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Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs in the U.S. following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping. The largest retailer in the U.S. Source

BALTIMORE - The National Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers has asked the Supreme Court to review the case of a Maryland man convicted in a case chronicled on the podcast "Serial." News outlets report the group filed an amicus brief in the case of Adnan Syed. Source

As Canadian home prices rose from 2014 to 2017, many households tapped the growing value in their homes for other spending, according to study by Bank of Canada economists. About two million households used home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), but another 380,000 got mortgage financing to raise equity, taking advantage of interest rates that fell in 2015, the researchers say in an analysis released Friday. Source

(CNN) -- A pair of underpants believed to have belonged to Adolf Hitler's wife, Eva Braun, sold for nearly $5,000 at auction on Thursday. The monogrammed pink silk knickers, which came from a private European World War II collection, sold for £3,700 ($4,620). Source

PHILADELPHIA -- Thirty years after her patrolman husband was killed in a traffic stop, Maureen Faulkner agreed to a 2011 deal that lifted the convicted killer's death sentence in hopes it would end his appeals and let his death row celebrity fade. Source

The first photo of Justin Trudeau in blackface makeup was released Wednesday, Sept. 18. Within hours, more photos surfaced of Trudeau dressed up with a darkened face. When pressed the next day to state whether there were any more such images, Trudeau said, "I am wary of being definitive about this. Source

BEIRUT -- The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Friday called for Saudi Arabia to stop its war in Yemen, or else face more attacks on its soil. In a televised speech, Hassan Nasrallah warned Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates not to incite war "because your houses are made of glass. Source

The City of Fredericton will spend $40,000 to direct motorists around a busy Tim Hortons in the latest move by a Canadian municipality to curb traffic headaches and other concerns caused by restaurant drive-thrus. At a transportation committee meeting this week, councillors approved the plan to construct a "traffic circle" at the end of the street and introduce a bylaw banning left turns into the restaurant's drive-thru. Source

BOSTON -- The Massachusetts woman convicted of urging her boyfriend to kill himself via text messages has been denied early release. The state Parole Board announced Friday it rejected Michelle Carter's bid for release after serving about half her 15-month jail sentence. Source

TEQUESTA, FL (WPTV) -- A woman trying to take in long time family friends who were displaced from the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian, is being told by her condo association that it’s against rules, and if she keeps it up, she’ll start getting daily fines. Source