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CHICAGO — The 15-year-old Smoke-Free Illinois Act, which makes most indoor public spaces off-limits for smoking, now governs electronic cigarettes as well after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure that was approved with bipartisan support in the spring legislative session. “Illinoisans deserve to enjoy public spaces without being exposed unwillingly to secondhand vapor and other electronic cigarettes byproducts,” Pritzker said in a statement. “Now, e-cigarettes and vapes will qualify under existing anti-smoking laws, reducing air pollution and making a more accessible, healt......

New Jersey might be the Garden State, but the Jersey Shore is certainly lacking a specific kind of greenery — cannabis. Last year was the first summer of legal weed sales in New Jersey. A year in, however, there is only a single adult-use cannabis dispensary for adult consumers at southern beaches in New Jersey (the area known to Philadelphians as “down the Shore”). This may come as a surprise since the majority of New Jersey voters, including many in Jersey Shore counties, are pro-cannabis legalization. It raises the question: How weed-friendly is the Jersey Shore? You’ll be singing, “meet me......

Johnny Depp is breathing in the sweet smell of success. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star has reportedly signed the biggest men’s fragrance deal of all time. Variety cites a source confirming Dior closed a deal with Depp for a three-year deal estimated to be worth a whopping $20 million. The outlet said the French luxury label did not respond to a request for comment. Depp’s handlers also declined. The veteran actor has been theface of Dior’s Sauvage since it launched in 2015. Bernard Arnault, the CEO of Dior’s parent company LVMH, has credited the “image of Johnny Depp” as one of the main r......

If you wrote the story of Paige DeAngelo's life so far, it would be in mascara. Start with dance. Ever since she was a toddler watching her older sisters in dance class in Haddon Township, New Jersey, she loved it. By age 8, she was competing and putting on her own makeup. Lots of mascara there. Then there's the weather. Clouds, the stars, it was all magical. In elementary school, her mother took her to meet her idol, the glamorously camera-ready Fox29 weather anchor Sue Serio. Even more mascara. By the time she entered Drexel University, this Jersey girl knew she wanted to combine her loves —......

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A day after taking the rare move of implementing rolling, temporary blackouts across its power grid in the Carolinas, Duke Energy said it will not need to repeat that action on Sunday. The Charlotte-based electric utility made it through the morning peak without the need for “load reductions” Sunday, spokesman Bill Norton said. Duke Energy also had asked people to conserve energy usage through Christmas. Overwhelming demand for heat during the region’s arctic plunge over the weekend forced Duke Energy to roll out controlled blackouts of 15 to 30 minutes across the Carolinas S......

SAN DIEGO -- Seven years ago, Shawn Weimer started Zoe Guitars, a custom luthier business in Oceanside, California, named after his infant granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe is the Greek word for "life," which is something that Weimer almost gave up on after the accidental death of his 12-year-old son Zachary in 2008. Becoming a grandfather seven years ago gave Weimer a reason to live and it helped him refocus his life priorities on both his family and pursuing full time his 30-year hobby of making guitars. "When Zoe was born, I realized the last thing I wanted to do was put the burden I'd carried for so......