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Hawaii considers new bill banning cigarette sales to anyone under 100

A new bill introduced in Hawaii's State House proposes banning cigarette sales to anyone under 100 years old by 2024.

10/02/2019

Markets

Take Five: When doves coo - World markets themes for the week ahead

Take Five: When doves coo - World markets themes for the week ahead

08/02/2019

USA

Lorena Bobbitt's violent act became a joke without focusing on cause, she says

Bobbitt, who cut off her husband's penis in 1993, said she had suffered domestic abuse and then was "victimized again by the media" and society.

08/02/2019

USA

Delta pulls napkins encouraging passengers to slip their number to their 'plane crush'

"Be a little old school, write down your number and give it to your plane crush. you never know," reads one side of the napkin.

08/02/2019

USA

Inmate's escape attempt is foiled by ceiling collapse, video shows

It all came crashing down when the inmate fell through the ceiling into the jail's booking area.

08/02/2019

Markets

World stocks poised for weekly loss; dollar firms again

World stocks poised for weekly loss; dollar firms again

08/02/2019

USA

US airport security found record number of firearms in 2018

An average of nearly 12 weapons were found every day, for a total of 4,239 during all of 2018.

08/02/2019

USA

Veterinarian who smuggled heroin in puppies sentenced to 6 years in prison

One of the puppies rescued, a Rottweiler named Heroina, grew up to become a drug-sniffing police dog in Colombia.

08/02/2019

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Video shows train leave with baby on board but not dad

A surveillance video released by a transit authority in the US city of Cleveland shows a man stepping off a train to smoke a cigarette and then frantically chase after it when it leaves the station with his baby on board.

07/02/2019

USA

Fisher-Price recalls 44,000 Barbie toy cars over faulty accelerator

"If you have this product, immediately take it away from children and contact Fisher-Price for a free repair," the company said on Facebook.

07/02/2019

USA

New sketch in 'Doodler' serial killer case from 1970s released

The unidentified suspect is believed to have targeted gay men, killing at least five and assaulting some others.

07/02/2019

USA

Euroviews. Facebook is creating a dystopian nightmare. We need to wake up ǀ View

We trusted internet platforms to be benign. We reacted too slowly to warning signs. But if we want to preserve agency over our lives, we have to act now.

06/02/2019

USA

Watch: Female lawmakers cheer record number of women in US Congress

Female lawmakers broke into applause during Donald Trump’s second State of the Union address as the US president highlighted the growing role of women in the workforce and in politics.

06/02/2019

USA

When Trump called for compromise, Pelosi clapped like this...

It's a lesson in applause with intent.

06/02/2019

USA

If you missed Trump's State of the Union address, here's the lowdown

We look back at all the key moments from Trump's State of the Union address.

06/02/2019

USA

Trump tells Congress - and Sanders - 'America will never be socialist'

During the State of the Union address, Donald Trump took a swipe at former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, stating that "America will never be a socialist country.'

06/02/2019

USA

Why were lawmakers shouting ‘USA, USA’ during Trump’s SOTU speech?

US President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union speech was interrupted three times on Tuesday night by chants from lawmakers of “USA, USA”.

06/02/2019

USA

US runner killed mountain lion with bare hands following attack

The runner on the Colorado trail used his hands and feet, as well as surrounding objects, to beat and choke the cat to death, state officials said.

06/02/2019

USA

Donald Trump's 2019 State of the Union transcript

In the transcript of the 2018 State of the Union speech, the word "wall" appears just twice. In 2019 it occurs eight times.

06/02/2019

USA

Watch: US Congress sings Happy Birthday to Holocaust survivor

US Congress united during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to sing Happy Birthday to an 81-year-old Holocaust and Pittsburgh massacre survivor.

06/02/2019