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What would Emily Post say? If you can't stand people who walk down the street while texting, get ready for your newest pet peeve: people wearing virtual reality headsets on the bus, train or plane.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will issue an emergency regulation banning certain flavored products. The move comes amid advances toward a similar federal ban.

The company says its passion for historical Bibles and other artifacts led to "regrettable mistakes." It will pay a $3 million fine for improperly importing items such as ancient clay tablets.

The Air Force failed to put the shooter's name on a database that could have prevented him from legally buying guns. He killed 26 people and injured 22 in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in 2017.

South Carolina's annual sales tax free weekend returns Friday, Aug. 1-3, 2025.

Microsoft has announced that the pioneering online video calling service that's been around for more than two decades will go offline on Monday.

For soldier Brian Turner, words have the impact of bullets. His poems provide a first- person account of war; The New York Times praised their "attention to both the terrors and the beauty he found among Iraq's ruins."

Weekends at Bellevue is psychiatrist Julie Holland's account of her years treating patients in a New York City psychiatric ER. She says one of the hardest parts of her job was figuring out which patients were manic or schizophrenic and which were high on cocaine or methamphetamines.

SONA PUJARI: STREET BANKER: The continuation of producer Julian Crandall Hollick's "Apna Street" series about the pavement dwellers in Bombay. The series focuses on a group called "Mahila Milan" (MILE-uh mil-lun), or "Women Together", who have joined forces to give Bombay's poor some political and social muscle. One of the ways they accomplish this is by insisting that people save money. In this installment, Julian follows Sona Pujari (SOHN-yuh poo-JAHR-ree) as she makes the rounds, "forcing" people to contribute to their own savings accounts.

Hunter S. Thompson, the legendary and eccentric inventor of "gonzo journalism," was found dead Sunday in his home near Aspen, Colo. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 67.