Minneapolis ordinance imposes highest minimum cigarette price in America

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health. The ordinance not only sets a floor price. It prevents smokers and retailers from getting around it by prohibiting price […]

Rasmussen Poll: Most Say Self-Defense Driving Gun Sales

Most Americans say that self-defense is the main reason that most people purchase a firearm and almost half say it’s “too easy” to buy a gun in the United States, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports.[#item_full_content]

155 dead in Tanzania amid El Niño-induced flooding

Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. That is more than double the number of deaths reported two weeks ago as the amount of rainfall increases, especially in the coastal region and the capital, Dar es Salaam. Prime […]

Belarus says it thwarted attempted Lithuanian drone strikes; Vilnius rebuffs claims

A top security official in Belarus claimed Thursday that the country has prevented attempted drone strikes from Lithuania targeting the Belarusian capital and surrounding areas. Lithuania denied the claim. Ivan Tertel, head of the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB). told a session of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly that his and other agencies recently carried […]

AMLO calls gangs, cartels ‘respectful people’ who ‘respect the citizenry’

Mexico’s president said Thursday that the country’s violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are essentially “respectful people” who “respect the citizenry” and mostly just kill each other. The claims by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are clearly at odds with the reality of millions of Mexicans who live in areas dominated by drug cartels. The […]