A vast majority of Black smokers use menthols, and in an election year, when every vote matters, President Biden can ill-afford to alienate any potential constituency. 

It almost certainly will come down to a contest in which voters will have to decide which candidate they like less.

Royal Caribbean announced Thursday it will no longer stop its cruise liners at its private beach in Labadee, Haiti, “out of an abundance of caution" as the country struggles with rampant gang violence and political instability. “Due to the evolving situation in Haiti, and in an abundance of caution, we're temporarily suspending our visits to...

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s bid to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit largely affirmed the trial judge’s...

The Navy has fired the captain of the USS Ohio guided missile submarine, service officials revealed. Capt. Kurt D. Balagna was fired as commanding officer of the Ohio “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,” the Navy said in a Wednesday statement.  “Navy commanding officers are held to high standards of personal and professional...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an American Airlines flight that reported a flat tire after departing a Dallas area airport Wednesday. The FAA said an American Airlines Boeing 777 “landed safely” at the Los Angeles International Airport around 8:45 p.m. PDT Wednesday after it "reported a flat tire" after taking off from Dallas Fort Worth...

GOP lawmakers pushed back against Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) new proposal for a 32-hour workweek during a committee hearing Thursday, saying such a mandate would hurt workers and crush small businesses.  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, which Sanders chairs, met to discuss "new technology and increased productivity" and focused on the...

State and local governments give billions in tax subsidies to plastics processing facilities with a history of air pollution violations that disproportionately affect people of color, according to a report from the Environmental Integrity Project. The environmental nonprofit analyzed 50 plants constructed or expanded in the last 12 years. The vast majority were in Texas and Louisiana,...

Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed 75 measures into law, including a bipartisan bill supporting child care and a college tenure overhaul.

The Senate confirmed a new ambassador to Haiti as the country faces severe unrest while violent gangs attempt to seize power.