U.K. Passes Lifetime Smoking Ban For People Born After 2008

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A newly passed law will prohibit the sale of tobacco products to U.K. residents who are under 18 and anyone born in the future,...
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Surgeon Charged After Removing Wrong Organ

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A Florida doctor was charged with second-degree manslaughter after accidentally removing a patient’s liver instead of his spleen. What do you think? “Oh, picky, picky,...
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Automatic U.S. Military Draft Registration To Begin By December

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Eligible men in the United States will be registered into the military draft pool automatically by December, a measure slipped into last year’s annual...
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Illinois Becomes First State To Require Haircut Leave While Bob Grows Out

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SPRINGFIELD, IL—As the landmark bipartisan legislation passed into law Thursday, Illinois became the first state in the union to mandate paid haircut leave...
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Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed...