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(AP) Annual mammograms are recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries, including the U.S., but a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good. Yearly screening is meant to monitor whether cancer has come back. All that testing causes anxiety for patients and costs money. Until now, there wasn't solid evidence for when women could ease back on yearly mammograms, said Janet Dunn of

Tim Henderson - Stateline - A still-roaring national economy grew at an unexpectedly robust 5.2% annual rate in the third quarter of this year, but early indicators show a more mixed picture for many states heading into the holidays. The preliminary unemployment rate rose in 38 states and economic output slowed in 32 states in October, according to a Stateline analysis of preliminary federal economic data. Yet states where the economy

By: LINDEN BECKFORD JR. and MOTHER DIVA It was an epic moment and gathering on December 2, 2023, for the 40th Anniversary of Thriller Dance Re-Enactment produced by Chicago Community Activist/ Producer Mother Diva. The event was sponsored in part by the LA Valley Recovery Center. They help people detox from drugs and alcohol. “Mr. Jackson always believed in doing things that had never been done before. Out of all

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(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  The National Civil Rights Museum has opened a new exhibition, Lest We Forget… Images of the Black Civil Rights Movement, on display until May 6, 2024. This traveling collection, showcasing 35 powerful portraits and images by Robert Templeton, captures key figures and moments from the Black civil rights movement, spanning from the Niagara Movement to the 1970s. Against the backdrop of Templeton's humble beginnings in the Great

(AP NEWS) - Federal prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they intend to retry former Louisville officer Brett Hankison after a jury deadlocked last month over charges he used excessive force the night Breonna Taylor was killed by police in 2020. A judge declared a mistrial Nov. 16 after the jury deliberated for several days but could not reach a unanimous decision. Hankison fired 10 shots the night of the deadly

Will Atwater - NC Health News Judging by recent developments, microplastics have risen to the status of supervillain. Reports about these new anti-heroes read almost like celebrity sightings. The tiny particles are everywhere: in water, on land, on mountaintops, in humans and animals - and even in the clouds. Microplastic compounds are defined as being less than 5 mm long, which is slightly larger than a sesame seed, but many microplastic

NC NEWSLINE - Rep. Tricia Cotham, the Democrat-turned-Republican who upended North Carolina politics, has a Democratic challenger in the  Mecklenburg House district where she's running for another term. Yolanda Holmes, the Democrat who came in second to Cotham in a four-way Democratic primary in 2022, filed to run in the district. Cotham, a Mint Hill resident,  became a GOP hero when she switched parties this year to give Republicans a

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The justices will hear appeals from the Biden administration and the maker of the drug mifepristone asking the high court to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off

Laura Ungar (AP NEWS) - Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration said the one-time treatments can be used for patients 12 and older with severe forms of the disease. One, made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics, is the first approved therapy