Environment

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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether e-cigarettes are linked to seizures and other neurlogical issues such as fainting or tremors. The agency received 127 reports from 2010 to 2019 of people who said they had seizures, tremors or fainted. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Eric Trump listens to opening remarks before the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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M72 LAW ANTI-TANK WEAPON - A Marine with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Ground Combat Element, fires an M72A7 rocket launcher during a familiarization course. This course offered Marines the opportunity to experience firing shoulder fired rocket launchers, Oct. 23, 2017. The 15th MEU is embarked on the America Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Valero/Released)

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Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro makes a signal with his hand during a military ceremony for the Day of the Soldier, at Army Headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he's leaning toward sending the army to help fight Amazon fires that have alarmed people across the globe. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said the DNC's rules were "well-intentioned" but, he worried that the rules give candidates like Mr. Steyer an unfair advantage. (Associated Press Photographs)

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Sen. Michael Bennet blasted the DNC for its "arbitrary rules." He cited the Steyer campaign — Mr. Steyer is poised to qualify for the debate.

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Illustration on banning plastic water bottles by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Global Tree Planting Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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This Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, file satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Michael, center, in the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA via AP) ** FILE **

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4. Liu Wen - $7 million

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Workers drill a hole in the desert floor of the Nevada National Security Site to prepare for an underground explosion as part of a major U.S. government experiment studying earthquakes and underground nuclear blasts. (Photos courtesy of Nevada National Security Site)

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Seismologists oversee the lowering of a canister filled with 4,900 pounds of chemical explosives down a hole for an experiment studying earthquakes and underground nuclear explosions.

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Matthew T. Albence is acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Illustration on attacks on ICE by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Nicolaus, called for lawmakers to hold off in passing AB92, one of two drought-relief measures before the legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday March 26, 2015. The Assembly approved AB92 on a 50-27. The Assembly passed the other drought bill, AB91, on a 74-0 vote and sent both bills to Gov. Jerry Brown, who is expected to sign the legislation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Muddy paths are common access ways for tribes in the Dakotas. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe chairman Harold Frazier says the U.S. government gave his 3,500-square mile reservation less than $3 million to fix roads last year, but it needed $20 million. (Christopher Vondracek / The Washington Times)