The head of the most popular e-cigarette brand has apologized to parents whose children have become hooked on vaping. Speaking to CNBC on a factory tour for a new documentary about vaping, Juul chief executive Kevin Burns was asked what he would say to a parent of a teenager who had been using his product.Read moreRead more

It’s took two years and millions of concerned parents to convince streaming giant Netflix to censor “13 Reasons Why,” a series about teenage suicide. “We’ve heard from many young people that 13 Reasons Why encouraged them to start conversations about difficult issues like depression and suicide and get help — often for the first time,”Read moreRead more

If you think there are more Chick-fil-A’s, Taco Bells, Bare Burgers, “artisanal” pizza spots and salad bars sporting 100 spins on the word “green” on city sidewalks, your eyes — and taste buds — aren’t fooling you. Fast-casual and quick-service restaurants have accounted for a whopping 35% of all food-and-beverage leases in Manhattan since 2016,Read moreRead more

The price of bitcoin plunged 10 percent on Tuesday after Facebook’s own digital currency project faced another drubbing — this time by lawmakers. A Facebook executive in charge of the planned digital coin, known as Libra, received a harsh reception Tuesday by members of the Senate Banking Committee, including a senator who said people wouldRead moreRead more

Boxing legend Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker died after being hit by a car in Virginia, according to police. The Hall of Famer, who won world titles in four weight divisions, was hit in Virginia Beach just after 10 p.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead at the scene, Virginia Beach police said in a statement. “IRead moreRead more

Knicks legend Charles Oakley knows what he saw from his former team in the past few weeks: a failed plan to restore their greatness during free agency. “Do they have an ‘A’ player on this team? I don’t think so,” Oakley told reporters after his Big3-based Killer 3s fell at the Barclays Center on Sunday.Read moreRead more

Movie theaters are caught in a war over the nation’s couch potatoes — and they’re losing it to video-streaming services like Netflix. The new battle plan for theaters: Be more like Netflix. AMC, the US’s largest cinema chain, disclosed in late June that AMC Stubs A-List, its $20-per-month subscription service, has reached 860,000 members onRead moreRead more

A defiant President Trump on Monday denied that his two-day assault on four freshman Democratic lawmakers was racist — and instead continued attacking them, suggesting that “they might be” communists who should love the US or leave it. The president also assailed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a racist for saying that he wanted toRead moreRead more

The feds found dozens of diamonds, piles of cash and a fake passport with Jeffrey Epstein’s photo stashed in a safe at the convicted pedophile’s Upper East Side townhouse, they said Monday. Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge about the newly revealed contents of the safe — which also held a trove of lewd photosRead moreRead more

Six Indian amusement park staffers have been charged in the deaths of two people who were on a pendulum-style ride when it snapped mid-swing and crashed from at least 30 feet high. Officials said around 30 people were on the Discovery ride in Ahmedabad on Sunday when it suddenly snapped, hitting the frame and plungingRead moreRead more