U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is being sued by a 12-year-old Colorado girl suffering from epilepsy who aims to legalize medical marijuana nationwide. Alexis Bortell, along with her father and other plaintiffs, including former NFL player Marvin Washington, filed suit in the Southern District of New York against the attorney […]
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US carries out 3 drone strikes against extremists in Somalia
U.S. forces say they have carried out three drone strikes within 24 hours in Somalia, stepping up their campaign against the Islamic extremist rebels of al-Shabab and the Islamic State group. The strikes by unmanned drones killed several extremist fighters, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military command in Africa told […]
Schwarzenegger calls on climate activists to change methods
Movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wants environmental activists to give more attention to immediate health hazards like air and water pollution. Schwarzenegger spoke Sunday at a global climate meeting in Bonn, Germany, where diplomats from around the world are discussing implementing the Paris climate accord. He said: […]
In Florida, all eyes on Puerto Rican voters after Maria
Javier Gonzalez has joined a human tide of more than 130,000 U.S. citizens arriving in Florida since Hurricane Maria wrecked Puerto Rico, grateful for a place to start over but resenting how their island has been treated since the disaster. More than a million Puerto Ricans — about 5 percent […]
Kellyanne Conway on Roy Moore allegations: ‘Both sides are alleging different things’
President Donald Trump’s counselor, Kellyanne Conway, said she takes sexual misconduct allegations very seriously but in the case of Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate, Roy Moore, “both sides are alleging different things.” “I denounce that conduct. And if the allegations are true, he should step aside” from the election, Conway […]
Cybercrimes present unique challenges for investigators
The federal investigators looking into the breach that exposed personal information maintained by the Equifax credit report company are used to dealing with high-profile hacks and the challenges they present. The U.S. attorney’s office and FBI in Atlanta have prosecuted developers and promoters of the SpyEye and Citadel malware toolkits, […]
Roy Moore should ‘step aside,’ shouldn’t be GOP ‘standard bearer’: Kasich
Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, said Roy Moore, the controversial Alabama Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, should “step aside” in the wake of a report that he allegedly initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s. “The party ought not to be for this,” Kasich […]
Dozens of records fall as cold grips Northeast, Midwest for one more day
It is another cold November morning in the Northeast. Though not as cold as yesterday, temperatures dropped into the 20s through much of the Northeast and Midwest on Sunday morning. Although temperatures are not as cold as Sunday, many daily record lows could be challenged across the entire Northeast. This […]
60,000 join far-right march on Poland’s Independence Day
Tens of thousands of nationalists marched in a demonstration organized by far-right groups in Warsaw Saturday, as Poles celebrated their country’s Independence Day. The far-right march was one of many events marking Poland’s rebirth as a nation in 1918 after being wiped off the map for 123 years. Earlier in […]
Texas church members gather for 1st time since attack
Hundreds of people will gather in the tiny town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday to worship with surviving members of a local church where a shooting rampage left more than two dozen people dead. Members of the First Baptist Church will hold a church service for the first time […]