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FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive

The Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels. But the plan comes in the final days of his presidency and is unlikely to take effect anytime soon.

Missing Lancaster man found dead

A man on his way home from work discovered the body of 57-year-old Ronald Estridge on Tuesday. Estridge walked away from his home on Deason Lane in Lancaster on January 7, 2025. His family said he sometimes appeared confused.

FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods

U.S. regulators are banning the dye called Red 3 from the food supply. The move comes nearly 35 years after the dye was barred from cosmetics such as lipsticks because of potential cancer risk.

Biden signs executive order aimed at growing AI infrastructure in the US

President Joe Biden has signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations like data centers can be built quickly and at scale in the United States. Tuesday's executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate large-scale AI infrastructure development at government sites.

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