LJWorld.com Headlines for December 3, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [A primer on cancers of the blood]( Virtually everyone has dealt with cancer, whether personally or through an acquaintance or family member. While the disease is common, the National Cancer Institute reports there are more than 100 types of cancer. Whether you have a friend or ... [A primer on cancers of the blood]( By: Kade Han, LMH Health Virtually everyone has dealt with cancer, whether personally or through an acquaintance or family member. While the disease is common, the National Cancer Institute reports there are more than 100 types of cancer. Whether you have a friend or ... December 2, 2023 @ 11:00pm [U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but remains below pre-pandemic level]( By: Mike Stobbe, Associated Press New York — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... December 2, 2023 @ 11:00pm [Douglas County leaders have big goals as they create local plan to combat climate change]( By: Matt Resnick In Douglas County’s efforts to combat climate change, some local numbers are starting to come into focus. According to data collected during 2021 through a county initiative, roughly 1.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — a gas that ... December 2, 2023 @ 10:33pm [Documentary and special Lawrence screening looks at the night nuclear war came to the living rooms of Americans]( By: Chad Lawhorn In November of 1983, you could get out of your chair, walk to your TV, put your fingers on its dial, and turn to your ABC station to find the likes of “Happy Days” and “The Love Boat.” Well, except for that one night — Nov. 20, 1983 ... December 2, 2023 @ 10:00pm [PHOTOS: 2023 Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade]( By: Mike Yoder The horseback riders, wagons and carriages were back on Mass. Street on Saturday for the annual Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, one of Lawrence's longest-running holiday traditions. The parade turned 30 years old this year and, as usual, drew ... December 2, 2023 @ 3:15pm [Veterans' headstones at Oak Hill Cemetery to be adorned with wreaths as part of National Wreaths Across America Day]( By: Austin Hornbostel A couple of weeks from now, headstones scattered throughout Oak Hill Cemetery will be adorned with some new decorations — wreaths meant to honor fallen veterans. At least some of those wreaths will be placed by Lawrence’s chapter of the ... December 2, 2023 @ 2:33pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044