Trump administration to end Obama-era marijuana policy: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday will rescind a marijuana policy begun under Democratic former President Barack Obama that eased enforcement of federal laws as a growing number of states and localities legalized the drug, …
Powerful snowstorm hits eastern U.S., snarling travel
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – High winds and heavy snow barreled into the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, closing schools and government offices and disrupting travel as work crews scrambled to clear roads before plummeting temperatures turn snow into treach…
Party or not? Golden Globes proves test for Hollywood sex scandal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The red carpet is rolling out, the champagne is on ice and the statuettes are about to be handed over.
Blizzard roars into U.S. Northeast, snarling travel
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – The first major winter storm of 2018 bore down on the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, closing schools and government offices and disrupting travel as work crews scrambled to clear roads of snow before plummeting temperatures tur…
Light quake shakes San Francisco; no immediate damage reported
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A light earthquake shook California’s San Francisco Bay Area early on Thursday, waking many, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
As drone demand soars, New Jersey poised to bar drunken droning
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week.
Sustained tremor shakes Oakland, California, USGS says magnitude 4.4
OAKLAND, CA (Reuters) – Sharp tremors lasting several seconds struck Oakland, California, early on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
Blizzard pounds U.S. Northeast as snow sweeps across South
CHARLESTON, S.C./BOSTON (Reuters) – Heavy snow and high winds pounded the U.S. East Coast along a front stretching from Maine as far south as North Carolina early on Thursday, knocking out power, icing over roadways and closing hundreds of schools.
World Series champion Astros to visit White House
(Reuters) – The Houston Astros will visit the White House to be honored by United States president Donald Trump, a team staff member told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday.
No winners in U.S. Powerball jackpot worth $460 million
CHICAGO (Reuters) – No one won the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday worth an estimated $460 million, the seventh-largest prize in the game’s history, the lottery website said.
