cancer

I was having a casual chat with my granddaughter, Aleksis, about her classes, when she paused and asked if I could mention something special on - air. She said that an announcement came over the speakers at Fairhaven High asking everyone going to this Friday evening's Fairhaven/Durfee football game at home at 7 pm to please wear something YELLOW...

Acushnet firefighters and residents took time to honor those who were lost on September 11th, 2001 Friday evening, gathering around the 9/11 Memorial outside the fire station.

Massachusetts prosecutors say they'll abandon their prosecution of a cousin of ex-New England Patriots player and convicted killer Aaron Hernandez because of her worsening cancer. Tanya Singleton was charged with conspiracy to commit accessory after the fact in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd...

A cancer expert says there are some new treatment options for the type of cancer President Carter is battling. Dr. Dale Shepard is an oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic and says Carter will receive immunotherapy which destroys cancer cells by stimulating the patient's own immune system...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he has cancer and will undergo treatment at an Atlanta hospital. Carter announced the diagnosis in a statement from the Carter Center on Wednesday afternoon. Carter, 90, had surgery earlier this month to remove a small mass in his liver...

A 6-year-old boy is going to take a swing at fighting cancer.

The senior class at Profile Junior-Senior High School in Bethlehem, New Hampshire has set the bar really high for exceptional character. They saved their entire high school career for a class trip New York, but they unanimously decided to cancel it and instead donated every penny to their principal, who’s currently battling cancer...

New Bedford Police are looking for these two young women who they say stole a donation jar from Mark's Liquors on County Street. Police say the girls walked into the store, distracted the clerk and stole the donation jar from the front counter...

The singer of the hit "It's My Party" is dead.  TMZ reports that Lesley Gore passed away Monday in New York after battling cancer.  She was 68-years-old. Gore surged into the spotlight in 1963 with her chart-topping hit "It's My Party" from her first album, "I'll Cry If I Want To...

Cancer has unfortunately touched most of us, in one way or another. Whether you've seen a family member or friend bravely battle, or perhaps you yourself had a courageous battle,