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Risk of new lesions reduced by 54% in veterans who started drug after first skin cancerKey Takeaways Nicotinamide reduced skin cancer risk by 14% overall in patients with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer. The risk reduction increased to 54% when nicotinamide was started after a first skin cancer diagnosis. More prospective studies are needed to confirm findings and identify patients most likely to benefit. Patients with a history of using nicotinamide had a significantly lower risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancer, particularly when starting treatment after a first skin cancer, a large retrospective cohort study showed. Overall, nicotinamide use...

Up to 10% of pediatric hematologic malignancies attributed to imaging-related radiation exposureKey Takeaways: One in 10 childhood blood cancers may result from medical imaging-associated radiation exposure. Cancer risk increased with cumulative radiation dose, ranging from 1.41 times higher to 3.59 times higher. Children exposed to at least 30 mGy had 25.6 excess blood cancers per 10,000 by age 21. One of every 10 blood cancers in children may result from radiation exposure associated with medical imaging, according to a large retrospective analysis. The risk of hematologic malignancy increased with cumulative radiation exposure versus none, ranging from 1.41 times higher for...

This is a short video by Candice Owens presumably showing the Kirk killer hanging around the local area and dropping into a local Dairy Queen a few hours after the shooting.

"President Trump's presence in the UK is a multi-layered operation with one ultimate goal: to demonstrate conclusively that the old Atlanticist order is dead, and a new, America-First-aligned structure has taken its place. This is theater, but it's theater with a decisive, real-world objective....." "So, in laymen's terms what you need to do is Forget the handshakes and the photo-ops. This is a victory lap and an occupation. Trump is in the UK to formally accept the surrender of the British political class and to plant the flag of his movement on the soil of America's oldest ally. He is...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday that he believes it would be "worthwhile" to investigate whether ABC’s daytime talk show "The View" is violating broadcast rules in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. Carr argued on "The Scott Jennings Show" that the left-leaning talk show could be violating the commission's "equal time" rule, which requires broadcasters to provide equal opportunity to all political candidates except for a "bona fide news show." "Potentially, I would assume you can make the argument that The View is a bona fide news show, but I'm not so sure about that," Carr said....

Spanish police say they have arrested 19 people suspected of murder and torture after more than 50 went missing from a migrant boat that was travelling from Senegal to the Canary Islands. Police suspect some of the victims were accused of being "witches" after several incidents during the journey, including engine failure, bad weather and food shortages. The wooden vessel was rescued south of Gran Canaria on 24 August with 248 survivors on board, the Spanish National Police said. But officials believe that about 300 people were originally on the boat, and that some had been thrown overboard. Survivors told...

The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution contains 52 words stating six key objectives that set the tone for, and undergird, civil governance across the United States. True the Ballot is an idea to enhance the understanding of, and appreciation for each of those objectives as they apply to the public officials and citizens of St. Joseph County, Indiana. At the same time, True the Ballot seeks to recruit individuals for public office who are not only qualified, but also dedicated toward those same objectives. Since the Preamble is inherently non-partisan, I invite any concerned citizen of any party affilliation to...

The CDC panel voted to change the universal guidance, which previously recommended the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine for most adults, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr still needs to sign off on the change. he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory board on Friday voted unanimously to end the universal recommendation that Americans receive a COVID-19 shot, in favor of individual guidance. The vote occurred on the second day of the panel's vaccine meeting, where they are also expected to weigh in on recommendations for the measles vaccine and Hepatitis. The panel already voted...

The Trump administration is planning to add a $100,000 to the fee for H-1B visa applications, taking aim at a program that is used to attract highly skilled workers to the U.S. The additional fee, which was confirmed to CBS News by a White House official, would impact employers including tech giants such as Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Google, which have relied on the program to hire foreign workers. President Trump could sign a proclamation adding the new fee as soon as Friday, and which would restrict H-1B workers from entering the U.S. unless accompanied by the $100,000 payment, according...

A ground delay is currently affecting some flights heading to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) due to an equipment outage, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has implemented a ground stop for select departing flights from certain regions en route to DFW. While this is not a systemwide ground stop, passengers may still experience delays. The FAA is also slowing flights into Dallas Love Field as a result of the same equipment issue. The agency reports that disruptions could continue for several hours, potentially through 5 p.m. The specific nature of the equipment issue has not been disclosed,...

The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to court documents first obtained by The Daily Wire. The Department of Justice is recommending that the defendant, 29-year-old Nicholas Roske, be sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill the Supreme Court justice in 2022, according to a Friday filing outlining the case against Roske. Roske pled guilty to the attempt to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice in April 2025, three years after authorities arrested him in Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, carrying a...

A new proposal by Senator Jim Banks aims to restructure the H-1B visa system, drastically raising wage requirements and limiting alternatives companies use to hire foreign workers. -snip- The American Tech Workforce Act includes three main reforms. First, it increases the minimum required salary for H-1B visa holders from $60,000 to $150,000, which may disincentivize companies to look abroad for talent. The bill would also eliminate the OPT program, which allows foreign graduates to work in the U.S. for up to three years post-graduation. Thirdly, the bill replaces the current lottery system with a model awarding visas to the highest-bidding...

AOC attacks Charlie Kirk on the House floor after voting no on the resolution honoring his life and legacy. What an absolute disgrace. “His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans, far from the working quote, working tirelessly to promote unity, unquote, asserted by the majority in this resolution.” “It is equally important that Congress does unite to reject the government's attempt to weaponize this moment into an all-out assault on free speech across the country. All in the name of Charlie Kirk.”

Yesterday, a baffling video started making the rounds on social media showing Tennessee representative Tim Burchett casually claim that alien entities are here on Earth, and that they're rising out of the ocean. "What if, these are entities that are here on this earth, that have been on this earth for who knows how long, and we think they're coming from way out," he says while strolling along the streets of DC, the Capital rotunda glowing in the distance. "Maybe they did a millennia ago, but they're here, and they're in these deep water areas." Throughout the minute long cell...

Reforms may be on the horizon for the Federal Reserve System, as a new bill aims to alter the U.S. central bank’s dual mandate. House Republicans, led by House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.), introduced the Price Stability Act of 2025, a bill that would end the twin mandate, ensuring the Federal Reserve concentrates primarily on containing inflation. “For too long, the Federal Reserve has been stretched between competing objectives. It’s time to return to a clear, singular focus: protecting the wallets of American families by keeping inflation in check,” Hill said in a statement. In 1977,...

Past theories held that a long-debated stone, known as the "Newall boulder," had been moved by glacial ice long before humans ever arrived to construct the iconic monument.However, new evidence strengthens the case that Neolithic people transported the site's mysterious bluestones, rather than the massive glaciers that covered parts of Earth during the last Ice Age.Originally discovered during excavations in 1924 by Lt-Col William Hawley, the famous stone was later removed by his assistant, R.S. Newall. The new findings, published in a study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, relied on petrographic, geochemical, and imaging analyses to identify the...

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Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a House-passed bill to fund federal departments and agencies for seven weeks, putting Washington on the path to an Oct. 1 government shutdown. Democrats came together in near unison to defeat the measure on a 44-48 vote, with only Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) voting for the Republican-drafted proposal, which passed the House earlier Friday by a 217-212 vote. Two Republicans voted against the House-passed continuing resolution: Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), an outspoken fiscal hawk who argued it would prolong Biden-era spending levels, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), a centrist who has voiced grave concerns...

...Following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 15, 1865, President Andrew Johnson rescinded Field Order 15 and returned to Confederate owners the 400,000 acres of land—“a strip of coastline stretching from Charleston, South Carolina to the St. John’s River in Florida, including Georgia’s Sea Islands and the mainland 30 miles in from the coast.” Roy L. Brooks, a distinguished professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law, described Johnson as a segregationist “who wanted to basically return African Americans to a position of subordination.” Without land of their own to work, the 3.9 million members of...

A conservative Harris County parents group reported that a left-leaning group published the social media content of high school students who are organizing a Turning Point USA(TPUSA) chapter in the Spring Branch school district. The leftist group, “Be the Change SBISD,” reportedly sent messages to its more than 700 members calling for action against sponsoring teachers and the students. The Harris County chapter of Moms for Liberty posted a report on social media saying that a “TPUSA Club America” high school chapter’s members were “DOXXED” by adults by publishing their social media content to their members in an apparent attempt...