A report from the surgeon general warns that "nicotine is addictive and harmful for youth and young adults," and notes e-cigarettes are increasingly popular among people under 25.
Read More »South Korea To Vote On Impeachment Of Scandal-Stricken President
A corruption scandal has destroyed public support for President Park Geun-hye; her approval rating has fallen to 4 percent. Now the legislature prepares for a vote on her impeachment.
Read More »John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95
After a career as a Marine pilot, Glenn was chosen as an astronaut. He was the third American in space, went on to have a successful career in politics and then returned to space on shuttle Discovery.
Read More »Bots-B-Gone? Congress Bans Ticket-Scalpers’ Tool Blamed For Quick Sell-Outs
The ban applies to ticket sales for any public event that can be attended by 200 or more people.
Read More »A Surfer And His Paddleboard Embark On A Lonely Trans-Atlantic Voyage
South African Chris Bertish has set out from the coast of Africa with the intent to become the first person to cross the Atlantic alone on a stand-up paddleboard — though he's not the first to try.
Read More »Baby Dinosaur’s 99 Million-Year-Old Tail, Encased In Amber, Surfaces In Myanmar
Millions of years ago, a dinosaur about the size of a sparrow had a bad day. It got stuck in tree resin. Paleontologists recently came across the rare amber fossil containing its tail in Myanmar.
Read More »Giraffe Now Listed As ‘Vulnerable’ To Extinction As Population Plummets
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says the giraffe population has declined by as much as 40 percent in the past 30 years and could face extinction if the trend is not reversed.
Read More »U.S.-Led Coalition Hits Main Mosul Hospital With Airstrike
The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS says it launched the strike at the request of the Iraqi military, and that ISIS was using the hospital complex as a command and control center.
Read More »History-Making Somali-American Legislator Reports ‘Hateful’ Taunts In D.C.
Ilhan Omar says she was "subjected to the most hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats I have ever experienced" in a cab during her visit to the nation's capital.
Read More »2 Juveniles Charged With Arson, Suspected Of Starting Deadly Tennessee Wildfire
The fire in east Tennessee that began last month has killed at least 14 people and caused widespread destruction in the town of Gatlinburg. Two minors have been arrested and might be tried as adults.
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