WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan formally declared his candidacy for speaker of the U.S. House Thursday evening, pledging in a letter to GOP colleagues, "We have an opportunity to turn the page."
"Instead of rising to the occasion, Washington is falling short_including the House of Representatives. We are not solving the country's problems; we are only adding to them," he wrote. It is time, he said, "to start with a clean slate, and to rebuild what has been lost."
Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell may be winning his battle with lymphoma cancer. The team announced late Thursday that tests conducted Wednesday showed the disease was in remission after months of treatment.
Farrell, age 53, was diagnosed with stage 1 Non-Hodgkin's Burkitt lymphoma on Aug. 14. He stepped away from the dugout to deal with the potentially deadly disease, handing over management duties to Torey Lovullo on an interim basis. The team finished the season in last place in the American League East division with a 78-84 win-loss record.
