Southwest Florida Proton, a new cancer clinic in Estero, now offers proton therapy that many young patients need. The center lets families stay close to home instead of traveling far for treatment. Proton therapy is especially helpful for children because it targets tumors more precisely than reg
South Carolina’s lawmakers are currently debating how to redraw congressional district lines. The stakes are high: the shape of these maps can decide who gets to speak for a community in Washington. Some politicians believe that reshaping the districts will give them an easier path to reelecti
South Alabama and Troy were set to clash in the Sun Belt tournament on Wednesday night, but rain in Montgomery forced a change of plans. The two teams now start the competition at 9 a. m. Thursday in front of a different crowd, as the original game was delayed by more than two hours and then halted
South American gang members have been caught after a series of home break‑ins in Los Angeles that used delivery packages as disguises. Seven suspects, four of them from Colombia, were arrested for targeting houses by posing as workers from services like Amazon, DoorDash and UberEats. Police no
South Carolina lawyer Richard Harpootlian says that the tangled legal battles of former attorney Alex Murdaugh are being pushed apart by political pressure. He told a news program that the case has been twisted by connections to former county clerk Rebecca Hill and the state attorney general, Ala
Southern Lebanon is facing heavy strikes again. Overnight airstrikes in villages near Tyre and Nabatieh left 19 people dead, including children and women. Rescue teams dug through rubble to pull out victims as families mourned. The government said one strike flattened homes, trapping people undernea
Health experts are scratching their heads over why the world seems more worried about a handful of hantavirus cases on a cruise ship than a massive Ebola outbreak in Africa. While passengers played bingo on the water, a rare strain of Ebola was quietly tearing through the Democratic Republic of Cong
Southern Minnesota may enjoy a calm weekend, but a surge of strong thunderstorms is set to hit the area late Sunday night and carry through Monday morning. Weather forecasters have flagged this as a notable event, urging residents to keep an eye on the sky. The forecast places western, central and
Health experts are sounding alarms over fresh Ebola cases in two African nations, pushing the World Health Organization to raise an international alert. The outbreak centers on regions in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where suspected infections have raised concerns. In Congo’s Ituri p
Health officials in the U. S. are ramping up efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa after international health authorities raised alarms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending more experts to Congo and Uganda to help track cases and stop the virus from spreading
