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FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential to help adult smokers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging ...
US soldier convicted of theft in Russia and sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday convicted a visiting American soldier of ...
Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in fatal assault sinks in Red Sea in second-such sinking
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bulk carrier sank days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to ...
A record number of NATO allies are hitting their defense spending target during war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target ...
Trump: Michigan trip to include Black church and far-right activists
DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump used back-to-back stops Saturday to court Black voters and a conservative group that has been ...
Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Vice President Kamala Harris, not President Joe Biden, who will join world leaders in Switzerland on ...
The US Navy is facing its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels
ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fight the ...