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On Dec. 21, 1968, the Apollo program's second manned spaceflight lifted off from Earth to orbit the moon. Many people still remember the greetings from astronauts, sent from space.

The Supreme Court's new term began Monday with just eight justices as the fight over Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination continues.

The growth rate for the U.S. in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide rate. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year's Day of 335.8 million people.

Tobacco use among young people in the U.S. is rising — mostly due to the spread of e-cigarettes, according to a new report released Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. E-cigarette use, including different types of products like juuls, nearly doubled among U.S. high school students, from about 12 percent in 2017 to nearly 21 percent in 2018. The CDC reports, during that time, the number of young people using e-cigarettes went up by 1.5 million.

"That's like setting three small cars on top of the jaws of a T. rex — that's basically what was pushing down," a researcher says. Humans bite with a measly 200 pounds of force.

Elizabeth Wettlaufer's guilty plea makes her one of the deadliest serial killers in the country's history, according to Canadian media reports. She says she injected her victims with insulin.

The fund has sparked a broad backlash since it was announced earlier this month, exposing fractures within the Republican Party.

Schools are so fed up with students vaping on campus that they're suing e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs. They argue Juul has taken a page from Big Tobacco by marketing to teenagers.