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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods

By JONEL ALECCIA
Jan 15, 2025 10:29 am - U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jan 15, 2025 10:27 am - Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by anti-smoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon.
Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else’ as Trump’s top diplomat

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATTHEW LEE
Jan 15, 2025 10:05 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio promised on Wednesday to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state, vowing in his c...
Fire-scarred Los Angeles is under another rare warning as winds pick up

By JAIMIE DING, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER
Jan 15, 2025 8:01 am - Millions of Southern Californians were on edge as winds began picking up during a final round of dangerous fire weather forecast for the region Wednesday where two massive blazes have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes.
Poland’s leader accuses Russia of planning acts of terror against ‘airlines over the world’

Jan 15, 2025 7:58 am - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused Russia on Wednesday of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of air terror” against airlines.
Trump says he will create an ‘External Revenue Service’ agency to collect tariff income

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Jan 14, 2025 8:12 pm - WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from...
Republicans say they want to put conditions on wildfire aid to California

By Jacob Bogage and Toluse Olorunnipa
Jan 14, 2025 4:29 pm - Leading congressional Republicans say they want to place conditions on aid for California’s wildfire victims, trying to force the state to fix what one lawmaker called “b...
Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say

By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA
Jan 14, 2025 4:27 pm - CAIRO — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Me...
China weighs sale of TikTok US to Musk as a possible option

Jan 14, 2025 4:24 pm - Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on ...
What Americans think about Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defense secretary pick

By LINLEY SANDERS
Jan 14, 2025 3:34 pm - WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth faces an important test on Tuesday — but he won't just have to prove himself to the senators who immediately began sparring over his nomination ...

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