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President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% — a new goal for the “moonshot” initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president.Biden has set a 25-year timeline for achieving that goal, part of his broader effort to end cancer as we know it, according to senior administration officials who previewed Wednesday's

SHICKSHINNY — Neighbors reported that four people died in a fire Wednesday morning in Shickshinny.Meanwhile, the State Police have confirmed one death, while saying three others are unaccounted for.A grandmother, mother and two teenage sons did not manage to escape the blaze at 50 Furnace St., said Lori Redmond, who lives two doors away.Four other family members jumped out a

A WOMAN who consistently failed to comply with the terms of a community payback order has been sent to prison for six months. Thirty six year old Sarah Irvine, whose address was given as Grampian Prison, had the order revoked at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday. She had spent...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The City of Winston-Salem is asking people within one mile of a raging blaze at a fertilizer plant to evacuate due to the possibility of a large explosion.WGHP-TV reports that the fire started Monday night at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant on North Cherry Street. City officials have confirmed small explosions at the plant.Firefighters say there is the

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International said Tuesday that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948, one that meets the international definition of apartheid.With the release of a 278-page report compiled over a period of four years, the London-based rights group joins Human Rights

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A cold snap in Florida is different than in other places. We put on heavy coats when it's 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius).No blizzard conditions here in the Sunshine State, but we have our issues as well when the thermometer drops.The National Weather Service said Sunday it's all going to warm up nicely after the weekend. The low

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Monday it test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam, the North’s most significant weapon launch in years, as Washington plans to show its commitment to its Asian allies with an unspecified move.Sunday’s launch could be a prelude to bigger provocations by North Korea such

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. worked Sunday to ramp up diplomatic and financial pressure on Russia over Ukraine, promising to put Moscow on the defensive at the U.N.

AN OLD former church building in Lerwick which was damaged in a fire in 2014 could be set to be revamped into four two-storey flats. The C-listed St Clement’s Hall, which overlooks the King George V play park, has fallen into a state of disrepair. But a planning application...