Author: Justin M. Larson

Colorectal cancer has gained attention for rising rates among younger adults, but a new study shows it’s not the only gastrointestinal cancer increasingly affecting this age group. Researchers came to that conclusion after reviewing the scientific literature on newly diagnosed early-onset gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, which they defined as those occurring in people under 50. “There has been a lot of attention on early-onset colorectal cancer” said Sara Char, MD, the study’s co-first author and a medical oncology fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “But importantly, the rates of pancreatic, esophageal, gastric, biliary, appendiceal, and neuroendocrine cancers are also rising in…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Air France and KLM are warning customers about a new data breach that hit their customer service platform. Hackers accessed personal details including names, emails, phone numbers, loyalty program information and recent transactions. While no financial details were stolen, experts warn that this information is still a gold mine for cybercriminals.The airlines say they acted quickly to cut off the attackers’ access. They also stressed that their internal networks remain secure.”Air France and KLM detected unusual activity on an external platform we use for customer service,” the companies said in a joint…

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After weeks of complaints from detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” that they lack access to their attorneys, a federal judge in Miami will consider whether noncitizens housed at the temporary migrant detention center are being deprived of their due process rights.At a hearing Monday, a group of detainees at the facility is asking U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz, a Trump appointee, to issue an order that would require the state of Florida and the Trump administration to expand legal access at the controversial facility.”This is an unprecedented situation where hundreds of detainees are held incommunicado, with no ability to access the…

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MELBOURNE, Austalia — MELBOURNE, Austalia (AP) — Google has agreed to pay a 55 million Australian dollar ($36 million) fine for signing anticompetitive deals with Australia’s two largest telcos that banned the installation of competing search engines on some smartphones, the U.S. tech giant and Australia’s competition watchdog said.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement it had commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court on Monday against the Singapore-based Google Asia Pacific division. The court will decide whether the AU$50 million ($36 million) penalty is appropriate.Under the anticompetitive agreements, which were in place for 15 months until…

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LONDON — At least seven people, including two children, were killed by a Russian drone strike in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday night, according to local officials.Serhiy Bolvinov, the head of Kharkiv National Police’s investigations unit, said in a post to Facebook that five Shahed strike drones hit an apartment building at dawn.”An entire family died in an apartment on the fifth floor,” Bolvinov said.Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 140 drones and four missiles in the country overnight into Monday morning, of which 88 drones were shot down or suppressed.Missile and drone impacts were reported across…

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The brand logo for My Source News Opinion WorldCourtesy of VersantMSNBC will change its name later this year and drop the storied peacock image from its branding — the first real public-facing changes in Versant’s upcoming separation from Comcast’s NBCUniversal.The political news network will be renamed My Source News Opinion World, or MS Now, Versant Chief Executive Officer Mark Lazarus wrote in an internal memo to employees that was seen by CNBC.In January, Lazarus told a group of MSNBC staffers that the network wouldn’t change its name. But during the past few months of transition planning, NBCUniversal leaders decided MSNBC…

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Racing Veteran Robbie Brewer’s Final Lap Ends In TragedyVeteran Bowman Gray racing legend Robbie Brewer has died after a devastating crash during Saturday night’s Sportsman Division race. With just four laps to go, Brewer lost control and slammed into the wall, prompting rescue crews to cut through his car’s roof to free him before rushing him to a nearby hospital. His family later confirmed his death, sending shockwaves through the racing world. Investigators suspect Brewer suffered a sudden heart attack in the cockpit that caused the collision. Over a 35-year career, Brewer became a track icon with more than 300…

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The City of London skyline at sunset.Gary Yeowell | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesThe bosses of Britain’s biggest listed companies took home record salaries in the latest financial year, according to a new report.Median pay among FTSE 100 chief executive officers was £4.58 million ($6.2 million) in the year to March 31, the High Pay Centre found — up from £4.29 million in the 2023-2024 financial year and the highest figure since companies have been required to disclose a single figure for CEO pay, in 2013.Mean bonus payments meanwhile increase to £1.61 million from £1.48 million, the think tank said.CNBC has…

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A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk, at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024.Hollie Adams | ReutersNovo Nordisk on Monday said it now offers cash-paying U.S. patients its blockbuster diabetes treatment Ozempic for less than half its monthly list price, as drugmakers face mounting political pressure to lower prices in the country.Patients can pay $499 in cash per month for three dose sizes of Ozempic. They can get the price through platforms including the drug’s official website, Novo Nordisk’s patient assistance program and the company’s recently launched direct-to-consumer online pharmacy, the latter of which also ships the…

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Racing Veteran Robbie Brewer’s Final Lap Ends In TragedyVeteran Bowman Gray racing legend Robbie Brewer has died after a devastating crash during Saturday night’s Sportsman Division race. With just four laps to go, Brewer lost control and slammed into the wall, prompting rescue crews to cut through his car’s roof to free him before rushing him to a nearby hospital. His family later confirmed his death, sending shockwaves through the racing world. Investigators suspect Brewer suffered a sudden heart attack in the cockpit that caused the collision. Over a 35-year career, Brewer became a track icon with more than 300…

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Laura Gozzi and Tom GeogheganBBC NewsAFP via Getty ImagesIt promises to be a day unlike any other at the White House later, when world leaders make a rare collective visit for crunch talks on Ukraine.What had been billed as a meeting between two presidents, Donald Trump and Volodomyr Zelensky, has now become more of a summit.Leaders from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, the EU and Nato have dashed across the Atlantic to have their say on how the three-year-old war with Russia should end and on what terms.It’s a reflection of how high the stakes are and increased European…

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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas discusses tariff revenue and how President Donald Trumps tax bill will affect the deficit on Mornings with Maria. The federal government’s gross national debt topped $37 trillion for the first time in history last week, and the U.S. has room to add trillions of dollars more to the debt following the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). President Donald Trump on July 4 signed OBBBA into law, which included a $5 trillion debt limit increase to avert a potential stand-off over the borrowing limit that was projected to be reached…

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