For most of the first four decades of his life, Steven McLaughlin lived in high gear. The Blandon man drove race cars, he tore around the woods on ATVs. He was always moving, the faster the better.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The only Israeli athlete at the Milan Cortina Paralympics will leave the Games without a medal but full of pride from displaying her nation's flag at a time of distress ...