Influential U.S. doctors group calls for ban on vaping products
The American Medical Association (AMA) on Tuesday called for a total ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products that are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as smoking cessation tools.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to pay states’ lawyers, urged to help victims
(Corrects name of lawyer to Scott Markowitz from Scott Bickford in 5th paragraph)
Story on U.N. study on child detentions withdrawn
A Nov. 18 story headlined “U.S. has world’s highest rate of children in detention -U.N. study” is withdrawn. The United Nations issued a statement on Nov. 19 saying the number was not current but was for the year 2015. No replacement story will be issu…
‘The facts as I understood them’: Quotes from Trump impeachment hearing
The following are quotations on Tuesday from the third day of U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee public hearings in an impeachment inquiry examining President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine:
Former White House aide felt no pressure to resign over impeachment
Former senior White House aide Timothy Morrison said on Tuesday he resigned from the National Security Council of his own volition and felt no pressure to resign, and he did not fear retaliation for his testimony in the Democratic-led U.S. House of Rep…
U.S. House approves bill to avert government shutdown this week
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to avert a widespread government shutdown later this week with a bill extending temporary federal funding through Dec. 20.
Indiana teachers use ‘outside voices’ to demand higher wages
Thousands of chanting red-clad Indiana teachers swarmed the state capitol on Tuesday, demanding higher salaries and reforms to evaluation policies in a protest that forced half the state’s school districts to cancel classes for the day.
Factbox: Wave of labor actions by teachers shut U.S. schools
Thousands of teachers in Indiana packed into the state capitol on Tuesday to demand higher pay, the latest in a wave of labor actions by educators across the United States over the past few years.
Trump says his weekend medical exam was ‘very routine’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his medical examination over the weekend was very routine, blasting media coverage of his unexpected exam and any speculation that there were problems with his health.
McConnell says ‘inconceivable’ U.S. Senate will have votes to remove Trump
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday dismissed the likelihood that his Republican-led chamber would cast enough votes to remove President Donald Trump, the head of the Republican party, from office should the impeachment case be put b…
