Juul Labs will immediately stop online sales of mint Juulpods and will stop accepting orders for them from retailers, Juul Labs’ CEO K.C. Crosthwaite said Thursday. Juul announced last month that it would stop the sale of flavors other than tobacco, mint and menthol. Juul now says it will stick to selling only Virginia Tobacco,
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A federal judge on Wednesday assailed President Donald Trump for his repeated attacks on various legal decisions and judges, stating the President’s bombastic criticism is feeding into a “destructive narrative.” US District Court Judge Paul Friedman said Trump’s personal attacks on judges are helping “undermine faith in the rule of law itself.” “This obviously is
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For the first time in 19 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV. The strain is a part of the Group M version of HIV-1, the same family of virus subtypes to blame for the global HIV pandemic, according to Abbott Laboratories, which conducted the research along with the University
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – This Saturday, the El Paso chapter of the 82nd Airborne Association is hosting an open house. You’ll have the opportunity to tour their facility, visit with veteran paratroopers, see displays of historic weapons, uniforms, equipment, and military patches. You can even take a picture next to a full-size UH-1M Bell
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Kalin Bennett says he wants kids to believe in themselves “first and foremost” — and he’s hoping he can be an example. Bennett is the first student-athlete with autism to sign a national letter of intent to play a team sport at the NCAA Division I level. He made his debut for Kent State University’s
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An Ohio detective has died three days after being shot twice in the face while serving a drug-related search warrant, police said. Jorge DelRio, a 30-year veteran of the Dayton Police Department, was shot Monday evening as he went down to the basement of a residence that was being searched by agents from the Drug
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It was another record-breaking day in the US stock market, after a Chinese official said that Washington and Beijing have discussed rolling back tariffs. A spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce told reporters these roll-backs could happen even before a “phase one” trade deal is signed. The United States and China agreed to a preliminary
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More clouds will be hanging around Friday with some slivers of sun here and there. Temps will continue to stay in the low to mid 60’s across the area. We will warm to the upper 60’s for the first part of the weekend and then hit 73 for Sunday. Cooler air arrives later Monday as
Continue Reading A New York state judge ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to a collection of nonprofit organizations in connection with a settlement with the New York state attorney general’s office to resolve a civil lawsuit alleging the foundation unlawfully coordinated with the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. In her decision filed Thursday, Justice Saliann
Continue Reading More than 2 million pounds of poultry products have been recalled in eight states over fears of contamination with foreign matter such as metal, federal health officials said. Arkansas-based Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. recalled the items produced from October 21 through November 4 this year. They are 2,071,397 pounds of poultry products, including ready to
Continue Reading The top US envoy in northern Syria condemned the Trump administration for not working harder to keep Turkish troops from invading after US forces withdrew from the region and accused Turkey of having committed “war crimes and ethnic cleansing” there, the New York Times reported Thursday. The paper reported that diplomat William Roebuck made the
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(CNN Español) — El presidente de la Generalitat de Cataluña, Quim Torra, afirmó en un comunicado difundido este jueves que no ha tenido ninguna relación con los detenidos vinculados a los autodenominados CDR, los Comités de Defensa de la República. “Ante las informaciones publicadas estas últimas horas a raíz de la apertura del secreto de
Continue Reading Text messages received overnight on Wednesday caused confusion, misunderstandings and even alarm for some recipients. The text messages appear to have originally been sent on February 14, Valentine’s Day, but were received more than eight months later with Wednesday’s time stamp. The total number of messages sent due to what’s being called an “internal maintenance
Continue Reading Large parts of the US may experience record low temperatures as an Arctic blast sweeps across the Midwest and Northeast through the middle of next week. Nearly two-thirds of the country will be vulnerable to unseasonably cold temperatures. “We are in a pattern where multiple waves of cold are moving in from Canada and impacting
Continue Reading In August, a gunman went on a shooting spree in West Texas killing seven people and wounding 25 others. Now, a local hospital will be covering the unpaid charges of all 14 of the shooting victims it treated. Medical Center Health System (MCHS) in Odessa announced on Tuesday that its Ector County Hospital District’s board
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You’d be forgiven for thinking that the only tech platform that allows politicians to run false ads is Facebook. The company has faced an onslaught of criticism from Congress, Democratic presidential candidates, the media, and even its own employees. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was initially applauded last week when he announced his company would stop
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Incumbent Flint, Michigan, Mayor Karen Weaver, who led the city as it gained national attention over its devastating water crisis, lost her bid for reelection Tuesday, according to official results from the Genesee County clerk’s office. Michigan Democratic state Rep. Sheldon Neeley defeated Weaver in a close race with 7,082 votes to Weaver’s 6,877, according
Continue Reading One year from now, the American people will head to the polls for what many believe will be the most consequential election of our lifetimes. They will do so amid an environment of foreign election interference, in which our nation’s adversaries engage in malign influence operations in hopes of achieving their desired outcomes and undermining
Continue Reading A federal judge on Wednesday assailed President Donald Trump for his repeated attacks on various legal decisions and judges, stating the President’s bombastic criticism is feeding into a “destructive narrative.” Read the speech here: edition.cnn.com/2019/11/07/politics/judge-paul-friedman-criticize-trump-speech-read/index.html
Continue Reading A federal judge on Wednesday assailed President Donald Trump for his repeated attacks on various legal decisions and judges, stating the President’s bombastic criticism is feeding into a “destructive narrative.” Read the speech here:
Continue Reading The Walt Disney Company and Amazon have reached a deal that will bring the Disney+ streaming service to Amazon’s Fire TV devices. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the distribution deal on CNBC Thursday following a strong fourth quarter earnings report. Iger said the company also has distribution deals with Apple, Samsung, LG, Google and Microsoft.
Continue Reading Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will formally enter the race for the Senate seat he left almost three years ago to serve as the top cop in the Trump administration. In so doing, he’ll also be trying to do something we haven’t seen in this presidency yet: a former administration official, who has fallen out
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised that she won’t raise taxes on the middle class “by one penny” to finance “Medicare for All.” The Massachusetts Democrat’s funding proposal, now key to her 2020 platform, is chock full of new levies on employers, corporations, the wealthy and financial firms. She highlights that people would save $11 trillion
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A woman accused of sneaking into the lion and giraffe exhibits at the Bronx Zoo in late September has been arrested, the New York Police Department announced. Myah Autry, 30, who’d previously been identified by the NYPD as the woman who went into the enclosures, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with two counts of
Continue Reading In touting her new plan to pay for Medicare for All, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has argued that she won’t raise taxes on the middle class. “I did the homework,” Warren tweeted Friday on her plan. “(W)e can do it without raising taxes one penny on middle-class families.” The claim and much of Warren’s plan has
Continue Reading On Tuesday night, after years of making incremental gains, Virginians finally elected a gun sense majority in both houses of the General Assembly. Voters went to the polls and held their lawmakers accountable for failing to address the gun violence crisis that has traumatized community after community in the Commonwealth. And polling throughout the election
Continue Reading In an attempt to get homeless people off city streets, the Las Vegas City Council has passed an ordinance that makes it a crime to camp or sleep on a city sidewalk. Supporters of the ordinance, which passed 5-2 on Wednesday, say it’s an attempt to push the more than 6,500 homeless people and families
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The Eastwood Boys cross country team know a thing or two about winning championships. A season ago, the Troopers brought home a state championship in class 5A. Now they return to Round Rock, TX as defending state champions, but the Troopers aren’t feeling the pressure. Eastwood knows they are the team to beat heading into
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Click here for updates on this story BELLEVUE, NE (KPTM) — Monday people across the country will take time to honor the men and women who have served in the United States armed forces. In Bellevue, a group of volunteers is working to show appreciation to a group of veterans that are often left out
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