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Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take hormone-blocking pills.A reassuring new study finds they can take a two-year break from these drugs to get pregnant without raising their short-term risk of cancer coming back.“This is really good news for young women and their doctors and their families,” said Dr. Ann Partridge of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, who led the study. Results were being discussed Thursday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.Though more common in older women, breast cancer is increasingly diagnosed during childbearing years for reasons that aren’t clear.For patients whose cancers are fueled by hormones, treatment involves surgery, then spending five to 10 years taking either a hormone-blocking drug that can cause birth defects or newer drugs called aromatase inhibitors and a monthly shot to shut down the ovaries.Partridge estimates 6,000 U.S. women a year want to get pregnant but must take hormone-blocking drugs.“They don’t want to hear from breast cancer again, but they also don’t want to put their lives on hold,” she said.The study followed 516 women after surgery for early-stage cancer. All then spent at least 18 months taking hormone-blocking drugs. The women stopped hormone-blockers for up to two years to get pregnant, deliver and breastfeed. Then they restarted cancer therapy.After three years, about 9% saw cancer come back, similar to the rate seen in a set of similar women in a separate study who stayed on hormone-blocking therapy. There were nine deaths, “below expected rates for this population,” Partridge said.More than 300 babies were born to women in the study. Among them was Brayden, now 4, the son of Amy Bianchi.“He’s perfect in every way,” Bianchi said. “I couldn’t imagine my life without him. We couldn’t imagine our family without him.”Bianchi felt a lump, which turned out to be breast cancer, when her firstborn, Mia, was 18 months old. Doctors advised against another pregnancy, but she learned of the research and signed up.“If I had listened to the first few doctors or oncologists that I spoke with, I would have lost all my hope,” said Bianchi, 42, of Niskayuna, New York. “I would have very quickly accepted that I would never have the family that I had envisioned.”She was able to breastfeed her son for six months before resuming hormone-blocking therapy, which she'll continue until 2026.Researchers will follow Bianchi and the other study participants and report on the longer term safety.“Will we see a difference at 10 years?” asked Dr. Hope Rugo of University of California, San Francisco who was not involved in the study. “For the moment, this is incredibly encouraging data. It should give practitioners and patients confidence" as they discuss ways to benefit from cancer therapy while starting a family.<figure class="image"><img src="https://emfservices.azureedge.net/news/40151.jpg" alt="Amy Bianchi days before she gave birth to her son, Brayden, in Schenectady, N.Y. "><figcaption>[Photo Credit: Amy Bianchi via AP] Amy Bianchi days before she gave birth to her son, Brayden, in Schenectady, N.Y.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure>___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

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Amy Bianchi of Albany, N.Y., with her newborn son, Brayden, with his father, Christopher, and sister, Mia, at Bellevue Woman’s Center in Niskayuna, N.Y.

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More than 300 babies were born to women in the study. Among them was Brayden, now 4, the son of Amy Bianchi

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Kevin Olusola is well known as the beatboxer for the very popular a cappella group Pentatonix, winner of three Grammy awards. He's also an accomplished cello player.Kevin was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He's 34-years-old, married, a father - and is a committed Christian. Interestingly, he's fluent in Mandarin Chinese.We have learned that our friends at YouVersion have partnered with Kevin on a new 7-day video devotional called <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bible.com%2Freading-plans%2F34534&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crichard%40klove.com%7C1db72bb36fe941a585c408dad9553735%7C1e2152463fb64aeab4e0009f2a1de44e%7C0%7C0%7C638061257327526601%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C7000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Tx5BFQy9377uEBUQzOf9KdiLcaA7sxJOMpPcpAqpWDs%3D&amp;reserved=0">All Things New With Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix</a>.The Bible Plan includes exclusive musical performances by Kevin Olusola and focuses on how Jesus’ arrival paved the way for all things to become new.<figure class="image"><img src="https://emfservices.azureedge.net/news/40170.jpg" alt="(2019) Matt Sallee, from left, Kirstin Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, and Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix"><figcaption>[Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP] (2019) Matt Sallee, from left, Kirstin Maldonado, Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, and Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix</figcaption></figure><figure class="image"><img src="https://emfservices.azureedge.net/news/40169.jpg" alt="Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix performs live on stage at The Forum"><figcaption>[Photo Credit: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP] Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix performs live on stage at The Forum</figcaption></figure>&nbsp; &nbsp;

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The Bible Plan includes exclusive musical performances by Kevin Olusola and focuses on how Jesus’ arrival paved the way for all things to become new.

New 7-Day Devotional Features Kevin Olusola From Pentatonix

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A girl named Madeline, with a vivid imagination and remarkable awareness of how bureaucracy can dash dreams, got her wish when she asked Los Angeles animal control authorities for a license to own a unicorn — if she’s able to find one.The first-of-its-kind permit came with strings attached, however: The mythical creature must be provided ample exposure to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows and have its horn polished at least once a month with a soft cloth.Director Marcia Mayeda of the county Department of Animal Care and Control sent the girl a heart-shaped, rose-colored metal tag with “Permanent Unicorn License” emblazoned on it, along with a white fuzzy unicorn doll with pink ears, purple hooves and a silver horn.The department's response came after the girl wrote it a brief letter last month: “Dear LA County, I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one.”Mayeda commended the girl for her “sense of responsible pet ownership to seek permission in advance" and for thoughtfully considering “the requirements of providing a loving home to animals.”The agency posted images of the correspondence, the license, the medallion and the stuffed toy on its social media accounts, with the girl's last name obscured.Its five conditions for unicorn ownership also require that any sparkles or glitter sprinkled on the animal be nontoxic and biodegradable, and that it be fed watermelon at least once a week.<figure class="image"><img src="https://emfservices.azureedge.net/news/40167.jpg" alt=" &quot;Unicorn license,&quot; after a young girl requested permission to have a unicorn in her backyard, if she could find one. Animal Care and Control Department officials said this week that they granted the unusual permit to Madeline, whose last name was redacted"><figcaption>[Photo Credit: Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control] "Unicorn license," after a young girl requested permission to have a unicorn in her backyard, if she could find one. Animal Care and Control Department officials said this week that they granted the unusual permit to Madeline, whose last name was redacted</figcaption></figure>

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A created a unicorn license tag, right, and a plush toy unicorn, 

The first-of-its-kind permit came with strings attached, however: The mythical creature must be provided ample exposure to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows and have its horn polished at least once a month with a soft cloth.

“Dear LA County..." Girl Licensed To Own A Unicorn — If She Finds One

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense passed the House on Thursday as lawmakers scratch off one of the final items on their yearly to-do list.The House passed the bill by a vote of 350-80. It now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to pass easily, then to the president to be signed into law. To win bipartisan support for the bill, Democrats agreed to Republican demands to scrap the requirement for service members to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill directs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to rescind his August 2021 memorandum imposing the mandate. Only days earlier he voiced support for keeping the mandate in effect.Republicans said the mandate hurt recruiting and retention efforts. Rep. Mike Rogers, top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said he intends in the next Congress to examine who was adversely affected by the mandate, “so we can try to revisit that and make them whole to the extent desirable."More than 8,000 active-duty service members were discharged for failure to obey a lawful order when they refused the vaccine.“Some of the folks who have moved on are not going to want to come back,” said Rogers, who will become chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the next Congress.Military leaders have argued that troops for decades have been required to get as many as 17 vaccines in order to maintain the health of the force, particularly those deploying overseas. Recruits arriving at the military academies or at basic training get a regimen of shots on their first day — such as measles, mumps and rubella — if they aren’t already vaccinated. And they routinely get flu shots in the fall.While the rescission of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has generated much attention, it takes up one paragraph of what is a 4,408-page bill.The defense policy legislation is critical in shaping the military's future. It sets the maximum number of service members authorized to be in the various branches of the military. It authorizes money for specific major weapons programs and it establishes pay and benefits. This year's bill authorizes money to support a $4.6% pay raise for military members and the Defense Department's civilian workers.The bill also authorizes $800 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine and calls for a report on whether any gaps exist in the oversight of aid to that country. That addresses the concerns of some Republicans who have been calling for a more detailed accounting of how the money has been spent.The legislation received broad support from House members of both political parties. Opposition came from 45 Democrats and 35 Republicans.Lawmakers failed in some instances to attach their priorities to the bill, such as an effort to prevent federal banking regulators from imposing penalties on banks that offer services to cannabis-related businesses. Also left out was legislation from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V.., to speed permits for natural gas pipelines and other energy projects, including a pipeline project in his home state and Virginia.

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A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military has passed the House.

The House passed the bill by a vote of 350-80. It now goes to the Senate, 

House Passes Defense Bill Scrapping COVID Vaccine Mandate

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U.S. Airways flight in New York's Hudson River

The move could help solve the staffing crisis caused by the pilot shortage, but the pilots unions argue it would make the skies less safe.

Airlines Lobbying For Rule Change That Could Put Just 1 Pilot In The Cockpit

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She advised Christians who are in a non-marriage relationship to use "discernment" to figure out whether they need to "move on" from a particular issue in their relationship or just break off the relationship entirely. 

Sadie Robertson Huff Warns About Misapplying Bible Teachings On Marriage To Dating 

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Chad Hopper, left, and Dwayne Amos call a CCHS game through the Warrior Network, hosted on Facebook. Amos, who is president of the CCHS Quarterback Club, suggested the idea to Hopper when their sons were freshmen on the football team. The duo continued calling games through the team's run to a shot at the state title this year. Photo courtesy of Hopper family

Neither had any radio experience. But both were proud of their boys and loved Warrior football, and that was enough.

Parents Start Their Own High School Play-By-Play Football Broadcast On Facebook 

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Samiritan's Purse has officially hit a significant milestone, distributing 100M pounds of food to a war-torn Ukraine

Samaritan's Purse Distributes 100M Pounds Of Food In War-Torn Ukraine

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a major pipeline that carries oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, briefly causing oil prices to rise Thursday.Canada-based TC Energy said it shut down its Keystone system Wednesday night following a drop in pipeline pressure. It said oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City.The company on Thursday estimated the spill's size at about 14,000 barrels and said the affected pipeline segment had been “isolated” and the oil contained at the site with booms, or barriers. It did not say how the spill occurred.“People are sometimes not aware of of the havoc that these things can wreak until the disaster happens,” said Zack Pistora, who lobbies the Kansas Legislature for the Sierra Club's state chapter.Concerns that spills could pollute waterways spurred opposition to plans by TC Energy to build another crude oil pipeline in the Keystone system, the 1,200-mile (1,900-kilometer) Keystone XL, which would have cut across Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Critics also argued that using crude from western Canada's oil sands would worsen climate change, and President Joe Biden's cancelation of a U.S. permit for the project led the company <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-pipeline-canada-environment-and-nature-141eabd7cca6449dfbd2dab8165812f2">to pull the plug last year.</a>In 2019, the Keystone pipeline <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nd-state-wire-ne-state-wire-us-news-mo-state-wire-sd-state-wire-d3f301c4e5014981949be28fae8e15d7">leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons</a> (1.4 million liters) of oil in eastern North Dakota.Janet Kleeb, who founded the Bold Nebraska environmental and landowner rights group that campaigned against the Keystone XL, said there have been at least 22 spills along the original Keystone pipeline since it began service in 2010. She said federal studies have shown the type of heavy tar sands oil the pipeline carries can be especially difficult to clean up in water because it tends to sink.“All oil spills are difficult, but tar sands in particular are very toxic and very difficult, so I’m awfully concerned,” said Kleeb, who is also the Nebraska Democratic Party's chair.But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said there were no known effects yet on drinking water wells or the public, and the oil didn't move from the creek to larger waterways. Randy Hubbard, the Washington County Emergency Management coordinator, said there were no evacuations ordered because the break occurred in rural pastureland.TC Energy said it had set up environmental monitoring at the site, including around-the-clock air quality monitoring.“Our primary focus right now is the health and safety of onsite staff and personnel, the surrounding community, and mitigating risk to the environment,” a company statement said.Oil prices briefly surged at midday Thursday amid news of the spill, with the cost of a barrel of oil for near-term contracts rising by nearly 5%, and above the cost of oil contracts further into the future. That typically suggests anxiety in the market over immediate supply.A U.S. Energy Information Administration spokesperson said the Keystone pipeline moves about 600,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to Cushing, Oklahoma, where it can connect to another pipeline to the Gulf Coast. That’s compared to the total of 3.5 million to 4 million barrels of Canadian oil imported into the U.S. every day.Past Keystone spills have led to outages that lasted about two weeks, but this outage could possibly be longer because it involves a body of water, said analysts at RBC Capital Markets in a note to investors. Depending on the spill’s location, it’s possible that a portion of the pipeline could restart sooner, they said.“It’s something to keep an eye on,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which tracks gasoline prices. “It could eventually impact oil supplies to refiners, which could be severe if it lasts more than a few days.”The spill was 5 miles (8 kilometers) northeast of Washington, the county seat of about 1,100 residents. Paul Stewart, an area farmer, said part of it was contained on his land using yellow booms and a dam of dirt. The spill occurred in Mill Creek, which flows into the Little Blue River.The Little Blue feeds the Big Blue River, which flows into Tuttle Creek Lake, north of Manhattan, home of Kansas State University. The EPA said the oil did not affect the Little Blue.Dan Thalmann, publisher and editor of The Washington County News, a weekly publication, said crews were creating a rock path to the creek because recent rains made fields too soft to move in heavy machinery.“Gosh, the traffic past my house is unbelievable — trucks after trucks after trucks,” said Stewart, who took down an electric fence he'd finished putting up Wednesday, fearing it might be knocked down and dragged into a field.Chris Pannbacker said the pipeline runs through her family's farm. She and her husband drove north of their farmhouse and across a bridge over Mill Creek.“We looked at it from both sides, and it was black on both sides,” said Pannbacker, a reporter for the Marysville Advocate newspaper.Junior Roop, the sexton of a cemetery near the spill site, said people could smell the oil in town.“It was about like driving by a refinery,” he said.

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Creek in Washington Kansas Shut Down due to Oil spill

Keystone system shutdown due to oil spill in Kansas creek, briefly causing oil prices to rise

Oil Spill In Rural Kansas Creek Shuts Down Major Pipeline

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