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Article content LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one year, every year until it applies to the whole population. The planned change will mean that “a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette,” Sunak said. Article content The proposed law change will make it an offense for anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009 to be sold tobacco products. That could almost completely phase out smoking in young people as soon as 2040, the government said. If Parliament approves the proposal, the legal change would only apply in England — not in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Article content The current legal smoking age in England is from age 18. Setting out his plans at the an...

Article content (Bloomberg) — Dominion Energy Inc., which is developing one of the largest US offshore wind farms, is already making plans for another similar-sized project off Virginia’s coastline. “Assuming that our first project is successful, and it appears to be going in that direction, it means we will have a very well seasoned operations and project team, and we’ll be well positioned to do another project,” Joshua Bennett, vice president for offshore wind, said Tuesday in an interview. “Probably identical to the first.” Article content Dominion’s initial project, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, completed its final environmental impact review last week and is on track to receive final approval from the federal government by the end of this month, according to Bennett. He expec...

Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — “THIS IS A TEST”: If you have a cellphone or are watching television Wednesday, that message will flash across your screen as the federal government tests its emergency alert system used to tell people about emergencies. The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System sends out messages via the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. Article content The Emergency Alert System is a national public warning system that’s designed to allow the president to speak to the American people within 10 minutes during a national emergency via specific outlets such as radio and television. And Wireless Emergency Alerts are short messages — 360 characters or less — that go to mobile phones to alert their owner to important information. Article conten...