Walmart raises minimum age requirement to purchase tobacco products

Walmart Inc said on Wednesday it will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 across its U.S. stores starting July 1, responding to growing regulatory and political pressure to curb a surge in teenage use of e-cigarettes. It also pushed the world’s largest retailer to say it discontinue the sale of fruit-and… Read More Walmart raises minimum age requirement to purchase tobacco products

One dead, eight injured as two students open fire at high school in Colorado

The older of two students accused of opening fire in a suburban Denver high school, killing one classmate and injuring eight others, was being held on Wednesday on murder and attempted-murder charges, court records showed. The 18-year-old suspect being charged as an adult, Devon Erickson, was due for an initial appearance later on Wednesday in… Read More One dead, eight injured as two students open fire at high school in Colorado