Health
Sunak plans to raise the legal smoking age in England each year until it applies to whole population
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one year each year until it applies to the whole population
Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
Picketing has begun at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 workers who say understaffing is hurting patient care go on strike in five states and the District of Columbia
Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike
Some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are taking to picket lines in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
Picketing begins at Kaiser hospitals as 75,000 workers go on strike in Virginia, California and 3 other states
Picketing begins at Kaiser hospitals as 75,000 workers go on strike in Virginia, California and 3 other states
US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
The Biden administration is taking aim at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug
Hospitals Strike
A woman who fled the Maui wildfire on foot has died after weeks in a hospital burn unit
A woman who escaped a wildfire that destroyed Hawaii community by running through a burning field has died after more than seven weeks in a hospital burn unit
Illinois semitruck accident kills 1, injures 5 and prompts ammonia leak evacuation
Police say a semitruck carrying ammonia overturned in an Illinois county, spilling the chemical and causing an evacuation of area residents
Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation, authorities say
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones has been arrested
Judge sentences a woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic to 5 years in prison
A judge has sentenced an abortion opponent to five years in prison for burning a Wyoming abortion clinic