Illinois joins 10 other U.S. states in legalizing recreational marijuana
Illinois on Tuesday became the 11th U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults after Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill that also provides for the removal of certain previous drug convictions and will generate new rev…
Helicopter pilot killed in June 10 crash in New York City flew erratically: NTSB
A pilot who died when his helicopter crashed atop a New York City skyscraper on June 10 had been flying erratically and said he did not know where he was shortly before the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary…
After long delay, U.S. Supreme Court may act on ‘Dreamers’ immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court in the coming days will have a last chance before its three-month summer break to decide whether to take up President Donald Trump’s long-stalled bid to end a program that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigra…
Trump denies woman’s sexual assault accusation: ‘She’s not my type’
U.S. President Donald Trump denied a new accusation of sexual violence raised by a woman who said she had to fight him off more than 20 years ago in the dressing room of a high-end New York department store.
Helicopter pilot killed in June 10 crash flew erratically: NTSB
The helicopter pilot killed in a June 10 crash in New York City requested to return to a heliport and then radioed he “did not where” he was before a striking a 54-story building on 7th Avenue, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a …
U.S. senators say social media letting algorithms ‘run wild’
A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday questioned how major social media companies like Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google unit use algorithms and artificial intelligence to serve up new content to keep users engaged.
Woman accused of aiding Islamic State, double-crossing U.S., faces up to life in prison
A U.S. woman charged with working as an Islamic State recruiter under the code name “Umm Nutella,” who agreed to cooperate with the prosecutors but then divulged her deal to extremists while out on bail, could be sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday….
Seven migrant deaths reported in ‘extreme heat’ at U.S. border
Authorities in Texas reported seven migrant deaths on Monday, including those of a woman, two babies and a toddler, showing the danger of extreme summer heat as Central American families surge across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jury recommends death penalty in sledgehammer killings of California family: media
A Southern California jury on Monday recommended the death penalty for a man convicted this month of the 2010 sledgehammer killings of a family of four whose bodies were later found buried in the Mojave Desert, media reports said.
Denver man accused of wife’s murder can use her life insurance to pay for defense
A Denver man accused of killing his wife can use more than $500,000 received from her life insurance policy to pay for the lawyers defending him against the murder charge, Colorado’s highest court ruled on Monday.
