Biden visiting Duke University to promote ‘cancer moonshot’

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden told nurses, doctors and researchers at Duke University that he needs their help tapping into the enormous power of scientific and clinical data to find cancer cures. Biden visited the university Wednesday to promote the White House’s proposed $1 billion effort to accelerate progress on cancer by […]

After loss of 3 kids to rare brain cancer, family on mission to spread awareness

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla.-  “It’s a loss no one should ever have to face” said Erin Mading. She gave birth to five children in total, but, has now lost three to a rare form of brain cancer, called Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency, or CMMRD. CMMRD is formed through a genetic mutation that occurs in children. Cody, and […]

Ikea recalls ceiling lamps for risk of falling glass shades

HELSINKI (AP) – Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is recalling two types of ceiling lamps because of a risk that the glass shades might fall and injure people. The company says that after receiving complaints from customers that the shades of some “Lock” and “Hyby” lamps had fallen and caused injuries, it’s urging all buyers of […]

US WWII vet reunites with wartime girlfriend in Australia

SYDNEY (AP) – A World War II veteran has reunited with his wartime girlfriend after more than 70 years apart. Nine-three-year-old Norwood Thomas flew from Virginia to Australia to meet Joyce Morris, who’s now 88. Morris was a 17-year-old British girl and Thomas was a 21-year-old paratrooper when they first met in London shortly before […]

CCPD seeks ID on credit card fraud suspect

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Cape Coral detectives have narrowed in on a suspect in an ongoing credit card fraud investigation. Authorities say the woman shown in the photos below has used fraudulent credit cards at a number of locations throughout Cape Coral and Southwest Florida. If you have any information on the identity of the suspect, […]

2 female bombers kill 56 in northeast Nigerian refugee camp

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) – Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northeast Nigerian refugee camp, killing at least 56 people, health and rescue officials said Wednesday. A third woman bomber was arrested and has given officials information about other planned bombings that helped them increase security at the camp, said an official of […]

Paris music hall where 89 were killed to reopen this year

PARIS (AP) – The owners of the Paris concert hall where 89 people were massacred by Islamic extremists say they are aiming to host music shows again before the end of the year. The Bataclan is an historic venue whose distinctive 19th-century Chinoiserie-style building has been shuttered since the Nov. 13 attacks across Paris that […]

French lawmakers approve divisive citizenship bill

PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers have approved a divisive bill aimed making it possible to revoke the citizenship of people convicted on terrorism charges. The bill, presented by Socialist Prime minister Manuel Valls in the wake of the Paris attacks last year, passed by 317-199 Wednesday in parliament’s lower house, the National Assembly. The measure […]

Kurds attack Syrian air base held by insurgents

BEIRUT (AP) – Kurdish fighters helped by Russian airstrikes launched an attack in northern Syria on Wednesday in an attempt to capture a military air base held by Syrian insurgents, while an international aid group warned that the health system in parts of the north is close to collapse. Syria’s Kurds have been among the […]

EU and Britain have big differences over ‘ever closer union’

LONDON (AP) – For Britain and the European Union, they are three little words that expose big philosophical differences: “Ever closer union.” The phrase, baked into the EU’s 1957 founding treaty and other key documents, remains a fault line between Britain and its European neighbors. On Tuesday, the EU’s six original member nations – including […]