CDC: Making Subsidized Housing Smoke-Free Could Save $500M Yearly
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that almost $500 million could be saved a year if smoking was banned in subsidized housing.
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White House Bashes Netanyahu for Saying Administration Ignores American Values
The Obama White House bashed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for saying that the Obama Administration ignores American values when it criticizes Jews building in Jerusalem.
FBI Director: Americans Fighting With ISIS 'Entitled' to Come Back
FBI Director James Comey told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that “a dozen or so” Americans are fighting with terrorists in Syria; “yes,” he knows who they are; and they are “entitled to come back.”
Neighbors Of Ebola Patient Feel ‘Discriminated Against’
Residents in the Vickery Meadow neighborhood of Dallas are living near the epicenter of the Ebola scare in North Texas. Now, they say they’re facing a different challenge — discrimination.
Columbus Day Will Now Be Indigenous Peoples' Day in Seattle
The Seattle City Council is replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city.
Nurse Contracts Ebola in Spain
In what is believed to be the first infection outside of Africa, an assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital where two Ebola patients died has contracted the virus herself, health officials said Monday.
Pakistani Taliban Declare Allegiance to Islamic State and Global Jihad
The Pakistani Taliban declared allegiance to Islamic State on Saturday and ordered militants across the region to help the Middle Eastern jihadist group in its campaign to set up a global Islamic caliphate.
Colorado AG Orders County Clerks To Recognize Gay Marriage
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers ordered Colorado’s county clerks to be prepared to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday.
School Bans Christian Club… Again
Educators at Ward Melville High School are either woefully ignorant of the U.S. Constitution or they really don’t like Christian teenagers.
Feds: Illinois Teen Sought to Join Islamic State
A 19-year-old American left a letter expressing disgust with Western society before trying to board an international flight in Chicago.