Maine is one of the 13 states that have adopted California’s stricter emissions requirements for new cars and trucks.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New York
The state became the first to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes over concerns of surging use among young people and severe breathing illnesses linked to vaping.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Jimmy Carter says he couldn’t have managed presidency at 80
The 94-year-old former president didn’t mention any of the presidential hopefuls by name, but two leading 2020 candidates are nearing 80.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at impeachment hearing
Democrats’ first impeachment hearing quickly turned hostile as their sole witness, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, stonewalled many of their questions.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Three things to watch for from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday
The Fed is widely expected to announce a second interest rate cut Wednesday, against the backdrop of a solid if vulnerable U.S. economy now in its 11th year of expansion.
Posted inNation & World
‘Blood money’? Purdue settlement would rely on future opioid sales
Opioids, including painkillers like OxyContin and street drugs like heroin and fentanyl, have been blamed for more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. in the last two decades.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Gun control must include background checks, Democrats tell Trump
Congressional Democratic leaders are telling President Trump that any proposal on gun control must include a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Nation & World
“Hustlers” full of flash, but not enough to take down “It”
Jennifer Lopez and the scheming strippers of “Hustlers” topped even their high expectations at the weekend box office.
Posted inNation & World
New York moves to enact statewide flavored e-cig ban
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’s directing state health officials to ban sales, citing the risk of young people getting addicted to nicotine.
Posted inNation & World
Boris Johnson likens himself to the Hulk in Brexit fight
“The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets,” the British prime minister says in vowing to leave the European Union.