Ready to inhale: Democratic 2020 contenders embrace marijuana legalization
Cory Booker has reintroduced his U.S. Senate bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Beto O’Rourke called for expunging the records of those arrested for possession of the drug. Kamala Harris admitted she had smoked pot – and inhaled.
J&J nasal spray gets U.S. approval as first new type of anti-depressant in decades
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it approved a Johnson & Johnson nasal spray antidepressant for people resistant to other treatments but placed restrictions on use of the drug, which it warned could be misused and abused.
Uber not criminally liable in fatal 2018 Arizona self-driving crash: prosecutors
Uber Technologies Inc is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company’s self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
California AG sees no grounds for charging police in black man’s killing
California’s top law enforcement official said on Tuesday he has found no grounds to criminally charge two Sacramento policemen who shot an unarmed black man to death last year, but federal prosecutors have opened a civil rights probe into the matter.
Trump administration warns of record illegal border crossings ahead of vote by Congress
The Trump administration warned Republican lawmakers Tuesday about record numbers of illegal crossings at the southern border with Mexico as Congress appeared to be on the verge of terminating President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency there….
Chelsea Manning loses bid to quash subpoena in Virginia
Chelsea Manning on Tuesday lost a bid to quash a subpoena compelling her to testify in front of a grand jury, according to media reports and a group supporting her.
Some 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as LGBT: study
An estimated 4.5 percent of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and they tend to be younger and poorer than the population at large, according to an analysis of polling data released on Tuesday.
No charges warranted in police killing of unarmed black man: California AG
California’s top law enforcement official said on Tuesday an independent investigation by his office found no criminal charges were warranted against two Sacramento policemen in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year.
U.S. judge faults ex-Trump adviser Stone’s book that may violate gag order
A federal judge said Tuesday that the publication of a book last month by President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Roger Stone which criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller may violate a media gag order – a transgression that could land the …
No charges warranted in police killing of unarmed black man: California AG
California’s chief law enforcement official said on Tuesday an independent investigation by his office found no criminal charges warranted against two Sacramento policemen in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in his grandparents’ backyard last…
