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WASHINGTON — Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at U.S. ports, but thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by The Associated Press. The figures underscore the chaotic state of the nation’s $7 billion vaping market and raise questions […]
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The popular party game “Cards Against Humanity” continued their tradition of practical jokes on Black Friday. They created a new social network where users can perform only one action: posting the word “yowza.” Then announced it on their official social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and X… Regardless . . […]
CNN  — Russian warships were still launching attacks on Ukraine following the claim from Kyiv that the commander of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet was killed Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the arrival . . .
2:42 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN: Thank you. Please, have a seat. Thank you very much. Thank you all for being here.  (Members of the press can be heard speaking in the background.) When the press stops doing verbal interviews, we’ll get going. Growing up in my household, my dad used to have an expression, for real. He’d say, “A […]
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The CMS agency that tests value-based payment models hopes to announce two new models in behavioral health and maternal health later this year, according to Liz Fowler, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid […]
Tech provider MuxIP said it is launching free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels in the U.S. for FEVA TV, a distributor of Black content. The new channels will focus on African, Black and Caribbean film, television and music and will be distributed on platforms including Roku, LG, Amazon Freevee and Samsung TV Plus. “The strength […]
Washington — The Biden administration is set to announce on Thursday a pilot program that will allow groups of private American citizens to financially sponsor the resettlement of refugees fleeing war and violence across the world, three people briefed on the announcement told CBS News. The State Department initiative, which will be called Welcome Corps, […]
In November, Kelley Robinson became president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group in the United States. Robinson took over the organization – which has over three million members – at a difficult moment. Her predecessor, Alphonse David, stepped down from his role when it was revealed that he had secretly […]
In November, Kelley Robinson became president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group in the United States. Robinson took over the organization – which has over three million members – at a difficult moment. Her predecessor, Alphonse David, stepped down from his role when it was revealed that he had secretly […]
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones will appoint a reparations commission to hold hearings on how to make amends for past treatment of Black Americans. The panel will hold monthly meetings and has no stated deadline for recommendations. Jones, a Democrat, signed an executive order Wednesday establishing a volunteer commission that will recommend how the