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Trump Holds White House Meeting On Vaping And E-Cigarettes

By Allison Aubrey • 1 hour ago

President Trump held a "listening session" on youth e-cigarette use on Friday. It remains unclear if a ban on vaping flavorings is near or off the table entirely.

Environmental Activists Say Lebanon's Government Has Failed To Regulate Polluters

By Ruth Sherlock • 1 hour ago

Lebanon is suffering from environmental devastation. With activists alleging the government is failing to regulate the polluters, some Lebanese citizens are taking matters into their own hands.

T-Mobile Lawsuit Argues That The Company Should Have Sole Use Of Magenta Color

By Darius Rafieyan • 1 hour ago

A legal dispute involving the parent company of T- Mobile is raising the question: is it possible to own a color?

Jack Burton Carpenter, Snowboarding Pioneer, Dies At 65

By Paolo Zialcita • 1 hour ago

Jake Burton Carpenter, whose snowboard business and promotional efforts transformed the sport into a global sensation, died Wednesday at 65 from complications from cancer.

Carpenter, the founder of the iconic Burton Snowboards company, was born in 1954 — when snowboarding was radically different from what's seen today. During the mid-1900's, snowboards looked more like long sleds, with a light weight and nylon straps.

Wisconsin Voters Discuss Impeachment Inquiry And Whether They're Watching It

By Don Gonyea • 1 hour ago

In a battleground county, in the battleground state of Wisconsin, impeachment proceedings played on TV. Views were mixed, and many voters say they are just too busy to keep close track of it all.

In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out?

By Blake Farmer • 1 hour ago

Babies born to mothers who used opioids during pregnancy represent one of the most distressing legacies of an opioid epidemic that has claimed almost 400,000 lives and ravaged communities.

In fact, many of the ongoing lawsuits filed against drug companies make reference to these babies, fighting through withdrawal in hospital nurseries.

Barr Announces Plan To Address Crisis Of Missing And Murdered Native Americans

By Richard Gonzales • 2 hours ago

U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced a national plan on Friday to increase the federal government's role in reducing the number of Native Americans who are murdered or reported missing every year.

Barr announced the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative after a meeting with tribal leaders and law enforcement officials at the Flathead Reservation in Montana, home of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

Ex-CIA Officer Sentenced To 19 Years For Conspiracy To Spy For China

By Brakkton Booker • 2 hours ago

A former CIA officer was sentenced to nearly two decades in a federal prison Friday for conspiracy to spy for China.

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Hawaii, was sentenced to 19 years for conspiracy to deliver national defense information to aid a foreign government.