Theresa Braine

Theresa Braine has been at the Daily News since November 2018, having previously reported for newspapers in Connecticut, been a copy editor and copy chief for several national magazines, worked as a freelance correspondent based in Mexico City, and served as environment and Canada editor for an indigenous-focused news site.

According to "The Guinness Book of World Records" in 2012, Johanna Quaas was the oldest active gymnast in the world! The gymnast, who celebrated her 94th birthday on Nov. 20, 2019, is still active.

11-year-old aspires to Guinness world record for running half-marathons in all 50 states

October 23, 2019 at 9:24 a.m.

At age 6, Aiden Jaquez of Montgomery, Ill., ran his first half-marathon, in Sarasota, Fla. On the way to the finish line, he stopped to pet dogs. Five years later,...

This summer was the Northern Hemisphere’s second-hottest in recorded history

October 3, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

Thermometers don't lie. This summer is officially on record as the hottest three months in the Northern Hemisphere since recordkeeping began in 1880 — tied with 2016 — the National...

Children and a man play seesaw installed between the border fence that divides Mexico from the United States in Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, July 28, 2019.

Professors installed seesaws along the U.S.-Mexico border so kids can play

July 31, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

Border crisis, meet Teetertotter Wall. A pair of California college profs have installed pink seesaws along the border fence between Sunland Park, N.M., and Anapra, Mexico, that enable kids to...

Passenger jets belonging to United Airlines.

Paraplegic passenger claims United failed to provide timely aisle chair, had to ‘scoot down on my butt’ to leave plane

January 9, 2019 at 11:29 a.m.

When Tyler Schilhabel and his new wife, Courtney, embarked on their honeymoon to the Dominican Republic recently they expected just the regular amount of hassle that comes with traveling by...

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