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Russian officials say the ban could save 200,000 lives a year in a country known for its heavy smokers. In 2009, the Russian Federation consumed 2,786 cigarettes per capita, a study found.

At the same time, a new Interior Department plan designated nearly 10 million acres in Alaska as off-limits to any future oil and gas leasing. Reaction has been mixed to the draft plan.

The real estate mogul's victory gives him his third big win in the past two weeks. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio finished far behind.

Private insurers billed California $387.5 million to treat just 3,624 patients with new medications for hepatitis C. The people are covered by the state's Medicaid program.

Two California residents who smuggled Mexican nationals into the United States in exchange for cash were sentenced Monday to federal prison terms, while the wife of one of the defendants was ordered to stay at a halfway house.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health say they're working to combat Zika that will include developing lab tests and a vaccine.

Three members of the Rosenthal family were indicted for allegedly laundering money for drug traffickers.

The regulations are intended to clarify recent court decisions on which bodies of water are protected, but many farmers and congressional Republicans oppose what they call an EPA "land grab."

Massachusetts is one of a growing number of states that are putting new restrictions on the practice of restraining and secluding public school students.

The two men were arrested in Haiti and accused of trying to transport cocaine into the U.S.