The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is investigating a potential link between seizures and vaping after receiving dozens of voluntary reports over a nearly 10-year period. Continue reading FDA Warns of Incidents of Seizures Associated With Vaping
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More Than Half of America’s Billion-Dollar Startups Have Immigrant Founders
If it weren’t for immigrant entrepreneurs, many of America’s most valuable startups–names like Uber, WeWork, and SpaceX–would not exist.
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The U.S. Treasury Has a Whole Department That Rebuilds and Refunds Destroyed Cash
It doesn’t matter what ludicrous conspiracy theory is stopping you from storing your money in a bank, you’ll be happy to know that the US Department of the Treasury has an entire division dedicated to the task of trying to rebuild and recover currency should your cash-stuffed mattress get destroyed in a fire or flood. Continue reading The U.S. Treasury Has a Whole Department That Rebuilds and Refunds Destroyed Cash
Russia Issues Warning To U.S. After Airstrikes In Syria
Russia warned on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have “extremely serious” consequences, as President Donald Trump’s first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.
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Alibaba CEO Warns That ‘If Trade Stops, War Starts’
Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba and the second-richest man in China, visited Australia on Saturday. He had a dire warning for Trump and his hardline, anti-globalization ideas about trade: this could be war.
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Obama’s Russian Hacking Retaliation Is Biggest “Since the Cold War”
In a sweeping response to election hacking and other meddlesome behavior, President Barack Obama on Thursday sanctioned Russian intelligence services and their top officials, kicked out 35 Russian officials and closed down two Russian-owned compounds in the U.S. It was the strongest action the Obama administration has taken to date to retaliate for a cyberattack.
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Yes, Marijuana Is Still Illegal in the U.S. (And Here’s Why)
Although marijuana, for both its medical and recreational purposes, has been under intense scrutiny in past years, a recent announcement by the Drug Enforcement Administration–otherwise known as the DEA–continues to classify the drug as a Schedule I substance.
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