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Rye Brook, N.Y.: In 2017, as a high school freshman, I watched flavored e-cigarettes sweep through my school, addict my friends and classmates and ruin many students’ academics and health. In 2019 and 2020, I led the youth charge for an e-cigarette flavor ban in New York, a policy that ended the sale of these beguiling addictive products in the state once and for all. However, our state’s tobacco regulation has a gaping loophole: it fails to fully ban menthol tobacco products.

April 09, 2021 - 6:04 PM 'Blue wall of silence' takes hit in Chauvin's murder trial Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body cameras to refusing to co-operate with investigators. But that's not the case with Derek Chauvin, with many colleagues quick to condemn his actions in George Floyd's death, some even taking the stand against him. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that Chauvin’s kneeling on the handcuffed Floyd's neck was “i...

'Blue wall of silence' takes hit in Chauvin's murder trial Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body cameras to refusing to cooperate with investigators. But that's not the case with Derek Chauvin, with many colleagues quick to condemn his actions in George Floyd's death, some even taking the stand against him. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that Chauvin’s kneeling on the handcuffed Floyd's neck was “in no way, shape or form” in line with...

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 10, 2021 at 12:11 am EDT ‘Blue wall of silence’ takes hit in Chauvin’s murder trial Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body cameras to refusing to co-operate with investigators. But that’s not the case with Derek Chauvin, with many colleagues quick to condemn his actions in George Floyd’s death, some even taking the stand against him. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that...

April 09, 2021 - 9:04 PM 'Blue wall of silence' takes hit in Chauvin's murder trial Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from fellow officers that includes everything from shutting off body cameras to refusing to co-operate with investigators. But that's not the case with Derek Chauvin, with many colleagues quick to condemn his actions in George Floyd's death, some even taking the stand against him. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified that Chauvin’s kneeling on the handcuffed Floyd's neck was “i...