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Supreme Court to weigh whether regulators were heavy handed with flavored e-cigarette products 07/02/2024 11:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court took up an e-cigarette case Tuesday, weighing Food and Drug Administration decisions blocking the marketing of sweet flavored products amid a surge in vaping by young people. The FDA is appealing a lower court ruling siding with vape companies who argue the FDA Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society 07/02/2024 06:49am • HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party's electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. The same promises to bring back good jobs Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islands 07/02/2024 02:06am • BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic's record warmth. Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriac 23 Top Things to Do in Montana 07/01/2024 08:00pm • Montana is the fourth-largest state in the U.S. by landmass, measuring more than 147,000 square miles. The Treasure State is also home to some of the most beautiful natural wonders in the world, including Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, Flathead Lake -- the largest natural freshwater lake west o Are Your Monthly Subscriptions Worth It? 07/01/2024 08:00pm • Lots of Americans pay for monthly subscriptions that can range from less than $10 to more than $100 per month. These include goods like cosmetics, food and drink, pet items, and wine clubs and gourmet edibles, as well as services like credit monitoring and streaming apps. If you're trying to cut dow An Arizona museum tells the stories of ancient animals through their fossilized poop 07/01/2024 07:10pm • WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — One way to help tell how a Tyrannosaurus rex digested food is to look at its poop. Bone fragments in a piece of fossilized excrement at a new museum in northern Arizona — aptly called the Poozeum — are among the tinier bits of evidence that indicate T. rex wasn’t much Wildfire forces Alaska's Denali National Park to temporarily close entrance 07/01/2024 02:53pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve forced the temporary closure Monday of one of Alaska’s most popular tourist destinations. Cars were turned around at the park’s only entrance, tour buses were canceled and public facilities, incl Turkey's president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts 07/01/2024 02:30pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. The rioting erupted in the Melikgazi region of central Kayseri province late Japanese executive among dozens arrested in Myanmar for allegedly selling rice above set prices 07/01/2024 11:59am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has arrested a Japanese business executive, along with dozens of local businessmen, for allegedly selling rice at prices well above the officially regulated ones, state-run media said Monday. The reports said Hiroshi Kasamatsu, a director of Aeon Oran In a proud and troubled UK town, voters wonder whether their election choice will make a difference 07/01/2024 10:13am • HARTLEPOOL, England (AP) — A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. For decades, Labour Party representatives said they would fight for working people, even as well-paid industrial jobs disappeared. Later, Conservatives under Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 7-13 07/01/2024 10:04am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 7-13: July 7: Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 97. Drummer Ringo Starr is 84. Singer-guitarist Warren Entner of the Grass Roots is 81. Actor Joe Spano is 78. Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 77. Country singer Linda Williams of Want to grab a cold drink from the downtown Silver Spring CVS? You might have to wait in line 07/01/2024 08:42am • Buying a cold drink to beat the heat this summer might not be as easy as it used to be at a CVS in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. In recent years, CVS shoppers across the D.C. area have likely noticed products such as laundry detergent and paper towel rolls under lock and key. The downtown Sil It's not as world-famous as ramen or sushi. But the humble onigiri is soul food in Japan 07/01/2024 07:37am • TOKYO (AP) — The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls are stuffed with a variety of fillings and typically wrapped in seaweed. It's an everyday Economic turmoil in Bolivia fuels distrust in government and its claim of a 'failed coup' 07/01/2024 01:14am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Signs reading “I'm buying dollars” line the doors of Víctor Vargas’ shoe shop in the heart of Bolivia’s biggest city, a desperate attempt to keep his family business alive. Just a few years ago, the 45-year-old Vargas would unlock the doors at 8 a.m. to a crush of c Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public services 06/30/2024 10:08pm • IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — Dimly lit and stuffy classrooms stir with life every morning as children file in. Rays of sunlight stream through wooden windows, the only source of light. Pupils squint at their books and intermittently the blackboard as teachers try to hold their attention. It's a reality