Cancer deaths forecast to fall as deaths rise modestly
The American Cancer Society projects 1.69 million new cancer cases and 600,920 cancer deaths in the coming year. Death rates are down 25 percent since the 1990s due to less smoking and better detection and treatment. Survival gains mainly reflect advances in blood and lymphatic cancers. In other news, Dylann Roof’s jail writings reveal racist attacks, while Texas debates a bathroom bill and climate data show 2016 trending as the warmest year on record, with the Arctic heating fastest.
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Ex senator Daniel Coats eyed for director of national intelligence
President elect Donald Trump is expected to name former senator Daniel Coats of Indiana to head the national intelligence directorate. A traditional Republican, Coats served 16 years in the Senate and was ambassador to Germany. He is likely to bring a skeptical stance on Russia and has supported stronger sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine.
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GOP moves to strip Planned Parenthood funding soon
Republicans press a rapid Obamacare repeal plan with a defunding measure targeting Planned Parenthood. Speaker Paul Ryan says the plan would join a reconciliation bill to bypass a Senate filibuster, risking about 40 percent of Planned Parenthood funding and setting up a partisan clash with Democrats.
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Budget vote could push deficit past one trillion dollars
Conservative House Freedom Caucus members signaled support for a budget that would on paper balloon the deficit and debt to over 29.1 trillion by 2026 as a path to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They said 2017 spending targets are symbolic while aiming to fulfill GOP pledges to repeal ObamaCare.
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Ignition interlocks curb drunken driving study says
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports that states with mandatory ignition interlock laws for first time DUI offenders saw a 7 percent drop in traffic fatalities. The study finds partial laws less effective and urges universal application to deter drinkers. It tracks five years before and after laws, noting fatalities linked to alcohol.
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Four Yemeni Detainees Transferred From Gitmo to Saudi Arabia
The Pentagon moved four Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia as part of President Obama’s final plan to shrink the prison. The transfers, amid a push to close Guantanamo, leave about 55 prisoners at the base and come despite a push by President-elect Trump to halt transfers.
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