Juul Labs will stop selling fruit and dessert flavors for its electronic cigarettes.
The voluntary step announced Thursday is the company’s latest concession as it tries to weather a political backlash blaming its flavored-nicotine products for hooking a generation of teenagers.

Syrian forces on Wednesday night rolled into the strategic border town of Kobani, blocking one path for the Turkish military to establish a “safe zone” free of Syrian Kurdish fighters along the frontier as part of its week-old offensive.
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Elizabeth Warren is rising to the top of the Democratic pack with ambitious promises to reshape the political and economic system. But as she faces growing scrutiny, the Massachusetts senator is opening herself to criticism that she’s just another politician dodging the tough questions.
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Why Parents Love The Kneidles.
Because “The Kneidles” is a one of a kind, 60 minute long, Animated Musical for kids that is packed with fun, educational Torah lessons about getting ready for Shabbos, full of great attitude and positivity.
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, the powerful House Democrat who represented Baltimore for more than two decades and was a vocal critic of President Trump, died early Thursday after battling health problems.
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דברי מליצה ישרה ולימוד זכות על בני אל חי
בעת אמירת הושענות
היוצאים בקדושה ובטהרה ובהשתפכות הנפש
מפי רבינו הגה”ק, סניגורן של ישראל מרן מצאנז קלויזענבורג זי״ע
העומד ומהפך בזכותן של ישראלכמלאך מיכאל לפני כסא הכבוד

Strong and potentially damaging winds will be moving through the Tri-State area Thursday, with gusts reaching 40-50 miles an hour in some spots.
The winds follow a nasty coastal storm that slammed the tri-state area with heavy rain and strong winds Wednesday.

Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they’re calling them “stormquakes.”
The shaking of the sea floor during hurricanes and nor’easters can rumble like a magnitude 3.5 earthquake and can last for days, according to a study in this week’s journal Geophysical Research Letters.

The House impeachment inquiry is exposing new details about unease in the State Department and White House about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and those of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
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On the picket lines at a General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, passing cars honked and striking workers celebrated a tentative contract deal by munching on 10 pizzas dropped off by a supporter.
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