The attorneys general of New York and California announced lawsuits against Juul this week, alleging that the company deliberately marketed and sold vaping products to young people — and helped create a public health crisis in the process. The lawsuits allege that the company specifically targeted young people with deceptive advertising, featuring flavors like mango,…
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Every holiday season generally brings the same circuit of events: heading home to visit family and catch-up with childhood friends, lots of shopping for gifts, and of course, all kinds of parties. That can be stressful, but having the right outfit can make you look forward to each outing. Dressing up is, after all, the…
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Until last week, Li Zilles was one of the many nameless and faceless contractors toiling in the bowels of the internet, providing online services that might have been mistaken for the work of artificial intelligence. The job: to transcribe audio files for the start-up Rev.com, churning out texts without clients ever knowing the name of…
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First, I needed coffee. After I found a seat in the packed ballroom before the first panel on the first day of the first BravoCon this past Friday, I headed to the concession stand in search of caffeine. It was a little before 10 a.m. “Sorry, we aren’t open yet,” the woman behind the counter…
DetailsIf you buy something through a link on this page, we may earn a small commission. How this works. Asymmetrical eyes — or eyes that are not the same size, shape, or level as each other — are very common. In rare cases, having asymmetrical eyes may indicate an underlying medical condition. Most of the…
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Shortly after the birth of her first son, Monika Jones learned that he had a rare neurological condition that made one side of his brain abnormally large. Her son, Henry, endured hundreds of seizures a day. Despite receiving high doses of medication, his little body seemed like a rag doll as one episode blended into…
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On Monday, Kylie Jenner sold 51 percent of her cosmetics and skin care brand to Coty for $600 million, a price tag that values the enterprise at $1.2 billion. Whether we agree that she is self-made or not — and you can argue that in many ways she is mom-made — you can’t dispute where…
DetailsNot everyone has the same skull shape, and normal variations exist among individuals. The skull is not perfectly round or smooth, so it is normal to feel slight bumps and ridges. However, a dent in the head, especially if it is new, requires a trip to the doctor to determine the cause. In this article,…
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Jennifer Lopez just landed a new job, and this time she’s not doing a “front hook, ankle hook, knee hook” around a pole. Today, November 19, Coach announced that the multi-hyphenate is the new global face of the brand. Her partnership with the fashion house will start rolling out during the spring 2020 season, where…
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People who never learned to read and write may be at increased risk for dementia. Researchers studied 983 adults 65 and older with four or fewer years of schooling. Ninety percent were immigrants from the Dominican Republic, where there were limited opportunities for schooling. Many had learned to read outside of school, but 237 could…
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