By Jacqueline Howard, CNN In some older breast cancer patients, skipping radiation therapy after they’ve had surgery doesn’t appear to have a detrimental effect on their overall survival, according to a new study. Skipping radiation after surgery may not affect overall survival for women 65 and older with small hormone-positive breast cancer tumors, provided that
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A powerful storm over the North Sea hit northern Europe and led to dozens of train and ferry cancellations Friday in northern Denmark and southern Norway as the Danish Meteorological Institute forecast hurricane-force wind gusts. The storm, named Otto, was set to move east over Sweden and the Baltic Sea. In
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By La’Nita Brooks and Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — Not all heroes wear capes. A teen was recognized on Thursday, Feb. 16, by Bay City for her quick action that saved her coworker’s life. Lillian Flanders, 19, was honored for her life-saving efforts and she credited
Continue Reading WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Cheneso devastated Madagascar, killing 30 people, the Indian Ocean island nation and its neighbors are bracing for a more powerful Cyclone Freddy. Meteo France has described Freddy as an “intense tropical cyclone” and a “particularly powerful and compact tropical system, generating extreme
Continue ReadingBy Emily Brown Click here for updates on this story GENESSEE CO., Michigan (WNEM) — Three people have been charged for concealing the death of an 86-year-old and allegedly cashing in the deceased person’s Social Security checks, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said. Jodi and Gregory Baer, who are sister and brother, and Jodi’s boyfriend,
Continue ReadingBy Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Nashville Fire paramedics treated several students after reports of an overdose at a Nashville school on Thursday morning. According to NFD, crews responded to the Nashville School of Arts on Foster Avenue for an overdose call involving students. NFD reported the
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LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds striker Patrick Bamford says caretaker manager Michael Skubala has “taken the pressure away” following the firing of Jesse Marsch. Skubala has overseen a draw and loss — both against Manchester United — since Marsch was fired on Feb. 6 with Leeds hovering just above the relegation zone. Bamford tells BBC
Continue Reading COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won the men’s giant slalom for his second gold medal at the world championships. Odermatt was second after the opening run but beat Swiss teammate Loic Meillard by 0.32 seconds. First-run leader Marco Schwarz of Austria finished 0.40 seconds behind to take the bronze medal. Odermatt also
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By Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story FLORISSANT, Missouri (KMOV) — A North County Catholic school teacher has apologized to parents for a controversial lesson on slavery. It happened at All Saints Academy at St. Rose. “She was nervous. She did apologize for being ignorant of some of the things she chose
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Police say no one was hurt when shots were fired Friday morning in a house in northeast Columbia.
Continue ReadingBy Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The Missouri Senate is still tackling a bill that would ban transgender medical care such as puberty blockers for minors. This comes right when Washington University’s Pediatric Transgender Center is under investigation after a whistleblower claimed the center harmed vulnerable
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La administración del presidente Joe Biden dijo que está desplegando expertos médicos federales para ayudar a evaluar qué peligros persisten en un pueblo de Ohio donde un tren que transportaba materiales peligrosos se descarriló este mes. También se evaluará un aumento del apoyo federal a pedido del gobernador de Ohio
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By Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — The driver of the fatal Kapiolani Blvd hit-and-run has turned himself in, Honolulu police confirm. 45-year-old Mitchel Miyashiro was arrested Thursday for 1st degree negligent homicide, collisions involving death, and collisions involving bodily injury for the hit-and-run that killed 16-year-old Sara Yara.
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Thomas Page, CNN During war, soldiers look for solace wherever they can find it. In “All Quiet on the Western Front,” director Edward Berger’s film of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 World War I novel, that place is the toilet. Paul Bäumer and Stanislaus “Kat” Katczinsky, a schoolboy and cobbler turned soldiers, are perched over a
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story FORT VALLEY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — In recognition of Black History Month, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman and USDA Farm Service Agency Georgia State Executive Director Arthur Tripp co-hosted a roundtable discussion at Fort Valley State University directly engaging with underserved
Continue Reading COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt has won the men’s giant slalom for his second gold medal at the world championships. Odermatt was second after the opening run but beat Swiss teammate Loic Meillard by 0.32 seconds. First-run leader Marco Schwarz of Austria finished 0.40 behind to take the bronze medal. Odermatt also
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Born with an undiagnosed medical condition, Renee Bruns, who has been using a wheelchair since she was seven, developed a love for travel after spending much of her younger years going from state to state to see medical specialists around the US with her mother. By the time she was 16, Bruns,
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mallory Swanson scored a pair of first-half goals and the United States beat Canada 2-0 in a SheBelieves Cup match clouded by a labor dispute between the Canadian players and their federation. The Canadian women wore purple shirts during the pregame national anthems that read “Enough Is Enough.” Before kickoff, U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Crystal Carr Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — An attorney for the officer accused of shooting and killing Alonzo Bagley is coming to his client’s defense. Officer Alexander Tyler was charged with negligent homicide after shooting Bagley at the Villa Norte Apartments on February 3rd. He was responding to
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie, CNN A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison at the Old Bailey in London on Friday after being caught spying for Russia. Judge Mark Wall said 58-year-old David Ballantyne Smith had collected information from the British embassy “by stealth” between
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