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A vape enforcement operation in Tampines and the CBD netted 4 people over 4 days, and also picked up several others for underage smoking or duty-unpaid cigarettes. https://cna.asia/4gyHNpc

A car caught fire in the Marina Coastal Expressway tunnel, bringing traffic to a standstill on Thursday (Sep 18) evening. https://cna.asia/46oO3eu

Police are investigating a 40-year-old man over the alleged murder of a 43-year-old woman after she was found dead in an Everitt Road home. https://cna.asia/46qftAv

Here's a hack to get as much as S$540 offset annually from your MediShield Life premiums (if you're 40 and up): starting today, you can redeem discounts with health points you earn on Healthy 365. What that'll look like in terms of exercise: https://cna.asia/3IsDH5m

Driving into Malaysia soon? From Monday (Sep 22), Singaporeans and other foreigners will be able to clear Johor's land checkpoints using a new app that will generate a QR code, under a trial that will run till end-Feb next year. It'll also be rolled out at Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching airports: https://cna.asia/48oXcGv

ARMYs, heads up: Two sets of BTS TinyTan blind box figurines will launch with McDonald's Happy Meals, with each series released over 2 separate periods starting Sep 25. Details: https://cna.asia/46FUtqS

Recent court cases have thrown relationship platform Sugarbook into the spotlight. Is it illegal in Singapore to have a sugar daddy or sugar baby? At which point does it become prostitution? CNA looks at what the law says: https://cna.asia/4nj8yAv

Have you tried this Tiong Bahru pig's organ soup? 🐷 This third-generation hawker has earned a Bib Gourmand five years in a row, but says the award belongs to his late grandfather. PS It's also one of the last stalls in Singapore with glutinous rice sausages: https://youtu.be/r02amrtNZFk

Bulk order scammers continue to target businesses in Singapore despite 3 people having already been arrested. This time, a fruit vendor and a restaurant reported receiving "urgent" bulk orders from "SCGS staff" who tried to get them to add mattresses: https://cna.asia/46FMXMF

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been suspended indefinitely by parent network ABC after comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk were called out as "offensive and insensitive". https://cna.asia/46IvuDh

The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by a quarter point, as the central bank shifts focus from inflation to jobs. “It’s really the risks that we’re seeing to the labour market that were the focus of today’s decision,” says Fed chair Jerome Powell. Follow our live blog as we track developments and reactions across markets: https://cna.asia/47Kd4Dj

Agoda layoffs: The Ministry of Manpower says it takes a "serious view" of severance clauses that deter staff from approaching government bodies. NTUC says it's "appalled" by the alleged practice. https://cna.asia/47MvHqf

24,000 SIM cards, almost S$890,000 in profits, more than S$51 million in scam losses. And it all began with a single SMS modem. Here's how a 47-year-old man in Singapore started a syndicate selling WeChat and WhatsApp accounts, and eventually got caught: https://cna.asia/42C3jU7

Agoda is laying off customer support roles in Singapore, Shanghai and Budapest, affecting about 50 staff here. A severance agreement, seen by CNA, said employees who make reports to government agencies such as MOM will no longer be entitled to a severance package. https://cna.asia/4ml6yGM

🚇 The recent string of train service disruptions were "isolated cases" and not a sign of wider issues, said SMRT's president of trains today. At least four breakdowns occurred over the last 5 days, affecting several lines. https://cna.asia/4n4aZqr

📈 JUST IN: Category A COE prices hit a record S$119,000 in the latest round of bidding. Premiums for all the other categories are also up: https://cna.asia/4n7MtEQ

Scam mules may from October onwards be blocked from opening bank accounts and getting new mobile lines under a series of new restrictions. More details: https://cna.asia/4mjyef6

More than 18,400 vapes hidden in a Malaysian lorry were seized at Tuas Checkpoint — Singapore's largest haul since penalties were toughened. The lorry was declared to be carrying parts for "roll-up blinds": https://cna.asia/42szu8n

A Sri Lankan woman who says she is in Singapore on a student pass is the first of 3 people to be charged over the recent spate of bulk order SAF impersonation scams. Her DBS bank account was allegedly used to receive large sums of money: https://cna.asia/4ml8f70

The unemployment rates for those under 30 years old went up for the first time this year, says MOM in its latest labour market report. Degree holders and seniors above 60 also saw unemployment rates rise in the past 3 months: https://cna.asia/3IlaCJ5