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New York moves to enact statewide flavoured e-cig ban

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat annou...

Sep 15, 2019

Missouri investigation: 12 ex-clergy could face prosecution

ST. LOUIS - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday referred 12 former priests for potential criminal prosecution but stopped short of recommending charges against any top church leaders, des...

Sep 15, 2019

Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' singer, dies at 70

Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and '80s, with hits like "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight...

Sep 15, 2019

Fire at hospital in Brazil kills 11 people, many elderly

RIO DE JANEIRO - A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on stretchers or in wheelchairs and killing at least 11 people, many of them elderl...

Sep 15, 2019

UAE says 6 troops killed in 'collision,' without elaborating

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Six Emirati troops have been killed in a "collision," the United Arab Emirates said Friday, without elaborating or offering a location or time for the incident that comes...

Sep 15, 2019

Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom's oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as Iran d...

Sep 15, 2019

Despite panic, no evidence of shooting at movie theatre

ARLINGTON, Va. - Authorities in northern Virginia say they have found no evidence that a shooting occurred at a movie theatre that is part of a popular mall. Reports of a shooting had prompted panic a...

Sep 14, 2019

Several injured when decks collapse during firefighter event

WILDWOOD, N.J. - Multiple levels of decking attached to a building collapsed Saturday evening at the Jersey Shore, trapping people and injuring several, including children, officials and witnesses sai...

Sep 14, 2019

Differences wide in UAW talks with GM, strike more likely

DETROIT - A top United Auto Workers official said the union and General Motors are far apart on major issues, increasing the likelihood of a strike as early as Sunday night. The union, in letters to m...

Sep 14, 2019

Tip leads to arrest of 2 who escaped prison van last month

PHOENIX - Sixteen days of chasing countless leads about husband and wife fugitives who escaped a prison transport van taking them to face allegations of killing a man ended when a tip led authorities ...

Sep 14, 2019