Food Network chef defies incredible odds after being shot 11 times in violent armed robbery

Food Network chef defies incredible odds after being shot 11 times in violent armed robbery

Food Network star Tobias Dorzon is recounting the night he was shot 11 times during an armed robbery.  In a candid interview with People magazine, Dorzon — who has appeared on Guy Fieri’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” and “Tournament of Champions” — reflected on the night of Nov. 5, 2024, in which he was gunned down by a … Read more

Exclusive | Ex-NYC correction officer defies odds to walk again — now he’s driving his hot rod to LI car show

Exclusive | Ex-NYC correction officer defies odds to walk again — now he’s driving his hot rod to LI car show

A Farmingdale man defied the odds after being told he would never walk again by restoring a classic hot rod — and now he’s headed to Long Island for a popular car show with a new lease on life. Tony Pedro, 65, will display the 1957 Corvette he began restoring while recovering from a motorcycle … Read more

World’s most premature baby defies all medical odds to reach 1st birthday

World’s most premature baby defies all medical odds to reach 1st birthday

An Iowa family recently celebrated a major milestone for a very special baby. Mollie and Randall Keen welcomed their son, Nash Keen, on July 5, 2024. He was born 133 days early, at just 21 weeks of gestation. Guinness World Records has officially recognized Nash as the world’s most premature baby to survive. Earlier this month, Nash … Read more

Exclusive | Time stands still in NYC’s West Village as beloved watch repair-shop owner defies eviction, gentrification: ‘I don’t want to stop working’

Exclusive | Time stands still in NYC’s West Village as beloved watch repair-shop owner defies eviction, gentrification: ‘I don’t want to stop working’

Takes a licking — keeps on ticking. For 42 years, David’s Shoe & Watch Repair shop was a staple at the corner of Hudson and Barrow in NYC’s West Village — repairing timepieces and mending soles for generations of loyal, local customers. Through it all, proprietor Raphael “David” Davidson endured. Gentrification, COVID-19, brutal rent hikes … Read more

Legally blind Texas student defies the odds, gets accepted into veterinarian school: ‘Anything is possible’

Legally blind Texas student defies the odds, gets accepted into veterinarian school: ‘Anything is possible’

Faith Snapp has never let her blindness get in the way of pursuing her dreams. A 22-year-old Texas native who is legally blind, Snapp was accepted into the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, FOX 26 Houston reported. “My entire life, my family has raised horses and goats for as long as I can … Read more

Bride defies ‘conservative’ mom’s wishes with see-through wedding dress

Bride defies ‘conservative’ mom’s wishes with see-through wedding dress

It’s sheer madness.  The drums of wedding dress war are sounding throughout social media as a young, ultramodern bride is virally defying her modest mom’s request that she wear a traditionally conservative frock on her big day.  “[Mother of the bride says] ‘I only want my daughter in a ballgown,’” read the closed-caption of a trending Instagram … Read more

Hayley Kiyoko performs with drag queens in Nashville — defies cop’s warning

Hayley Kiyoko performs with drag queens in Nashville — defies cop’s warning

Singer Hayley Kiyoko has claimed that an “undercover cop” arrived at her Nashville tour stop to warn her about legal consequences that could arise if she were to have drag queens join her onstage. Kiyoko, 32, who identifies as lesbian, performed Monday at Marathon Music Works in Music City as part of “The Panorama Tour.” … Read more

‘Ugly’ Florida shelter dog who went viral defies expectations and finds forever home

‘Ugly’ Florida shelter dog who went viral defies expectations and finds forever home

Anything is paw-sible. The “ugly” Florida pup whose heartbreaking struggle to get adopted went viral last year has been welcomed into a loving home, the shelter announced. Lena — formerly Duchess — is now a “cherished” member of a family of four: she joins the couple who adopted her and “spoil her rotten,” and another … Read more

Real-life ‘teen wolf’ defies lifetime of bullying: ‘Kids thought I would bite them’

Real-life ‘teen wolf’ defies lifetime of bullying: ‘Kids thought I would bite them’

He’s lived a hair-raising life. An Indian teen is opening up about being bullied his entire life due to a rare condition that caused him to sprout “werewolf” fur all over his body. “When I was young, I had people throw stones at me,” Lalit Patidar, 17, told Media Drum World of his thick curly … Read more