“The Deepest Breath” is a thrilling documentary from director Laura McGann and it’s about Italian freediver Alessa Zecchini on her quest to break a world record with the help of safety diver Stephen Keenan. Netflix bought the film’s distribution rights prior to its word premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
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Discussing swimming and pool safety on this week’s episode of Desert Living Now!
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The Riverside County Department of Environmental Health has decided to allow managers, HOAs and residents to make responsible decisions for the potential use of community pools and spas. Pools, spas and barbecue areas were closed by the department last month in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. If a property management company or […]
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Katie Ledecky hoping next year’s Olympics can be a celebration of ‘the entire world coming together’
Katie Ledecky turned 23 on March 17. It was a day she will never forget. “I celebrated it alone,” the five-time Olympic champion told CNN. “A few days before my birthday, I went on a grocery run, something I’ve been doing much less frequently, and I bought a box of cookies. I face-timed with my […]
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Swimmers, bikers, and runners braved the windy conditions bright and early this morning for the Playtri Desert Triathlon at Lake Cahuilla Sunday morning. The event is celebrating its 21st year and it marks the unofficial beginning of triathlon season. Participants of various ages are welcomed and will be competing in multiple categories. Awards will […]
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A Texas girl has died after battling a brain-eating amoeba for more than a week, according to her family and school. Lily Mae Avant, 10, swam in the Brazos River and Lake Whitney near Waco over Labor Day weekend, CNN affiliate KWTX reported. After being flown to Cook Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth on September 8, a […]
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Park officials say a man died Tuesday while swimming below Deer Creek Falls in the Grand Canyon. The man, 77-year-old Kenneth Reece, was visiting from Tasmania, Australia. Reece was swimming in the area and was pulled out of the water by other river trip members, who started CPR. Responding rangers continued resuscitation efforts on scene […]
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It sounds like a scene from a monster movie. Children from a church group were playing in a creek in West Alexandria, Ohio, on Wednesday evening when one of their leaders spotted a 7-foot-long crocodile swimming nearby. There were 16 kids — all first- through sixth-graders — playing in Bantas Fork Creek, and adults were […]