‘Vapers’ relieved FDA won’t restrict popular e-cigarette flavors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - E-cigarette users breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after U.S. health officials proposed new rules for the devices that would ban sales to minors, but...
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Buffalo Bill cheerleaders join NFL push-’em-back, sue over wages
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five former Buffalo Bills cheerleaders have sued the New York state football team, claiming it violated state wage laws by forcing them to work hundreds of...
US Airways investigating pornographic tweet sent to complaining customer
(Reuters) - US Airways said it was investigating a pornographic tweet on Tuesday sent on its Twitter account in response to a customer complaint about a flight delay, which went...
Reporters who broke Snowden story return to U.S. for first time
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, the U.S. journalists who reported on spy agency analyst Edward Snowden's leaks exposing mass government surveillance, returned to the United States...
France to sell $48 million New York apartment of its U.N. envoy
The French government, which earlier this week unveiled sweeping spending cuts, is selling the luxurious New York residence of its envoy to the United Nations, an 18-room duplex apartment featuring...
Brooklyn DA asked to speed up retired detective’s murder case reviews
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former convicts, inmates' families and legal activists called on the Brooklyn District Attorney's office on Wednesday to fast-track its reviews of questionable murder convictions linked to...
New York activist Al Sharpton blasts media portrayal as ‘mob snitch’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton said on Tuesday that he had cooperated with a 1980's federal probe into New York organized crime but lashed out...
New York’s Cronut bakery reopens after mouse scare
The New York bakery that invented the Cronut, the wildly popular hybrid pastry, reopened its doors on Tuesday, three days after the health department closed it because of a "severe...
New York’s Cronut bakery reopens after mouse scare
The New York bakery that invented the Cronut, the wildly popular hybrid pastry, reopened its doors on Tuesday, three days after the health department closed it because of a "severe...
Obamacare ‘accomplishing goal’: Gallup poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans without health insurance dipped to its lowest in nearly six years due in part to U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law,...