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FDA’s e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones
A new memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a recent decision to authorize the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers.
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Foreign workers say they were paid less than $2 an hour to build a new US Consulate in Milan
Foreign workers building a $350 million US Consulate in Milan say they were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages.
Pope slams world’s indifference to migrants while visiting onetime ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands
Pope Leo XIV has traveled to the Canary Islands, an epicenter of the European migration debate. He challenged countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who…
Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detention
Israel’s Supreme Court is considering whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, who was seized 17 months ago in Gaza.
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After nursing home crises, states target private equity’s role
It’s all happening as states are staring down steep federal cuts to Medicaid.
Judge acquits Democratic congressional candidate arrested at New York immigration court protest
A federal magistrate judge has acquitted Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander on a misdemeanor obstruction charge stemming from a protest at a New York City federal building last September.
Boom or bust: Everything you need to know about US team before men’s World Cup
Expectations seem to be all over the map for this team.
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Judge considers arguments in challenge to New Mexico’s universal childcare program
It is up to a New Mexico judge to settle a challenge over the legality of New Mexico’s fledgling universal childcare program.
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A look at the SpaceX IPO by the numbers
Elon Musk is all about big numbers and there are plenty of them associated with SpaceX and Musk’s plans to take the rocket maker public.
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Nearly 118 million people were displaced by conflict and persecution last year, UN says
The U.N. refugee agency reports that 118 million people were displaced last year, the first time in a decade the statistic fell.