News / MN Newsletter // October 07

October 07, 2019

News and Times Top stories - Google News: Kroger the latest retailer to discontinue sale of e-cigarettes - WLWT Cincinnati Top stories - Google News: 12 Things You Can Do in macOS Catalina That You Couldn't Before - Gizmodo Top stories - Google News: NBA under fire from all directions after response to Rockets-China incident - The Washington Post Top stories - Google News: First Android 10 patch improves Pixel gesture navigation, fixes several bugs - 9to5Google Top stories - Google News: Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton Get Married ''For Real'' - E! Online Top stories - Google News: Kroger the latest retailer to discontinue sale of e-cigarettes - WLWT Cincinnati News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Kroger is the latest chain to stop selling electronic cigarettes.The Cincinnati-based company said Monday it plans to discontinue the "sale of electronic nicotine delivery products, or e-cigarettes, at all store and fuel center locations due to the mounting questions and increasingly-complex regulatory environment associated with these products."The discontinue after selling through its current inventory.The grocer also owns Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Fred Meyer and other store brands.It's the latest in a growing list of retailers to halt sales of electronic cigarettes.In the midst of a nationwide outbreak of vaping-related illnesses that has resulted in several deaths, several big retailers across the nations are ceasing to sell the products.Federal investigators say that nearly 80 percent of people who have come down with the vaping illness reported using products containing THC, the high-inducing chemical found in marijuana.They have not traced the problem to any single product or ingredient. Read More Top stories - Google News: 12 Things You Can Do in macOS Catalina That You Couldn't Before - Gizmodo News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) We’ve seen the Apple on-stage demos, and the beta versions, and now macOS Catalina (technically macOS 10.15) is here for everyone... well, everyone with a Mac made in the last six or seven years, anyway. Read More Top stories - Google News: NBA under fire from all directions after response to Rockets-China incident - The Washington Post News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey sparked a furious backlash Friday when he tweeted: “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” China has been embroiled in four months of demonstrations, which began in June in opposition to a proposal to a bill that would allow individuals to be extradited from Hong Kong to China, and the response was swift and unyielding. Read More Top stories - Google News: First Android 10 patch improves Pixel gesture navigation, fixes several bugs - 9to5Google News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) While there was a small OTA late last month, the first sizable Android 10 update is rolling out today. The October security patch touts eight “functional patches” for all Pixel phones that range from gesture navigation to the Pixel Stand. Read More Top stories - Google News: Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton Get Married ''For Real'' - E! Online News and Times from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Love is in the air: Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton are husband and wife. Officially. Yes, despite reports, the duo did not legally marry back in 2014. Read More

Russia-2 "Russia influence in Eastern Europe" - Google News: Georgia is key for latest geopolitical strategies realignment - Washington Times "Putin" - Google News: Duterte pivots to Putin's Russia | Inquirer Opinion - INQUIRER.net "Nato Russia" - Google News: Story of Navy ship Donald Cook unsafe incident with Russian fighters - INSIDER Europe: Brexit red tape bill for no-deal UK-EU trade set to hit £15bn "Russia" - Google News: Russia’s having a pretty good October, thanks in no small part to Donald Trump - The Washington Post "Russia influence in Eastern Europe" - Google News: Georgia is key for latest geopolitical strategies realignment - Washington Times 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) ANALYSIS/OPINION: From Europe to Asia, geopolitical strategies are realigning, and all of the moving pieces converge in the Caucasus region, which includes three post-Soviet countries: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Read More "Putin" - Google News: Duterte pivots to Putin's Russia | Inquirer Opinion - INQUIRER.net 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) I can’t blame President Duterte’s fascination with Russia. Though I have yet to visit the place, Russia’s civilizational grandeur echoes in my heart through the works of Turgenev, Chekhov, Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, etc. Read More "Nato Russia" - Google News: Story of Navy ship Donald Cook unsafe incident with Russian fighters - INSIDER 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) After Russia's seizure of Crimea in 2014, encounters between Russian and NATO forces became more frequent and, in many cases, less safe.One such encounter between Russian aircraft and the USS Donald Cook in 2016 was the "most aggressive" by the Russians in some time — here's how US sailors captured the tense moments.A senior Navy leader recounted the dangerous 2016 encounters in more detail, saying that in the closest pass a Russian Su-24 fighter's wingtip came within 30 feet of the ship — close enough that "if the guy sneezed he might have buried his wing into the Donald Cook," the admiral recalled a fighter pilot telling him.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.When the Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook sailed into the Baltic Sea in April 2016, it had been more than two years since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine. Read More Europe: Brexit red tape bill for no-deal UK-EU trade set to hit £15bn 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) HMRC assessment sets out cost of admin burden on business even before tariffs Europe Read More "Russia" - Google News: Russia’s having a pretty good October, thanks in no small part to Donald Trump - The Washington Post 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Russian President Vladimir Putin, on top of the world. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Read More

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