Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to “immense” feedback, Biden administration says

The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the “historic attention” and “immense amount of feedback” on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration.  “This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of

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2024 American Music Awards to air on CBS

Taylor Swift inspires college courses Taylor Swift inspired college courses aim to give students a peek at her business prowess 02:58 The 2024 American Music Awards will air for the first time on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, Oct. 6. Nominees for the AMAs are based on streaming, album and digital sales, radio airplay

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Senators renew scrutiny of border officers’ authority to search Americans’ phones

Washington — A group of senators is pressing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for more information on border officers’ broad authority to search travelers’ phones and other electronic devices without a warrant or suspicion of a crime, renewing scrutiny of whether the U.S. government is infringing on Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and

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3 U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones, worth about $30 million each, have crashed in or near Yemen since November

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone crashed in Yemen early Friday, according to a U.S. military official, who updated earlier information that indicated that it had crashed off the coast. An investigation into the incident is underway. According to the official, there were no reported injuries.  Iran-backed Houthi rebels took responsibility Friday for shooting down

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Superbug from human eye drops outbreak spread to dogs

Two dogs treated at a veterinary hospital in New Jersey last year have tested positive for a rare, drug-resistant strain of bacteria linked to a fatal outbreak blamed on now-recalled eye drops that had been used in humans, a CDC investigator said Friday. The animals were infected by a bacteria known as carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa,

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