U.S. judge keeps intact Massachusetts’ toughest-in-nation vaping ban
A federal judge on Friday denied an industry bid to put on hold Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of vaping products, keeping intact the toughest prohibition yet in a rapidly developing response to e-cigarettes and their potential link to a lun…
Sacklers reaped up to $13 billion from OxyContin maker, U.S. states say
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP steered up to $13 billion in profits to the company’s controlling Sackler family, according to U.S. states opposing efforts to halt lawsuits alleging the company and its owners helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.
U.S. agency reviews claims 2,000 Teslas should have been recalled
U.S. regulators said on Friday they were reviewing claims that Tesla Inc should have recalled 2,000 of its electric cars in May instead of issuing a software upgrade to fix a potential defect that could have resulted in battery fires.
U.S. judge denies industry motion to lift Massachusetts’ four-month ban on vaping sales
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Friday denied a motion by the vaping industry to lift Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and related products.
House Democrats demand documents from Pence as impeachment probe widens
U.S. House Democrats on Friday asked Vice President Mike Pence to hand over documents relating to a meeting he held with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a call between Zelenskiy and President Donald Trump that is at the center of their wide…
Schiff says inspector general correct in deciding whistleblower complaint was urgent, credible
The U.S. intelligence community’s inspector general was correct in deciding a whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump was urgent and credible, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement on Friday.
U.S. top court to weigh prohibition on encouraging illegal immigration
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to resurrect a federal law that makes it a felony to encourage illegal immigrants to come or stay in the United States after it was struck down by a lower …
Trump administration opens up drilling on federal land in California
The Trump administration on Friday announced it would open up over 720,000 acres of federal land in California for oil and gas development, ending a five-year moratorium on leases in the state.
In texts, U.S. officials tied Ukraine White House meeting to help for Trump
U.S. officials pressured the Ukrainian government to launch investigations that might benefit President Donald Trump’s personal political agenda in exchange for a meeting of the two countries’ leaders, a cache of diplomatic texts showed.
‘Never give up,’ Swedish teen tells Iowa climate activists after U.N. summit ‘failure’
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday urged her supporters to “never give up” in demanding urgent steps to fight climate change after world leaders failed to act decisively at a recent United Nations summit.
