Cigarette maker Philip Morris (PMI) (PM.N) clinched its 1.1 billion-pound takeover of asthma inhaler maker Vectura (VEC.L) on Thursday, winning the support of the British company's shareholders despite the concerns of health professionals. Vectura's shareholders decided to take the 165 pence-per-share offer from PMI, with nearly 75% backing the deal. Buying the London-listed inhaler maker is part of Philip Morris' long term plan to develop "smoke-free" products and switch to being a "broader healthcare and wellness" company.

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham is claiming that Trump once called her from Air Force One to defend the size and shape of his penis.

Entire families of wild boars have become a daily sight in Rome, as groups of 10-30 beasts emerge from nearby parks to trot down city streets in search of food in Rome's overflowing trash bins.

Sheriff’s deputy violated free speech protections when he asked Amyiah Cohoon, 16, to remove post about virus that ‘upset’ parents

“Sextortion” emails, as they’re called, are spam whose senders claim to have infiltrated your devices or accounts, urging payment in return for not releasing embarrassing material they’ve obtained through the hack.

A new craze for a drug derived from crushed vehicle exhaust filters is rattling authorities in Kinshasa, triggering a campaign to stamp out the concoction and a related rash of car part thefts.

Samsung wants you to increase your freezer's temperature to lower our collective carbon footprint, and it has enlisted Vanilla Ice's help to convince you..

My less-than-well-thought-out plan to recreate my favorite scene from Pixar’s rat-infested classic

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"Try to find the good stuff if you can afford it and barely cook it, and that’s life."

Official military and government email addresses can be found throughout a leaked membership list from the far-right Oath Keepers militia.

The controversial, award-winning ‘Titane’ will get audiences talking about gender fluidity and body horror. But don’t sleep on its surprisingly moving portrait of a middle-aged dad grappling with grief and diminished masculinity

HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — Ask any of the 2,600 residents in this South Carolina town whether they know Alex Murdaugh, and you’ll probably get a quick nod. Nearly everyone does

A study shows stark intergenerational inequities across the board, but the researchers say climate change will affect children in developing countries even more acutely.

Britain sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Monday for the first time since 2008, a move that challenges Beijing’s claim to the sensitive waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-US military vessel. HMS Richmond, a frigate deployed with Britain’s aircraft carrier strike group, sailed through the strait on a trip from Japan to Vietnam, Britain’s defence ministry said. “Wherever the Royal Navy operate, they do so in full compliance with international law,” the ministry said in a statement. “The UK has a range of enduring security interests in the Indo-Pacific and many important bilateral defence relationships, this deployment is a sign of our commitment to regional security,” it added. Britain said it was the first time one of its warships had travelled through the narrow waterway separating Taiwan and mainland China since 2008, when HMS Kent made the voyage.

The new law is part of an evolution of voting in the state, an effort to provide voters more options for when and where to cast their ballots.

Ghost forests are creeping up along much of the Eastern Seaboard, turning the once-healthy coastal woodlands into saltwater-laden bogs.

According to court documents, the Bay Area woman accused of starting the Fawn Fire in Shasta County last week was boiling bear urine so she could drink it when she allegedly set off the destructive blaze.

Devin Thomas O'Shea shares the saga of the scions of the Anheuser-Busch brewery empire: their arrogance, their self-mythologizing reality show, and the impunity afforded them for their crimes. “It’s spectacular being a Busch,” Christi Busch announces in the first and final season of MTV’s The Busch Family Brewed. She is not referring to her brother-in-law, Augustus Busch “The Fourth,” who—while spectacularly high, transporting a lot of drugs, and armed to the teeth—improvisationally landed a Bell 407 helicopter in a busy office park in 2017. The Fourth—who was supposed to be the heir to the Busch throne—has left a trail of wreckage in his wake. Reckless endangerment, flagrant criminality—none of that actual drama is mentioned on The Busch Family Brewed. The reality show omits the dark fourth uncle, and masks a deeper indignity that’s befallen the American rich: they’ve lost their culture. The Busch family married into Eberhard Anheuser’s brewing company in 1861. From then on, the family beer dynasty reigned from the seat of the American Midwest, overseeing a kingdom from the end of the Prohibition era, around 1933, to the Great Recession of 2008, when the royal family could not produce an heir suitable to shareholders.

A jury found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982. On Monday, his lawyer said the "momentous event" of Hinckley's full release in June is appropriate and required by the law.