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June 11 (Reuters) - (This story contains graphic language in paragraph 9)Police in Aurora, Colorado, have released body camera footage following the death of a teenager who was shot by an officer after an alleged robbery. Richardson, who was shot in the abdomen, later died at the hospital, police said. "Gun, gun, let go of the fucking gun," Gruszeczka said. The body camera footage released by police does not show whether Richardson ever pointed the weapon at the officers. Richardson's family reviewed the footage before its public release, and Acevedo said he has been in contact with family members.
Persons: Jor'Dell Richardson, Richardson, James Snapp, Roch Gruszeczka, Gruszeczka, Aurora Police Department Chief Art Acevedo, Acevedo, Maria Caspani, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Police, Reuters, Aurora Police Department Chief, Thomson Locations: Aurora , Colorado
Russia arrests U.S. citizen on drug dealing charges
  + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. musician and former paratrooper has been arrested in Moscow on drug dealing charges and his court appearance, locked in a metal cage, has been shown on state television. "The former paratrooper and a musician, who is accused of running a drug dealing business involving young people, will remain in custody until Aug. 6, 2023." The spokesperson did not say if U.S. officials had yet had consular access to Leake. When Leake initially came to Moscow, he worked as an English teacher and helped translate songs for Russian bands. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in March on espionage charges that he, the Journal and Washington deny.
Persons: Michael Travis Leake, REN, Leake, Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, Washington, Evan Gershkovich, Guy Faulconbridge, Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann, Frances Kerry Organizations: Moscow's, Reuters, REN TV, State Department, U.S ., Street, Washington, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, U.S, Moscow, Russian, Moscow's Khamovniki, Leake, Russia's, Ukraine, United States, Russia, Washington, Melbourne
New York City teachers say children are increasingly coming to school high, per The New York Times. But the proliferation of unlicensed smoke shops has become a major issue among city officials. Gale Brewer, a New York City council member, pointed to the growing number of unregulated vape shops in the city — using her own Upper West Side district as a barometer. New York City Eric Adams has pledged to go after unlicensed smoke shops, but he has not yet taken broad steps do so, per The Times. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. has also taken a firm stance against unlicensed shops by floating evictions, but his office has not yet gone through with such actions.
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (Reuters) - Brittney Griner returned to the WNBA hardwood on Friday night in Los Angeles to cheers from a raucous crowd that included U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. "It felt good, it felt real good. U.S. officials said she was wrongly detained and was being used as a political pawn amid increasingly strained relations with Moscow. The two-time Olympic champion, 32, kicked off her 10th season with the Mercury on Friday after playing in a pre-season game one week ago. Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Welcome to Richie’s World
  + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Sadiba Hasan | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
For Richie Shazam, becoming a Bollywood princess was not a manifestation. It was a realization. The model, photographer and director thinks that the term “manifestation” has become a buzzword that removes accountability, she explained in Ludlow House, a social club on the Lower East Side, in between puffs from her turquoise-colored vape. “You could say, ‘I spoke something into existence,’” she said, “but what are you actually doing to realize it?”When she was growing up, she watched hours of Bollywood films in her bedroom in the Jamaica section of Queens, marveling at actresses like Kajol. “Seeing that rich brown skin and watching the beautiful Bollywood icons really allowed me to embody an identity behind closed doors,” she said, recalling that she told herself, “‘One day I’ll be able to be this person.’”
BAT names finance director Marroco as CEO as Bowles bows out
  + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
May 15 (Reuters) - British American Tobacco (BATS.L) appointed finance director Tadeu Marroco as CEO on Monday, succeeding Jack Bowles who is stepping down after about four years. Marroco has been with the tobacco firm since 1992 and was appointed to the board in 2019. "Having been at the centre of the formulation of this strategy, I am convinced that this is the right strategic path for BAT," Marroco said in a statement. Director Javed Iqbal will be interim finance director while the group looks for a permanent replacement for Marroco, the company said. Reporting by Yadarisa Shabong in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'SouzaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
In 2022, Americans spent an estimated $30 billion on legal marijuana products. Legal pot sales could top $33 billion this year – more than chocolate and craft beer combined. Last year's total also exceeds the combined total sales of chocolate and craft beer, which saw $20 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively. If trends continue, MJBizDaily projects cannabis sales could reach as high as $33.6 billion this year and climb to nearly $57 billion by 2028. Robust as the total US sales numbers are, recent years have not been kind to the cannabis industry.
Even on weekends, I naturally wake up at the same time. Research shows that people who smoke or vape often sleep for a shorter amount of time, with irregular sleep patterns. Cool temperatures of 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit are close to our own internal body temperature (which drops to its lowest level when we sleep) are the best for sleeping. By energizing your body, exercise raises your core body temperature, which is the opposite of what you want to have happen before going to sleep. Your body temperature naturally lowers in the evening, a signal to your brain that it's time to snooze.
Vaping involves heating a liquid that contains nicotine in an e-cigarette which is vaporized and inhaled by the user. “Vaping was sold to governments and communities around the world as a therapeutic product to help long-term smokers quit,” Butler said. “It was not sold as a recreational product – in particular not one for our kids. Vaping concerns across the worldResearchers have found links between nicotine addiction among adolescents and children as a result of increased vaping habits. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom is also tackling high-levels of youth vaping but is pushing it as an alternative to help long-term smokers quit.
Over the last several years, Juul has gone from a darling of Silicon Valley to a company beset by legal challenges. The e-cigarette maker recently agreed to pay $462 million in a settlement that ends lawsuits against it. Here's a rundown of the company's history, from its $38 billion valuation to legal settlements. Over the last several years, Juul has gone from a darling of Silicon Valley to a company beset by legal challenges. It also fell from a valuation of $38 billion in 2018 to just $1 billion last October, according to the Journal.
[1/2] Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was detained in Russia, tears up as she holds a news conference ahead of return to court with Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., April 27, 2023. The two-times Olympic gold medallist was released from one of Russia's most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after she was arrested in February 2022. "I'm no stranger to hard times," said Griner, at an emotional news conference. She said she was prescribed medical cannabis in the United States for a chronic injury and never intended to break the law. Griner pledged to dedicate herself to bringing home other Americans detained abroad and announced she and the Phoenix Mercury would partner with Bring Our Families Home to champion the cause.
PHOENIX — Brittney Griner, the W.N.B.A. star who became the center of a geopolitical showdown between the United States and Russia last year, is expected to speak with reporters on Thursday for the first time since her release in December in a prisoner exchange. Mercury officials said that Ms. Griner would not discuss her time in Russia at the news conference. She has called for the release of Mr. Gershkovich and others classified as wrongful detainees by the U.S. government. She and Mr. Gershkovich have become the latest in a line of American citizens detained by Moscow under what U.S. officials have described as dubious accusations.
But Cooper and Hizli wanted to portray the darker side of female friendship, too. Cooper described past intense friendships “that felt like toxic relationships I’d had with boyfriends,” including a best friend who Cooper said was secretly sleeping with her boyfriend at the time. Cooper described Kerry Mucklowe, the character she plays in “This Country,” as someone who knows exactly who she is. Reaching for her vape, Cooper seemed more muted than either of those characters, and described herself as an anxious person these days. She had always acknowledged her faults to make other people laugh, Cooper said, and growing up she aspired to be like TV comedians who gave her parents “moments of complete escapism” from their financial struggles.
Legal pot sales could top $33 billion this year – more than chocolate and craft beer combined. Last year's total also exceeds the combined total sales of chocolate and craft beer, which saw $20 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively. If trends continue, MJBizDaily projects cannabis sales could reach as high as $33.6 billion this year and climb to nearly $57 billion by 2028. Of course, legal sales are still vastly outweighed by illicit ones – Whitney Economics estimated that legal transactions constituted just 25% of the total cannabis market in the US in 2021. Robust as the total US sales numbers are, recent years have not been kind to the cannabis industry.
The deal, which also included Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts and New Mexico, means that San Francisco-based Juul has now settled with 45 states for more than $1 billion. The various states had accused Juul of falsely marketing its e-cigarettes as less addictive than cigarettes and targeted minors with glamorous advertising campaigns. It previously reached a $439 million settlement with 34 states and territories, as well as settlements with several individual states. As of December, its share of Juul was valued at $250 million, down from $12.8 billion in 2018. The CDC also has said using nicotine in adolescence may raise the risk for future addiction to other drugs.
Juul will pay $462 million to settle claims by six states and Washington D.C. that the vaping company marketed its addictive e-cigarettes to underage teens, five Democratic attorneys general announced Wednesday. The states that reached the settlement with Juul are New York, California, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Illinois and Colorado. New York will get $112.7 million over an eight-year period, which will support underage vaping abatement programs across the state. The FDA also ordered Juul to stop selling its vaping products last June. It added that youth use of tobacco products in any form is unsafe.
Britain to encourage smokers to swap cigarettes for vapes
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Up to one million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for "vapes", with pregnant women offered financial incentives to make the change in what will be a world first, the British government said on Tuesday. Under the scheme, almost one in five smokers will be given a vape - an e-cigarette - starter kit along with support to help quit smoking, the Department of Health (DoH) said. "We will offer a million smokers new help to quit. We will be funding a new national ‘swap to stop’ scheme – the first of its kind in the world." Health service figures show 9% of 11 to 15-year-olds in Britain had used e-cigarettes in 2021, up from 6% three years before.
Brittney Griner urges Biden to bring home reporter Gershkovich
  + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was detained in Russia, speaks next to her wife, Cherelle Griner, during the 54th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California, U.S., February 25, 2023. The Kremlin says Gershkovich was using journalism as a cover for spying activity - something his newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, has vehemently denied. Russia has not made public any evidence to support the charges, under which Gershkovich faces up to 20 years in jail. The White House has described the accusations as "ridiculous" and President Joe Biden has called on Moscow to release him. Brittney Griner, a WNBA star and double Olympic gold medallist who played for a Russian team in the off-season, was arrested at a Moscow airport one week before Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
Things have been difficult for her family, she says, but one thing she isn’t worried about: a midlife crisis, looming just over the horizon. One of our questions was about whether they had experienced a midlife crisis and how they would define the term. Many people said they felt they couldn’t be having a midlife crisis, because there was no bourgeois numbness to rebel against. “Who has midlife crisis money?”The traditional midlife crisis, as presented in popular culture, at least, unfolds amid suburban ennui. We just increase our Lexapro.”Was the midlife crisis ever even real?
A Spirit flight had to make an emergency stop after a battery fire on board, WTLV reported. Spirit told an NBC affiliate that the battery fire was believed to be "from a guest item." "All of a sudden just a ton of smoke came out," Kerri Arakawa, a passenger on the plane, told the news outlet. Insider was unable to confirm whether the battery was attached to a vape, but Spirit told WTLV in a statement that the battery fire was believed to be from a "guest item in an overhead bin." Prosswimmer told Insider that he believed the fire was caused by a "battery charging pack," but could not confirm whether it was attached to a vape.
Altria’s Latest Vape Could Be Even Pricier Than Its First
  + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Carol Ryan | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
NJOY has a roughly 2% share of the U.S. vape market by volume, whereas its larger rival Juul has around a quarter. Altria ’s latest potential deal seems eye-wateringly expensive, but the company doesn’t have many better options. The maker of Marlboro cigarettes is in talks to buy e-cigarette brand NJOY for $2.75 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday afternoon. Altria could pay an additional $500 million in an earnout if certain regulatory milestones are met. The tobacco company also plans to sell the 35% stake it has owned since 2018 in rival vape brand Juul Labs.
Feb 27 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Los Angeles County's ban on sales of flavored tobacco products brought by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which had argued that only the federal government - not state or local governments - has the legal authority to regulate tobacco products. The Supreme Court in December allowed a California statewide ban on flavored tobacco products, also challenged by R.J. Reynolds, to go into effect. California became the second state to ban all flavored tobacco product sales, after Massachusetts in 2019. Flavored tobacco products, especially e-cigarettes, have come under scrutiny in recent years as critics have said they appeal to youth. Circuit Court of Appeals last year upheld the Los Angeles ban on a 2-1 vote.
Brittney Griner signs deal to return to Phoenix Mercury
  + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Feb 21 (Reuters) - American Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian penal colony last December as part of a prisoner swap, has signed a one-year contract to play for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the team said on Tuesday. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and eight-time Women's National Basketball Association All-Star, was arrested in February 2022 at an airport outside Moscow for carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. She was subsequently convicted of drug smuggling and later transferred to one of Russia's most notorious penal colonies, where former inmates have described torture, harsh beatings and slave labor conditions. Griner was released last December in a prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout, a deal that was arranged after months of talks during a time of high tension between the two countries after Russia's February invasion of Ukraine. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Feb 18 (Reuters) - American Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian penal colony last December as part of a prisoner swap, has signed a one-year contract to play for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, ESPN reported on Saturday. The Mercury, who open their 2023 WNBA season on May 19 at the Los Angeles Sparks, did not immediately respond when asked by Reuters to confirm the ESPN report. In her first public statement since her release, Griner said last December that she would advocate for Americans detained abroad and that she planned to return to her WNBA team. Griner last played for the Mercury in the 2021 WNBA season when she had one of the best years of her career and averaged 20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists over 30 games. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
During limb-lengthening surgery, which can cost anywhere from $75,000 to $90,000, he breaks the leg bones and inserts a metal rod, or nail. The recovery process is long and involvedRecovery from limb-lengthening surgery can be painful and there's a lot of physical therapy involved. "After surgery, patients really have to concentrate on working on their flexibility and regaining strength," Mahboubian said. Surgery may make sex a little difficult for some people during recoveryOne of the most common reasons Mahboubian's patients want limb-lengthening surgery is to improve their love lives. "But I've seen time and time again how the surgery really changes the confidence level in my patients.
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