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ABC News
3 days ago
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Joe Biden says he's 'feeling good' in first remarks after cancer diagnosis announced
Former US president Joe Biden says he is "feeling good" and his "prognosis is good" in his first public comments since his prostate cancer diagnosis. Speaking to press after he gave a speech at the Veterans Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware, on Friday local time, Mr Biden said everyone was optimistic about his recovery. "I'm feeling good." Last week Biden's office said the former president had been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. He was diagnosed after experiencing urinary symptoms, and he and his family are reviewing treatment options with doctors, according to the statement. The former president said he was already undergoing treatment for cancer, which entailed taking a pill. "It's all a matter of taking one particular pill for the next six weeks and then another one," he said. "It's not in any organ, my bones are strong, so I'm feeling good." Mr Biden spoke at an annual gathering marking Memorial Day at Veterans Memorial Park in his home state of Delaware, not far from his home in Wilmington. The event coincided with the 10th anniversary of his son Beau's death. It also comes amid renewed questions about Biden's mental and physical health after the recent publication of a book about his fitness for office. He dropped his re-election bid in July 2024 after a disastrous debate against Donald Trump, after which those in his party questioned whether he could continue as the party's nominee. Questions about his decline and how the White House staff reacted to it are at the centre of a recent book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, which has renewed the debate. Asked on Friday if he had a response to recent questions about his mental and physical health, he smiled and appeared to get his words mixed up. "You can see I'm mentally incompetent and I can walk and I can beat the hell out of both of them," he said. In response to Democrats who question whether he should have initially run for re-election at all, he said: "Why didn't they run against me then? Because I'd have beaten them." AP
Yahoo
7 days ago
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall traveling to Warren
WARREN, Ohio (WKBN)- The traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be making its return to Trumbull County. The Wall That Heals is making its second trip to Warren. Starting at 2 p.m., the Wall will be escorted from the Quaker Steak and Lube in Austintown to the south lawn of Packard Music Hall. It will be there through June 1. More than 13,000 people visited the memorial when it was first here in 2018. The names of the more than 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam are on the wall. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
7 days ago
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Veterans' park visitors honor the fallen
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — Picnickers and bicyclists aren't the only ones drawn to city parks on the first holiday of the summer. Memorial Day was filled with emotion among the visitors to Veterans' Memorial Park. Allen Johnson of Gregory, SD is visiting his daughter in Sioux Falls. It was important to him to make a stop at the Veterans' Memorial Park. Sanford Sports Complex impacting youth sports 'Something to remember the day and what it means,' Johnson said. Johnson served as an army pay clerk in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. 'Never saw any actual action of any kind other than watching out my tent across the bay and watching the helicopters shoot tracers into the hillside,' Johnson said. Johnson's older brother, Ronnie, served in Vietnam at the same time. He lost his life during a body recovery mission. 'Booby trap got him. We didn't really know for sure for years, until a guy came through from Chicago moving to New Mexico that was with him and got wounded at the same time, told us that story,' Johnson said. Johnson's thoughts are with his late brother on this Memorial Day. 'I miss him. I think about him. He's buried out at the cemetery by Gregory there. I go out several times a year, just to stop by,' Johnson said. Jim Dyer of Sioux Falls also paid a Memorial Day visit to the park. He served in the South Dakota Air National Guard from 1978 to 1982. 'I was a security police officer in the air guard. So, mine was during peacetime, so I didn't have anything exciting in my life. But it was fun to serve,' Dyer said. Military service also runs in Dyer's family. 'My brother, he was in the Marines for 8-9 years. He also served in the air guards for several years and he did a tour overseas in Iraq,' Dyer said. Dyer is here to pay tribute to brother Chris, who's life was also cut short. 'When he was in the Marines, he spent time down in Camp Lejeune. He got that tainted water and he ended up dying of cancer. Once he was diagnosed, he got about five extra years,' Dyer said. So many of the people who come to this park have ties to the military. And they're grateful that there's a place in the heart of Sioux Falls to pay their respects to those who have served their country. 'Everybody should be visiting a military site. Everybody, whether you served, or not, just to pay those respects for those who did and those who never came home,' Dyer said. Veterans' Memorial Park is located near Terrace Park in north-central Sioux Falls. It's open daily from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
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Chicopee memorial ceremony honors veterans with wreath laying
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – In Chicopee, the city gathered to pay their respects at the Veterans Memorial Plaza. Part of the ceremony included wreaths being placed at each of the six monuments by a veteran and a current service member. Honoring those who gave their lives for their country in the Civil War, World War 1 and 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the war on terror. 'It means a lot to me personally because Kevin DuPont was one of my sergeants, and I know a lot of these people from around that over the years,' says Judge Advocate Louis Brault. 'I have gotten to know and have been very lucky to know, and Chicopee is a patriotic city.' He said volunteers from across the city came together to place the memorial flags, showing their respect for those who gave their lives but also showing their support for the city's veterans. The ceremony ended with a 21-gun salute and taps on the bugle. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
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Cortland community dedicates bridge to local veterans
CORTLAND, Ohio (WKBN) — In Trumbull County, the community held a special dedication ceremony on Monday to honor the veterans who call the area home. The South High Street Bridge over Walnut Run will now be known as the Cortland Veterans Memorial Bridge. It's just south of the Main and High streets intersection, next to the Veterans Memorial. City leaders say the new name is a lasting way to recognize the service and sacrifice of all veterans in the Cortland area. Commander Frank Gillespie with Chapter 11 of Disabled American Veterans said it was a community effort that made it possible. 'We are dedicating a bridge today to the veterans, and it's been okayed by the community,' Gillespie said. 'It's a joined effort to realize what Memorial Day is truly about. He said the dedication has been in the works for months. There's a sign on each side with the new name. Nick Rich contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
