for another NFL season, I will be sitting far from the sidelines, at the bedside and holding the hand of my biggest supporter, my beloved wife, the mother of our children and a grandmother to our grandchildren,' Tom wrote. Judy Coughlin, the wife of two-time Super Bowl-winning coach Tom, is bedridden with a brain disorder that has left her struggling to speak or move, her husband of 54 years revealed Tuesday. Judy, 76, has been a very visible part of her

Woman, 21, who was stabbed three times in the back by a teenage stalker in a Melbourne park opens up about why she's 'grateful' it happened to her

A Melbourne woman who was stabbed in the back in a random park attack in broad daylight is glad it happened to her and not someone without the support she had in her recovery. The 21-year-old was on a walking track in Gowanbrae in September last year when she was set upon by a man she had never met. She was left with permanent scarring and was afraid to walk alone for a month afterwards, but says without help from family, friends and psychologists someone else might not have been able to return to life as normal. A woman who was stabbed in a Melbourne park has revealed why she is 'grateful' for the random attack Police found a knife taped to the bed slats of 19-year-old Dmitri Evangelou after the attack. He pleaded guilty on Wednesday to intentionally causing injury and recklessly causing serious injury. The woman had noticed Evangelou watching her from nearby as she followed the winding walking track. At one point he changed direction and ran away, but when she saw him next h

Tucker Carlson blasts LA Times for calling black politician Larry Elder a white supremacist as polls show conservative radio host could replace Gavin Newsom as California governor

Fox's Tucker Carlson criticized the Los Angeles Times for printing an editorial that called black politician and California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder 'the Black face of white supremacy.'  Carlson mocked the idea that a black man could be an agent of white supremacy in a sarcastic monologue that outlined Elder's racial identity.   'Elder's father, who was a janitor, was black. So was Elder's mother. So were 80% of the people in their neighborhood and by all appearances, Larry Elder seemed black too... Little did they know that this child of South Central, apparently an African-American in good standing was in fact a secret agent working on behalf of global white supremacy,' Carlson jested on Fox News.  Larry Elder hosts the Larry Elder Radio Show. He is the hopeful to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom should he be recalled on September 14  Carlson lashed out against the LA Times for an editorial piece against Larry Elder Carlson accused t

NYC man is charged with helping dispose of barrel containing body of sex worker, 42, who died during party at Manhattan apartment building

Aquellio Parker, 29, from Queens has been accused of helping dispose of the body of  a 42-year-old high-end escort who was found in a barrel in New Jersey  A New York man was arrested by police over claims he helped dispose of a sex worker's body after she died in a Manhattan apartment building, before being stuffed into a plastic barrel. Aquellio Parker, 29, from Queens, turned himself to the NYPD on Sunday, but he will be taken into custody by police from Bergen County in New Jersey, where the 55-gallon drum with the remains of Nicole Flanagan, 42, was found.  Parker was charged with being an accomplice to disturbing, moving human remains, desecrating, damaging and/or destroying human remains and conspiring to disturb, move, conceal and/or desecrate a deceased body. He was seen bringing a large barrel into the building at 95 Wall Street on August 11, which contains offices and rental apartments.  The next day he was seen again, bringing the barrel out and loading it in a U-Haul v

Australia scores its first GOLD medal at the Tokyo Paralympics after cyclist Paige Greco broke the world record in her C3 3000m event

Paige Greco has won Australia's first gold medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo smashing her own world record in the women's pursuit. The 24-year-old from South Australia obliterated the world record by seven seconds in her heat and took another two seconds off that time to win the final of the C3 3,000metre individual pursuit on Wednesday afternoon. She beat China's Xiaomei Wang, shocking even herself with the stunning time.  'I'm so happy, I just can't believe it,' an emotional Greco said through tears following the race.  'It was so amazing, I got a little bit teary, I'd thought about that moment for so long.  Her teammate Emily Petricola then made it back to back gold medals for Australia in the next race, catching American Shawn Morelli to win the women's C4 individual 3,000m pursuit.  It was so amazing, I got a little bit teary, I'd thought about that moment for so long,' Greco said of hearing the national anthem at the medal presentat

Lockdown 'to end in parts of NSW on SATURDAY' with announcement due in next two days - with Sydney hairdressers also able to serve vaccinated customers 

Parts of NSW will reportedly exit lockdown as early as Saturday, the same day fully vaccinated Sydneysiders can finally get a haircut.  The plan is expected to be announced by Thursday after a NSW Cabinet meeting underway on Wednesday afternoon. It was just hours after Deputy Premier John Barilaro said a decision on whether to to extend the lockdown in regional NSW would be made 'sooner rather than later'.  The lockdown in regional NSW will remain in place until at least Saturday and at least until September 30 in Sydney and surrounds. It's been two weeks since Dubbo went into lockdown and 35 new cases there have bumped the total close to 300, with many cases in the vulnerable Indigenous community. NSW notched up another grim record with 919 locally acquired cases to 8pm on Tuesday. 'Western NSW health district is still of great concern, with 49 new cases overnight,' Mr Barilaro said on Wednesday. As well as Dubbo's 35 cases there were seven in Bourke, five in O

Co-op boss warns food shortages are 'worst he has ever seen' as McDonald's runs out of milkshakes amid shortfall of 90,000 lorry drivers

A retail boss has warned current food shortages are some of the worst he has ever seen while others blamed the shortfall of 90,000 lorry drivers on post-Brexit migration and the pandemic.   Steve Murrells, Co-operative Group chief executive, told The Times the shortages were 'at a worse level than at any time I have seen' and revealed the company had reduced several ranges on offer in stores as a result of post-Brexit migration rules and coronavirus.  Instead, the company is now retraining members of staff to drive lorries to help deal with the loss of drivers in the industry - with around 14,000 European drivers leaving the UK last year and only 600 returning.   The impact of supply chain shortages is already being felt on the ground, with McDonald's running out of milkshakes and bottled drinks this week, while Nando's and KFC have reported a shortage of chicken. Retail bosses yesterday warned the industry faces a shortfall of 90,000 lorry drivers as a perfect storm of

Australia Post advertises 4,000 new jobs including 1,000 delivery drivers as customers buy record amounts online while stuck in lockdown

Australia Post is hiring more than 4,000 new staff as locked-down consumers buy online in unprecedented numbers. The national mail carrier is so flat out delivering parcels during the pandemic that every day is like Christmas - which is also coming up fast. One thousand of the jobs that need to be filled are delivery drivers. Australia Post needs to fill more than 4,000 roles nationwide leading into Christmas (stock image) 'Our posties and drivers have been out there since March last year often delivering on most days like it's Christmas,' executive general manager Nicole Sheffield said. 'We know that Australians are relying on us more than ever and will continue to in the coming months, which is why we are putting some key measures in place to be ready for our biggest Christmas ever.' Australia Post predicts close to 500,000 parcels will be delivered before the end of 2021. Up to 3,500 positions in delivery need to be filled urgently, including 350 in regional area

Pregnant Afghan woman GIVES BIRTH to baby girl on US evacuation flight with 300 people aboard moments after it landed at German base

A US Army nurse and two others helped deliver a baby girl inside a plane full of 300 Afghanistan evacuees shortly after it landed in Germany on Saturday. Registered nurse and US Army Capt. Erin Brymer was called to help 10 minutes before the C-17 transport aircraft landed at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany after the unnamed Afghan woman went into labor.  The plane flew in from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, part of the US's hurried efforts to evacuate translators, allies and others who helped the US during their 20-year occupation of the country against the Taliban, which has now taken over the country. Upon landing, Brymer and two people from the 24/7 women's health team helped deliver the baby on the plane as it sat on the tarmac at Ramstein.  She said afterwards: 'I think all Army medical personnel are trained to work … in a field hospital setting. It was the coolest moment of my life.' US Army Capt. Erin Brymer said the woman who gave birth was 'past the point

Last photos of Reuters photographer who was left behind by retreating Afghan army before he was killed by Taliban who 'mutilated his body and ran over it with a car'

An award winning photographer covering the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was left behind by reatreating Afghan Natonal Army commandos and killed by Taliban fighters who later mutilated his body, according to his company. Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, 38, was killed at the start of the Taliban's lightning offensive to retake Afghanistan in the southern town of Spin Boldak.  He is now believed to have been injured by shrapnel from a rocket while covering the fighting between Taliban and Afghan commandos in the of Spin Boldak, Kandahar province. It is believed he was then left behind by the retreating Afghan army, with whom he was embedded as part of his investigation, before falling into the hands of the Taliban. Mr Siddiqui, an Indian Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and father-of-two, was later killed, his body mutilated and then possibly run over by a car.  Taliban fighters are alleged to have carried out the mutilation, though a spokesperson for the extreme Islami

Associated Press is slammed for describing Palestinian arsonists as ACTIVISTS after they launched an incendiary balloon attack from Gaza on Israel

The Associated Press came under fire once again after it published an article on Tuesday describing Palestinians who launched an incendiary balloon attack on Israel as 'activists.' 'Activists in the Gaza Strip on Monday launched incendiary balloons into southern Israel, setting off at least three fires across the border, Israel's national fire service said,' read the controversial article filed by the American news agency. The piece discussed the rising tensions between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.  An individual who shot an Israeli sniper in the head at point-blank range was also called a 'Palestinian activist.'  Many highlighted that the nature of the attack from individuals linked to Hamas was not activism, but rather terrorism, and that the AP article was highly editorialized.    Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz said: 'Israel continues to be under a constant barrage of attacks. Some may want to call themselves activists, but t