In an effort to reduce tobacco consumption, the Washington state legislature has passed bills to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21.
Author: Kristin Lam, USA TODAY
‘Job well done’: Virginia police dog needs just 15 minutes to find two lost children
In 15 minutes, K-9 Bane tracked and located two 8-year-old children lost in the woods after playing a “chase game.”
Court: Kate Steinle’s parents can’t sue San Francisco for negligence in daughter’s death
The parents of a woman fatally shot by an undocumented immigrantin July 2015 cannot sue San Francisco, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday.
A 1-in-500,000 birth: Colombian baby born with twin growing inside her abdomen
Doctors deliveredItzamaraby cesarean section because the twin could crush her abdominal organs, the New York Times reported.
ICE: Man who killed Washington state deputy this week was Mexican citizen illegally in US
A road rage suspect who fatally shotasheriff’s deputy this week was living in the United States illegally, the federal government said Thursday.
Ronald Stewart confessed to a 1983 murder and died in prison. He didn’t do it, prosecutors say
A confession letter and DNA testing led prosecutors to ask a judge to clear a 1983 murder from a dead serial rapist’s record.
California bobcat killed by car after surviving deadly Woolsey Fire
A bobcat that survived a Southern California wildfire has been hit and killed by a car, officials say.
No Wednesday winner: Powerball jackpot grows to $625M for Saturday drawing
The prize grew to an estimated $625 million, with the next drawing scheduled for Saturday after no tickets matched Wednesday’s drawing.
Ex-spa owner Yang denies working as Chinese spy selling access to Trump in first interview
The former owner of a Florida spa named in a human trafficking investigationrefuted reports about selling access to President Donald Trump on NBC.
‘Modern-day prohibition’? San Francisco looks to ban e-cigarette sales until FDA review
Seeking to curb teen vaping, San Francisco officials on Tuesday introduced legislation to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes until an FDA review.