Half of all women getting 3D mammograms will experience a false positive over a decade of annual screening, a study published Friday in JAMA Network Open found. Why it matters: False positives — when a mammogram is flagged as abnormal, but there is no cancer — have always been a problem. But 3D mammography has been aggressively…Continue Reading
Each day searing stories pour out of Ukraine: A maternity hospital bombed in Mariupol. A mother and her children killed as they fled Irpin in a humanitarian corridor. Burning apartment blocks. Mass graves. A child dead of dehydration in a city under siege, denied humanitarian aid. Such images have contributed to a growing global consensus…Continue Reading
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge ruled Friday that the state’s new congressional map is unconstitutional, preventing the map from taking effect.Judge Lynne Battaglia issued the ruling after a trial last week in which Republican lawmakers contended that Maryland’s congressional map approved by the General Assembly in December violates the constitution by drawing districts…Continue Reading
An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured by satellite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had an ice shelf collapse. It…Continue Reading
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal jury in San Antonio has awarded more than $10 million to the family a man who was fatally shot by two deputies in 2015 while he had his arms raised.Video showed that Gilbert Flores, 41, had his arms up and held a knife when he was killed by the…Continue Reading
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — First Lady Jill Biden was scheduled to travel to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee on Friday, a visit expected to include meetings with Ukrainian children with cancer and their families fleeing the war and seeking treatment in the U.S.Biden’s afternoon visit to the Memphis hospital is the first leg…Continue Reading
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A state lawmaker from Lincoln has accused Nebraska Lt. Gov. Mike Foley of flouting state campaign finance law and is calling for Foley — who is now running for state auditor — to divest his campaign of tens of thousands of dollars. State law does not allow lieutenant governors to have…Continue Reading
A European Union flag flutters outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMILAN, March 25 (Reuters) – The European Union will not loosen sustainability targets for the aviation industry despite the Ukraine conflict and a surge in fuel prices, the bloc’s top…Continue Reading
People walk in the Galerie Vero-Dodat covered arcade in Paris, France, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comPARIS, March 25 (Reuters) – French health authorities said the number of patients hospitalised for COVID-19 were down by 38 over 24 hours, at 20,616, but on a week-on-week basis, that figure was…Continue Reading
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following a NATO summit, in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comISTANBUL, March 25 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday and they discussed the situation on the ground in…Continue Reading
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