Jimmy Carter says new scan shows no cancer
ATLANTA – Jimmy Carter said Sunday that his most recent brain scan showed no signs of cancer, more than three months after he began treatment for four melanoma tumors.
“My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones,” Carter said in a statement.
The two-sentence statement followed reports that he had shared the good news with a Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Carter, 91, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. Doctors removed a portion of his liver and found four small tumors on his brain. He received a round of radiation targeted at those tumors and doses of Keytruda every three weeks.
Canada’s new liberal govt. may be legalizing pot
MONTREAL - The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first G-20 country to end cannabis prohibition on a national level.
The opposition Conservative Party strongly opposes legalization, claiming it will make cannabis “more easily available to youth.” During the recent election campaign, former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper said marijuana is “infinitely worse” than tobacco and “is something we do not want to encourage.”
Yet a large number of people still use cannabis. For about a decade, studies have shown that past-year use among Canadians age 15 to 24 is the highest in the developed world, with a recent study putting the rate at 24.6 percent. For adults 25 and over, the figure drops to 8 percent.
Canada legalized medical marijuana about 15 years ago. Health Canada has so far issued 26 production and distribution licenses to about 20 companies.
Counter-terrorism police probe London stabbing
LONDON – Counter-terrorism police in Britain on Sunday investigated a stabbing at a London Underground station in which a man brandishing a knife injured two people and reportedly said “This is for Syria.”
Police arrested a 29-year-old man late Saturday and said they are treating the “violent unprovoked knife attack” at east London’s Leytonstone subway station as a “terrorist incident.”
Richard Walton, chief of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command, said the decision was made because of information received from witnesses and subsequent police investigations. The force said it was searching a residential address in east London, but declined to say whether they were looking for other suspects.
British media widely reported that the suspect linked his actions to Syria after the attack. The claim could not be independently verified, but the incident comes just days after Parliament approved British airstrikes on Islamic State group targets in Syria.
Associated Press
