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The new legislation raises the minimum age to buy cigarettes every year beginning in 2023. It is effectively a permanent ban on cigarettes for those aged 14 or younger.

New Zealand's unique cigarette ban may be a model for other countries

A newly passed law effectively imposes a lifetime cigarette ban for people aged 14 and younger. Researchers applauded it but said similar bans elsewhere could be more challenging.

A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan hurls back a tear gas shell fired by riot police officers to disperse them during clashes, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

Clashes spill into 2nd day as Pakistan police seek arrest of former PM Imran Khan

Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament last April, was ordered to appear before a judge to answer charges of illegally selling state gifts and concealing his assets.

Clashes spill into 2nd day as Pakistan police seek arrest of former PM Imran Khan

Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in Parliament last April, was ordered to appear before a judge to answer charges of illegally selling state gifts and concealing his assets.

Pat Schroeder speaks to a reporter during an interview at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 30, 1999. Schroeder, a former Colorado representative and pioneer for women's and family rights in Congress, died March 13, 2023, at the age of 82.

Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women's rights, dies at 82

Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.

This computer-generated 3D model of Venus' surface shows the summit of Maat Mons. A new study found one of the volcano's vents became bigger and changed during 1991.

Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say

Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says.

NASA's Phoenix Set to Touch Down on Red Planet

The Mars Phoenix probe is scheduled to touch down on Mars around 7:53 Eastern Time on Sunday. If all goes well, it will land near the red planet's north pole. There, it will sample the ice that lies just beneath the surface. On-board instruments will analyze the ice and will look for signs of life.

'Rural Life' Adds Natural Color To 'The Grey Lady'

Despite being a big city paper, The New York Times has featured Verlyn Klinkenborg's editorials about life on his farm for years. A new collection of his essays, More Scenes from the Rural Life, offers even the city slickers a chance to daydream about cows.

audience members sitting in Gray Chapel listening to the Central Ohio Symphony perform onstage

The Ohio Premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s 'Cold Mountain Suite'

As part of a nationwide new music commissioning program, the Central Ohio Symphony will open its 2023-24 season with the Ohio premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite.

Novelist Don DeLillo is known for his sweeping works of fiction, including <em>White Noise, Falling Man</em>, <em>Libra</em> and <em>Underworld</em>. His latest work, <em>The Angel Esmeralda</em>, is a collection of nine short stories.

In Don DeLillo's 'Angel,' Stories Of America Alone

The latest book from the celebrated American novelist is a collection of short stories pulled from his decades-long career. Exploring themes of isolation and solitude, The Angel Esmeralda charts a changing America from the 1970s through today.

Kadir Nelson uses light to explore the irony of an new nation celebrating freedom and independence while keeping slavery legal.

'Heart And Soul': An African-American History

Illustrator and author Kadir Nelson tells the African-American story — from Colonial times through the civil rights movement — in his new children's book, Heart and Soul.

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