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California is the second state to raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. A similar law went into effect in Hawaii on Jan. 1.

California Raises Age Of Tobacco Purchase To 21 And Tightens Vaping Rules

A package of tobacco bills signed into state law this week aims to cut the use of tobacco and e-cigarettes by adolescents and young adults, proponents say. Military personnel can still buy at age 18.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Osceola Heritage Park, in Kissimmee, Fla.

New Emails Raise Questions About Ties Between Clinton Foundation and State Dept.

Emails obtained by conservative group Judicial Watch fuel allegations the Clinton Foundation worked to compensate donors by providing access at the State Department during Hillary Clinton's tenure.

The unique medical program at the University of California, Berkeley is housed in its School of Public Health.

Students Rally To Save Program That Produces Primary Care Doctors

An unusual medical education program at the University of California, Berkeley is known for producing primary care doctors, unlike other schools. But it could be axed due to budget shortfalls.

A French police officer lays flowers in honor of his colleagues, who were killed in a knife attack, near their home in Magnanville, west of Paris, Tuesday.

Stabbing Attack Kills French Police Officers At Home; Their Son Is Saved

The officers, the parents of a 3-year-old, died Monday night; their assailant broadcast a live video from their home via Facebook, according to French news outlets.

The NBA is relocating the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, N.C., because of a state law that limits civil rights protections for LGBT people.

NBA Will Pull 2017 All-Star Game From Charlotte Over N.C. 'Bathroom Bill'

The controversial state law limits civil rights protections for LGBT people; the league says it can't host the All-Star Game in that climate. A new location for the game hasn't yet been announced.

Anita Hill speaks during "TimesTalks Presents: Kerry Washington and Anita Hill Confirmation" on April 8 in New York City. Hill is now a professor of race and gender policy at Brandeis University.

Anita Hill: 'We've Come A Long Way Since Then'

Nearly 25 years after Anita Hill accused her former boss of making lewd advances, America is again dealing with high-profile cases of sexual harassment. Hill tells NPR what's changed and what hasn't.

Usain Bolt in 2006 in Kingston, Jamaica. The world's faster sprinter grew up in a remote, rural part of the island.

A Surprising Theory About Jamaica's Amazing Running Success

How did a modestly-sized, developing country become dominant in sprinting?

A Surprising Theory About Jamaica's Amazing Running Success

How did a modestly-sized, developing country become dominant in sprinting?

Saying that not all businesses are following a current equal-pay standard, Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is moving to require companies to prove they pay equal amounts to male and female workers.

Iceland Plans To Become World's First Country To Require Equal Pay For Women

"We may rank number one in the world at the moment, but the job is not done still," Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson says.

Police officers walk in the area of a shooting in the southern Forest district of Brussels on Tuesday. Shots were fired at police as they carried out an operation prosecutors say was linked to the Paris attacks of last November.

Counterterrorism Raid In Brussels Sparks Gunfire And A Standoff

Both Belgian and French police are involved in the operation, which apparently began with a visit to an apartment that the authorities thought to be vacant.

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