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Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment, new research finds 06/02/2024 08:01am • Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference. It’s part of a long-term trend toward studying whether doing less — less surgery, less chemotherapy or less radiation — In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand 06/02/2024 01:53am • Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand, the latest communities around the country to consider ditching machine tabulators based on unfounded conspiracy theories stemming from the 2020 presidential election. The thr Boeing's first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setback 06/01/2024 10:20pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute computer trouble nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years. Two NASA astronauts were strapped in the company’s Starliner capsule when the countdown automatically was halted at 3 Registered sex offender suspected in death of Maryland parole officer arrested in West Virginia 06/01/2024 10:09pm • CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — A registered sex offender wanted in the death of a parole officer whose body was found in the man’s apartment in Chevy Chase was arrested Saturday in West Virginia, authorities said. Emanuel Edward Sewell is suspected in the killing of 33-year-old Davis Martinez, Montgom Downtown Atlanta water service disrupted, forcing business closings and water boil notice 06/01/2024 08:12pm • Atlanta officials were slowly repressuring the city's water system Saturday after corroding water pipes burst in downtown and Midtown, forcing many businesses and attractions to close and affecting water service in area homes. The city was handing out cases of water and setting up portable toilets a Oilers close to a Stanley Cup chance, going home needing one win over Stars to wrap up West final 06/01/2024 03:45pm • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has never been this close to playing for a Stanley Cup since the Edmonton Oilers took him with the first overall draft pick in 2011. It's been even longer for the franchise that has won the Cup five times. Edmonton was right in the middle of a span of 10 consecutive seasons witho US dampens criticism of El Salvador's president as migration overtakes democracy concerns 06/01/2024 02:28pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed “world's coolest dictator” for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base PHOTOS: Pride celebrations around the world in 2024 06/01/2024 02:07pm • Pride Month is a worldwide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights, and it kicked off Saturday at the top of June, with celebrations, events and parades all around the world. The first pride week in 1970 featured marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco — and it has only grown Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system and campaign of vengeance after guilty verdict 06/01/2024 01:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution as the GOP runs to reclaim the White House. Almost no Republ Is intermittent fasting better than counting calories? Maybe not, but you might stick with it 06/01/2024 12:44pm • As weight-loss plans go, it’s easy to see the allure of intermittent fasting: Eat what you want, but only during certain windows of time — often just eight hours a day. Instead of counting calories or measuring portions, dieters just have to pay attention to the clock, said Courtney Peterson, a Skye Blakely ‘shut down’ after the 2021 Olympic trials. A mental coach helped bring her back 06/01/2024 12:16pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Skye Blakely didn't want to hear it. Just like most teenagers whenever their parents offer to help. Stephanie and Steven Blakely approached their youngest daughter twice in the aftermath of the 2021 Olympic trials — a meet that ended with the 16-year-old's left elbow req European vote could tip the balance on Meloni's far-right agenda in Italy 06/01/2024 11:20am • MILAN (AP) — While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural wars at home are preserving her far-right credentials heading into a European parliamentary election, where her neo-fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party is projected to secure significan From collapsed plea deal to trial: How Hunter Biden has come to face jurors on federal gun charges 06/01/2024 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of a sprawling investigation, the deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was going to spare him a politically explosive trial in the middle of his father’s r Meet the candidates: DC's primary election headlined by several contested council races 06/01/2024 09:29am • D.C. is guaranteed at least one new council member when the dust settles from this election cycle, and there are several other contested council races. In Ward 7, longtime council member and former Mayor Vince Gray is stepping down, and a crowded field has emerged to fill his seat. In Wards 4 Murder-suicide in Howard Co. leaves 4 family members dead 05/31/2024 08:05pm • Police in Howard County, Maryland, released new details Friday in a murder-suicide that occurred at a home in Elkridge on Thursday night. Around 10 p.m. on Thursday, police responded to a residence in the 6900 block of Norwood Ferry for reports of the sound of gunshots. According to police, th