SILVER SPRING, Md. – U.S. government experts have rejected a proposal from Philip Morris International to sell its “heat-not-burn” tobacco device as a lower-risk alternative to cigarettes that reduces disease. Continue Reading Below But the panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration endorsed a lesser claim that the […]
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Euroskeptic lawmaker says UK ‘cowed’ by EU in Brexit talks
LONDON – A prominent pro-Brexit politician accused British negotiators on Thursday of being “cowed” by the European Union during divorce negotiations, as divisions widened within the U.K. government over Brexit. Continue Reading Below Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg was due to say in a speech that Britain must not be “timid […]
17 universities oppose anti-smoking group with tobacco ties
BOSTON – Seventeen public health schools in the U.S. and Canada pledged Thursday to refuse research money from a new anti-smoking group funded by the tobacco industry. Continue Reading Below The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World was created in September with nearly $1 billion from the Philip Morris tobacco company, […]
Gap insurance: What it is and how it could save you thousands
Gap insurance, also known as “guaranteed auto protection” or “guaranteed asset protection”, is an optional form of auto insurance that you might need, even if you’ve never heard of it. Continue Reading Below It is primarily intended for drivers who owe more in financing or on a lease than the […]
MGM China delays opening of US$3.4 billion Cotai casino resort for fourth time
MGM China Holdings, one of Macau’s six major casino operators, has delayed for a fourth time the opening of its much anticipated $3.4 billion new resort, MGM Cotai, saying it was still going through an administrative approval process. The company’s second integrated casino, hotel and entertainment complex in Macau, MGM […]
Amazon now has more power than any US state or city, tech investor Roger McNamee says
As metro areas compete to be the home of Amazon‘s second headquarters, Americans watching the process play out are learning how much power the company has amassed, tech investor Roger McNamee said Thursday. “We know where the power is in this country now. You think of the government historically as […]
Here’s what Mitch McConnell actually promised on DACA
Senate Democrats agreed to reopen the federal government this week because they had reached an understanding with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on how to move forward with an immigration debate. In the eyes of the activist base, that was the deal’s flaw: McConnell has already reneged on promises he […]
Video shows cop dragging teen off train for putting her foot on seat
LOS ANGELES — Video of an officer dragging a teen off a Los Angeles Metro train after she apparently put her foot on a seat is causing controversy. The teen, identified by CBS Los Angeles as 18-year-old Bethany Nava, was reportedly asked to take her foot off the seat Monday […]
Woman shot in head at Vegas concert set to leave hospital today
An Arizona mother of two who was shot in the head during the Oct. 1 massacre in Las Vegas is set to leave the hospital today after suffering such a severe brain injury that doctors didn’t think she would survive. “On Oct. 1, a part of me changed,” Jovanna Calzadillas […]
Gay candidate says Ala. GOP leaders refused to let him run for sheriff
ATHENS, Ala.– A gay businessman and one-time police officer who is married to another man says GOP leaders in a north Alabama county refused to let him run for sheriff after a review that included questions about his sexual orientation. Jason White told the News-Courier of Athens that members of […]