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Disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices are displayed for sale at a store in Pinecrest, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes

New York is suing several large electronic cigarette distributors for allegedly selling vaping flavors that can appeal to children.

This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows body camera footage of correction officers beating a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2024. (New York State Attorney General office via AP, File)

Some New York prison guards charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate appear in court

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Justice Department’s independence is threatened as Trump’s team asserts power over cases and staff

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington, as Tammy Nobles, mother of Kayla Hamilton, listens. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Attorney General Pam Bondi rails against New York leaders as she announces immigration lawsuit

Exterior view of the New York Court of Appeals building, June 1, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

New York’s top court hears arguments on sexual abuse lawsuit standards

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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge set to rule on Justice Department’s demands that Musk resume access to Treasury records

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

A thick haze hangs over Manhattan in New York on July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

22 states sue New York, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional

Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman talks to Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump during a 911 memorial ceremony in New York, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Police in Long Island county will team up with ICE for Trump’s immigration crackdown

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care

Protesters march during a rally demanding that NYU Langone commit to providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth following an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at cutting federal funding, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Legal battle looms as Trump orders a funding freeze during a review of federal loans and grants

The Purdue Pharma offices are seen, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

Caitlin Carroll, right, demonstrates skills, March 19, 2023, at United Skates of America in Seaford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

New York roller derby league loses bid to temporarily block ban on trans athletes

Text messaging scammers stole $2M in cryptocurrency from victims, NY attorney general’s office says

This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows body camera footage of correction officers beating a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2024. (New York State Attorney General office via AP, File)

Special prosecutor appointed in death of man beaten by New York corrections officers

This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows body camera footage of correction officers beating a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2024. (New York State Attorney General office via AP, File)

New York prison where man died after being beaten by guards will get a new leader

This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows bodycam footage of correction officers beating a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9, 2024. (New York State Attorney General office via AP)

New York correctional officers pummeled handcuffed man before death, footage shows

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference in the Queens borough of New York, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

New York’s governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in inmate’s fatal beating

Three members of the Women's March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in Amarillo, Texas. (AP Photo/David Erickson, File)

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference, in New York, June 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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New York temporarily barred from taking action against groups for promoting abortion pill ‘reversal’

FILE - Wayne LaPierre, former CEO of the National Rifle Association walks in the hallway at civil court in New York, Monday, July 15, 2024. LaPierre told a New York judge Monday, July 29, that the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the gun rights group’s finances would be like "putting a knife straight through the heart of the organization and twisting it.” (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

NY judge hands former NRA head Wayne LaPierre a 10 year ban but declines to appoint monitor

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, July 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Trump campaign has spent the last year-and-half viciously attacking Joe Biden. But they have also been preparing for the possibility that Biden might exit the race after last month's disastrous debate performance. On Sunday, they unleashed a bevy of attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris following Biden's stunning announcement that was dropping his bid. The response underscores the challenges ahead for Trump's team in a race that has now been thrown into chaos. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FILE)

Donald Trump’s lawyers urge New York appeals court to overturn ‘egregious’ civil fraud verdict

Wayne LaPierre, former CEO of the National Rifle Association, arrives at civil court in New York, Monday, July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Expert calls NRA’s spending policies a ‘dumpster fire’ as gun group’s civil trial begins a new phase

Catholic officials in Brooklyn agree to an independent oversight of clergy sex abuse allegations

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news briefing, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. A county outside New York City has lost its bid to block the state from taking legal action against its ban on women’s and girls teams that include female transgender players, James said Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes

FILE - In this image taken from video provided by the 36th District Court in Michigan, Jacob Wohl, left, and Jack Burkman appear during their arraignment via video, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 in Detroit. Burkman and Wohl, two conservative political operatives who orchestrated a robocall campaign to dissuade Black people from voting in the 2020 election, have agreed to pay up to $1.25 million under a settlement with New York state, Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (36th District Court via AP, File)

Conservative hoaxers to pay up to $1.25M under agreement with New York over 2020 robocall scheme

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press briefing, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. New York state officials may continue to take legal action against a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women’s and girls teams, a judge ruled Thursday, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New York can take legal action against county’s ban on female transgender athletes, judge says

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news briefing, Feb. 16, 2024, in New York. A union representing New York City firefighters is raising concerns about possible disciplinary action against its members after James was booed and a pro-Donald Trump chant broke out during a fire department ceremony Thursday, March 7. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Firefighters booed New York attorney general who sued Trump for fraud. Officials are investigating

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FILE - "Ghost guns" are displayed at the headquarters of the San Francisco Police Department in San Francisco, on Nov. 27, 2019. A federal judge on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, permanently banned a Florida gun retailer from shipping gun parts to New York that officials say can be used to assemble untraceable ghost guns and sold without background checks. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Court order permanently blocks Florida gun retailer from selling certain gun parts in New York