Walgreens to hike minimum age for store tobacco sales
Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other products. Walgreens said Tuesday that it will require customers to be at least 21 years old to purchase tobacco...
Proposal would require Maine students learn about Holocaust
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine lawmakers are considering a bill designed to require students to learn about the Holocaust. Democratic Sen. Louie Luchini of Ellsworth introduced the bill, which received a public hearing before a legislative committee Monday. Luchini says it’s time for Maine to join the less than a quarter...
Ex-USC coach, parent to plead guilty in college bribery scam
BOSTON — A former University of Southern California soccer coach and a California insurance executive became the latest people to agree to plead guilty in a college admissions cheating scandal that has netted prominent parents and Hollywood stars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Laura Janke, who was an assistant women’s soccer...
Connecticut teen shot by police during traffic stop dies
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. — An 18-year-old Connecticut man shot by local police while allegedly driving toward an officer during a traffic stop died Monday, state police said. Anthony Jose Vega Cruz succumbed to injuries suffered Saturday, police said in an emailed statement. The announcement came hours after two dozen activists held...
Jared Kushner downplays Russia election interference
NEW YORK — Jared Kushner, senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, is downplaying Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Kushner, one of the most influential voices in the White House, minimized Russia’s involvement by describing it “as buying some Facebook ads” and trying to “sow dissent.” He...
$768M Wisconsin Powerball winner Manuel Franco ‘pretty much felt lucky’Video
MADISON, Wis. — A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball prize, the nation’s third-largest lottery jackpot, saying he “pretty much felt lucky” the day he bought his tickets and has been worried that people want to steal his ticket. Manuel Franco, of West Allis,...
Auction of 100 exotic pets includes cassowary that killed Florida man
More than 100 exotic animals need homes after one of them killed their owner. Earlier this month, Marvin Hajos, 75, was killed by a cassowary he kept at his 6-acre farm near Alachua, Florida, the Gainsville Sun reports. That large bird is now one of the animals being auctioned by...
Welcome to Everybody GardensVideo
Doug Oster introduces us to the idea behind Everybody Gardens....
Pa. students, library patrons have access to new digital archives
Pennsylvania school and public libraries will have access to vast new digital resources through Gale, an aggregator of digital newspapers, magazines, journals and other resources. The Office of Commonwealth Libraries announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Gale to provide more than 2,600 public, school and intermediate unit libraries...
Summer bulbs are planted now
“Digging bulbs is hard, hot, dirty work,” Brent Heath said with a laugh. Brent Heath runs Brent and Becky’s Bulbs in Gloucester, VA with his wife Becky. Planting summer bulbs can be done right now. He was talking about growing up working for his parents’ mail-order bulb business. Those bulbs...
It’s Alexa versus Big Pharma in Penn State research labs
Could Alexa replace Big Pharma when it comes to pain control? In a news release touting their ongoing programs in information sciences, researchers at Penn State said they believe they can deliver pain control through guided mindfulness practices via Amazon’s Alexa. “In particular with opioid addiction, there has been quite...
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 citizens for terrorism crimes; pins bodies to poles
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia beheaded 37 Saudi citizens for what it said Tuesday were terrorism-related crimes, the Interior Ministry said, publicly pinning two of the bodies to a pole as a warning to others. The report said the executions were carried out by beheading and that two...
Doug Oster grows ‘Everybody Gardens’ website
All you need to see are those signature shoes – turquoise with pansies – to recognize Doug Oster, manager and editor of Everybody Gardens. “I love color, and my Slogger shoes are my trademark,” said Oster, as he watered his plants at his Ross home. “They are comfortable and waterproof,...
Video: Man in Easter bunny costume hops into fight in OrlandoVideo
A viral video shows a person in an Easter bunny costume jumping into a street-fight between a man and a woman on an Orlando, Fla. street on Sunday. And getting the best of the guy. The video shows a man and woman engaged in a fight when the person in...
Back to Earth: Washington set to allow ‘human composting’
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks. The bill legalizing the process, sometimes referred to as “human composting,” has passed the Legislature and is...
Woman held for allegedly dumping puppies in California trashVideo
COACHELLA, Calif. — A woman has been arrested for allegedly throwing seven newborn puppies into a Southern California dumpster. Riverside County authorities arrested 54-year-old Deborah Culwell on Monday at her Coachella home. Surveillance video showed a woman get out of a car and drop a bag containing the pups into...
Palace: Trump to pay state visit to Britain in June
LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain in June as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. Trump and his wife, Melania, have “accepted an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen to pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom,” officials...
Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary
BOSTON — Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you’ll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survival in an easy-to-carry bag, grab a drink for the road, and perhaps you’ll...
Gift ideas for women undergoing cancer treatmentVideo
Lisa Lurie gets asked the same question all the time. “People want to know what would make a great gift for somebody undergoing surgery, treatment or in recovery?” says Lurie of Squirrel Hill, a breast cancer survivor and co-founder of Cancer Be Glammed, a company that helps women diagnosed with...
Health Happenings – Apr. 23, 2019
Blood drives — 1:30-7 p.m. today , St. Bruno Church, 1707 S. Poplar St., Greensburg — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday , St. James, Route 982, Youngstown — 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30, Triangle Tech, 222 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg Appointments: 800-733-2767 or redcrossblood.org; walk-ins welcome. Meetings • Grief Without the...
Here’s what to know the superbug spreading in the U.S.Video
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is alerting health care facilities to monitor for Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that is difficult to diagnose and treat, and often spreads in hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care environments. Here’s what you need to know about it. What is Candida...
Worried about your fruits and vegetables? Here’s how to wash them
A recent column on the Environmental Working Group’s list of fruits and vegetables with the most and least pesticides generated some reader comments. Most wondered if washing eliminates any pesticides residue. While the EWG said washing doesn’t remove the fruit and produce from their list, it’s still recommended to wash...
Override possible of Kansas abortion reversal veto
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to inform patients that the abortion pill is reversible — a controversial practice that Democrats and abortion rights advocates have criticized for being scientifically unproven. The Republican-held legislature, however, could override Kelly’s veto...
Moulton highlights military service in presidential bid
Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts launched a bid Monday for the Democratic nomination for president, becoming the 19th candidate in the most crowded primary in the party’s modern history. “I’m running because I’m a patriot, because I believe in this country and because I’ve never wanted to sit on the...
Wisconsin woman pleads guilty to terrorism charges
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin mother of seven pleaded guilty Monday to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group by distributing information online on how to make explosives and biological weapons. Waheba Issa Dais initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of providing material support to...
