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Skyrocketing teen e-cig use erases recent declines in youth tobacco use

Public health experts are continuing to sound the alarm on the teen vaping epidemic, tying the 1.3 million increase in teen tobacco users from 2017 to 2018 directly to e-cigarettes. The rise has been so significant that it has wiped out any progress in declining youth tobacco use in recent years, according to a report published Monday.

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Virginia's governor called slaves 'indentured servants.' Here's a fact check

Once again, Virginia's governor caused a nationwide facepalm with race-related comments. This time, Gov. Ralph Northam told "CBS This Morning" that slaves who landed on the shores of Virginia centuries ago were "indentured servants."

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FDA targets illegally marketed dietary supplements

The US Food and Drug Administration is taking new action against dietary supplements, sending warning letters to companies who claim, without proof, that their products can prevent or treat Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer, the agency announced Monday.

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Marla Gibbs Guest Stars as Longtime Neighborhood Resident, Miss Simpson

“Welcome to the Yard Sale” – Dave convinces Calvin to hold a yard sale, but when longtime neighborhood resident Miss Simpson (guest star Marla Gibbs) makes a purchase Calvin quickly regrets, he enlists Dave to help him get the valuable object back, on THE NEIGHBORHOOD, Monday, Feb. 11 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Michelle Obama led a banner year for women at the Grammys

There's no doubt that women had a banner year at the Grammys. It's hard to say if this is an anomaly or the new normal, and it's too soon to herald a changing of the guard within the Recording Academy. However, the diversity of the female performers/honorees and winners -- not only in terms of race, but also musical genre and generation (from legends like Dolly Parton and Diana Ross to newcomers like Camila Cabello, Dua Lipa, and H.E.R.) -- is worth noting and applauding. Let's hope it's a sign of a more equitable future in the music industry.

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“Triple Threat” by Camryn King

You dig, and you dig, and you dig.

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The Hidden History of Black Nationalist Women’s Political Activism

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history focuses on black men, sidelining black women and diminishing their contributions.

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Stacey Abrams, First Black Woman to Give Democratic Rebuttal

Democratic Party rising star Stacey Abrams sharply criticized the Trump administration and Republican leadership on Tuesday night in her response to the President's State of the Union address.

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Super Matchup: Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots Prepare for Super Bowl 53

It is that special time of year again for all football fans. A time where many will make their way to the local grocery store and purchase an abundance of food to feed all the people that will attend the party at their house. Yes, you guessed it. Super Bowl LIII is Sunday, February 3, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Black Owned Businesses Continue to Bring Dignity to Death

There is one thing all people have in common. We all will be born and we will die. Death is such a delicate subject that families need someone to help them ease through the process of all the decision making that has to be done to plan out a proper burial. For many families in the Houston area, the ones that they often turn to are the folks at McCoy & Harrison Funeral Home and O.W. Wiley Mortuary.

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Jussie Smollett Wants to Clarify a Few Things

Actor and Musician Jussie Smollett performed at his first show since his reported attack, tearfully telling fans at the event in Southern California that he is not fully healed but he is doing OK.

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DMX Is Heading Out On Tour

Fresh out of prison, DMX is hitting the road. The rapper has announced his "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" 20th Anniversary tour will kick off March 8 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in celebration of the 1998 album. DMX was in prison on May 12 of last year, the actual anniversary of the album's release. He was released from Gilmer Federal Correctional Institution in Glenville, West Virginia, last month.

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Kristoff St. John, Star of 'Young & the Restless,' Dead at 52

Actor Kristoff St. John, who played Neil Winters on the CBS daytime soap opera "The Young & the Restless," has died, according to his attorney Mark Geragos. He was 52. A cause of death has not been released.

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Gov. Northam Would Be Wise to Step Down

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has admitted that he blackened his face as part of a Michael Jackson costume for a dance party. He also initially admitted that he was one of the participants in a racist photo -- of one person dressed in full Klan regalia and another in blackface --that appeared on his 1984 yearbook page.

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Confusion and anger after security guard holding suspect was shot by police, video shows

As Jemel Roberson lay motionless in the parking lot of a suburban Chicago bar, patrons stood feet away wailing and yelling at a group of law enforcement officers.

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Kristoff St. John's fiancée, co-stars and fans mourn his death

Kristoff St. John's fiancée Kseniya Mikhaleva has one question: "How did it happen?"

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DMX is heading out on tour

Fresh out of prison, DMX is hitting the road. The rapper has announced his "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" 20th Anniversary tour will kick off March 8 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in celebration of the 1998 album.

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Andy Cohen welcomes baby boy Benjamin Allen via surrogate

Andy Cohen is a dad. The host of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" posted on Instagram Monday night that his son, Benjamin Allen Cohen, was born via surrogate earlier in the day.

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Atlanta lawmaker calls for release of rapper 21 Savage from ICE custody

A Georgia lawmaker is urging federal officials to release rapper 21 Savage after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained him in Atlanta this week.

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Liam Neeson expresses regret for once contemplating racist revenge

Liam Neeson has revealed that years ago he contemplated carrying out a racist revenge attack after someone close to him was raped.