The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products — that the agency compares with candy and says contain a lot of nicotine — could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults. The FDA's Center for Tobacco Products wrote to ...

A Brown University football player has been convicted of misdemeanor assault in connection with a fight in a bar where he was working as a bouncer. David Howard was found guilty of simple assault Tuesday after a two-day bench trial. Judge Madeline Quirk sentenced the ...

Don't expect to watch the first pitch of Saturday night's New York Mets-Florida Marlins game on television. It won't be on. The game at Dolphin Stadium is scheduled to start at 6:25 p.m. That's during Fox's exclusive Saturday national telecast ...

The prime Citi Field seats of Bernard Madoff's company could soon be available. The New York Mets season tickets, just behind home plate, will likely be resold by the trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. "We have no intention of not monetizing them ...