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Michael Babb: California man who went missing more than week ago while going for fishing, found dead near dam
Michael Babb: California man who went missing more than week ago while going for fishing, found dead near dam
A park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers located Babb’s vehicle 'parked near the lake’s Narrows Boat Launch and Day Use area' around 1.30 pm local time
2023-12-02 08:15
GOP senator says Trump should drop out and calls classified documents case 'almost a slam dunk'
GOP senator says Trump should drop out and calls classified documents case 'almost a slam dunk'
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy described the case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents as "almost a slam dunk" and said he thinks Trump should drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
2023-08-21 00:19
The average long-term US mortgage rate surges to 7.57%, holding at highest level since 2000
The average long-term US mortgage rate surges to 7.57%, holding at highest level since 2000
Home loan borrowing costs rose for the fifth straight week, keeping the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate at its highest level in more than two decades and taking another bite out of prospective homebuyers’ purchasing power
2023-10-13 00:46
US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military
US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military
The Biden administration says it is offering $2 billion in loans to Poland to support the defense modernization of the ally which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine
2023-09-26 01:50
Heavy rains wash across U.S. Northeast, forecasters warn of catastrophic floods
Heavy rains wash across U.S. Northeast, forecasters warn of catastrophic floods
By Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay (Reuters) -Torrential downpours pounded the U.S. Northeast on Monday, threatening catastrophic flooding across the region,
2023-07-10 23:51
Smoking causes 150 cancer cases every single day in UK, study finds
Smoking causes 150 cancer cases every single day in UK, study finds
Smoking causes 150 cancer cases every day in the UK alone, according to a new study. While tobacco smoking in the UK and US peaked to about 50 per cent in the 1950s, this had dropped to around 13 per cent in 2020-21 due to control efforts, said the study. However, historically high smoking rates are still a driving factor of the cancer burden in the countries today, it said. Very high-income countries like the UK are projected to see a 50 per cent increase in cancer cases over the next 50 years, said Cancer Research UK, that funded the study, on Wednesday. Researchers called on MPs to support raising the age of sale of tobacco products as a critical step to create the first ever smoke-free generation. “Action on tobacco would have the biggest impact – smoking causes 150 cases of cancer in the UK every single day,” said Ian Walker, executive director of policy and information at Cancer Research UK. “There are cost-effective tools at hand to prevent cases of cancer, which will save lives around the world. “Tobacco control measures are chronically underfunded. And as a recognised leader in global health, the UK government can play a significant role in addressing this,” Mr Walker said. The study also revealed at least 1.3 million people in seven countries die due to cancer caused by smoking tobacco. The deaths across the UK, US, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa represent over half the world’s annual cancer death burden. The study analysed the years of life that were wasted to cancer. It also assessed whether certain risk factors caused deaths more prematurely. Researchers found four preventable risk factors resulted in almost two million deaths combined and over 30 million years of life lost each year. These factors are smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. At least 20.8 million years of life are lost from smoking tobacco alone, found the study. It also warned new cancer cases could surge by five times, from 0.6 million to 3.1 million per year in low-income countries over the next 50 years. “These numbers are staggering, and show that with action on a global scale, millions of lives could be saved from preventable cancers,” Mr Walker said. Researchers also found gender differences in the number of cancer deaths. Men were observed to have higher rates of years of life lost to smoking and drinking alcohol as these rates tend to be higher in men. In China, India and Russia, the rates of years of life lost to tobacco smoking and alcohol were up to nine times higher in men than women, found the study. The research was published in the journal eClinicalMedicine and involved the work of researchers from King’s College London and Queen Mary University of London. Read More Binman shoots first Hollywood film after chat with Mark Wahlberg changed his life UK’s tallest living Christmas tree lit up with 1,800 bulbs Morrisons Christmas ad features iconic 80s track and shares support for festive hosts The best foods to forage in November and how to cook them Millions of women able to get contraceptive pills over the counter next year Woman with cystic fibrosis had weeks to live – now she’s climbing mountains
2023-11-16 18:47
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
Fires in western Canada have burned homes and ripped up trees, laying them down "like toothpicks".
2023-08-27 09:15
Musk says Twitter will limit how many tweets users can read
Musk says Twitter will limit how many tweets users can read
(Reuters) -Twitter is limiting how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage "extreme levels" of data scraping
2023-07-02 03:52
How the Georgia indictment against Donald Trump may be the biggest yet and other case takeaways
How the Georgia indictment against Donald Trump may be the biggest yet and other case takeaways
The fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump may be the most sweeping yet
2023-08-15 13:29
Saudi Arabia’s Golf Deal Puts Biden and PGA in Same Awkward Position
Saudi Arabia’s Golf Deal Puts Biden and PGA in Same Awkward Position
The PGA Tour and President Joe Biden have learned the same hard lesson in recent months: Saudi Arabia
2023-06-12 05:24
Who was Harmoney Marie Harper? Family mourns 'special little girl' after 8-year-old hit and killed by school bus
Who was Harmoney Marie Harper? Family mourns 'special little girl' after 8-year-old hit and killed by school bus
Harmoney Marie Harper, from Wichita, Kansas, was pronounced dead at the scene
2023-08-18 17:51
Asian shares hesitant after Wall Street sell-off, dollar buoyant
Asian shares hesitant after Wall Street sell-off, dollar buoyant
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY Asian shares were subdued on Thursday after Fitch downgraded U.S. sovereign debt sparking profit-taking,
2023-08-03 10:53