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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Public health advocates have rallied at Kentucky’s Capitol to push for legislation aimed at reducing smoking and e-cigarette use among young people. A group called the Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow on Tuesday urged Kentucky lawmakers to impose an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. Another measure backed by the …

The resolution, Pelosi writes, “reasserts Congress’s long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration’s military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days.” The letter comes as the US is deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East following the airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qasem …

The Behavioral Health Community Action Team says they’re making progress in reducing the number of mentally ill people returning to jail. The team is part of an initiative that pairs San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office Community Action Team Deputies with staff from the county’s Behavioral Health Department to get people more easily connected with …

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf says she opposes a proposed tax break for the city’s largest cannabis businesses that the City Council will consider at its meeting on Tuesday evening. The Council voted unanimously to approve the tax break at the first reading of the proposal at a meeting last month and will have a second …

MONTREAL — The unions of health and social services workers are sounding the alarm and urging the Quebec government to act in the face of a major increase in the number of violent acts and workplace accidents suffered by their members. According to data obtained by the unions from the Ministry of Health and Social …

Image copyright PA Media Patients are facing a week of disruption, with more than 10,000 outpatient appointments and surgeries cancelled in Belfast. Some people referred by their GPs on suspicion of cancer could have their diagnosis delayed, the head of the Belfast Trust has said. The trust apologised, blaming industrial action on pay and staffing. …

President Donald Trump signaled his support for the pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong on Wednesday as he signed the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019” into law. “Today, I have signed into law S. 1838, the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019” (the “Act”),” Trump said in a statement. …

Nov 23, 2019 at 8:17 pm ET • 1 min read The College Football Playoff race is hitting the home stretch as the month of November comes to a close, and while the Week 13 slate wouldn’t come across as what one would call appetizing on paper, there are still plenty of matchups to keep …

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) announced Friday night that he is filing a lawsuit against CNN over a report that they published the same evening that alleged an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani was willing to testify to Congress that Nunes met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor last year to discuss digging …

Ten years ago, hackers stole thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit. The scandal, known as ‘Climategate’, rocked the scientific world. Now, for the first time, all the key players recount the events and what really happened. The hacked emails resulted in a battle between the scientists and their critics …