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Fruit, dessert, menthol vape flavors headed down the drain?

caption: Hidden in a cloud of vape smoke - which the state is hoping will stop happening to teens.
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Hidden in a cloud of vape smoke - which the state is hoping will stop happening to teens.

No more flavored vapes. To impeach, or not to impeach? And from grunge to kiddie pop.

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Jo Masterson, 2Morrow

The state is considering permanently banning all flavored vaping products, with a view to keep e-cigarettes away from teens. Jo Masterson is cofounder of an app called 2Morrow which aims to do just that.

If you were in the Senate today: would you vote to impeach?

Now that he’s been impeached, Americans are evenly divided on whether or not the Senate should vote to remove the president. Former Democratic Representative Jim McDermott has had to make that choice before, during Bill Clinton’s impeachment hearings in 1998. He spoke with Republican former attorney general Rob McKenna about what they’d each like to see next.

Caspar Babypants

Remember the Presidents of the United States of America? The grunge punk band had several hits in the mid-90s before disbanding. Lead singer Chris Ballew has gone on to another career in an entirely different vein: children’s musician, under the moniker Caspar Babypants.

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