| Interactive map: Where weed is legal in the U.S. Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:50 AM PDT  Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have now legalized medical marijuana. And eight states — including Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska — plus D.C. have passed laws legalizing recreational marijuana.
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| McCain: 'China Is the Key' to Solving North Korea Problem Posted: 15 Apr 2017 11:07 PM PDT  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tells Chuck Todd that President Trump's shift on calling China a currency manipulator is tied to their role in defusing North Korea's aggressive posture.
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| After 7 years in prison, a small-time pot grower will reunite with his daughter Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:39 AM PDT  Corinna Fields, a second-grader, sent former President Barack Obama a letter last year outlining all the things she wanted to do with her dad if he got out of prison. On his last day in the White House, the president granted Corinna her wish, including her father, Paul, among the 310 drug offenders who received clemency as he prepared to leave office. In his two terms, Obama pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly 2,000 people, mainly nonviolent drug offenders, who he believed were serving sentences that were overly harsh.
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| A look back at the Virginia Tech shootings: 10 years after shooting that killed 32 Posted: 16 Apr 2017 11:17 AM PDT ![A look back at the Virginia Tech shootings: 10 years after shooting that killed 32]( "A look back at the Virginia Tech shootings: 10 years after shooting that killed 32") In one of America's worst school attacks, a mentally ill student fatally shot 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life, April 16, 2007. College senior Seung-Hui Cho opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, shot up a classroom building across campus. The shooting at Virginia Tech was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
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| Cleveland police seek man they say broadcast killing on Facebook Posted: 16 Apr 2017 04:36 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Cleveland police urged a suspect who they said broadcast video of himself on Facebook killing an elderly man on Sunday to turn himself in to authorities. Officials in the Ohio city said they were looking for Steve Stephens in connection with the one confirmed killing but had found no evidence to support what police said was a claim he made in the video of having killed more than a dozen other people. "Everybody is out there looking for Steve," Calvin Williams, the Cleveland police chief, told a news conference, where he joined Mayor Frank Jackson in asking Stephens to turn himself in.
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| Tense Turkey braces for crunch referendum on Erdogan powers Posted: 15 Apr 2017 07:33 PM PDT  Turkey on Sunday votes in a referendum on expanding the powers of the head of state under President Tayyip Erdogan that will determine its future political destiny but whose outcome remains in doubt after a bitterly-contested campaign. Over 55.3 million Turks are able to vote in the referendum on sweeping changes to the president's role which, if agreed, would grant Erdogan more power than any leader of Turkey since its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his successor Ismet Inonu. Opinion polls, always treated with caution in Turkey, predicted wildly divergent scenarios with analysts saying the outcome remains too close to call despite the clear advantage in resources and airtime enjoyed by the 'Yes' campaign.
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| Pictured: Boy, 5, Killed After Freak Accident at Rotating Restaurant Posted: 17 Apr 2017 07:10 AM PDT  His head reportedly became stuck.
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| Entrepreneurial Couple Sees Selling Weed as Social Justice Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:58 AM PDT  When Wanda James' brother Rick was 19, he was arrested for possession of 4.5 ounces of marijuana – and sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to Wanda, the Texas prison system used him as slave labor, compelling him to pick cotton in order to buy his freedom, while the profits of his work went to corporate interests. Since then, Wanda and her husband, Scott Durrah, have been on a mission to reframe the conversation by capitalizing on the same drug that put her brother away.
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| Pope decries 'vile' attack on Syrians in Easter address Posted: 16 Apr 2017 04:57 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — On Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the "latest vile" attack on civilians in Syria.
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| For African-American families hit hard by the war on drugs, pot comes out of the shadows, but slowly Posted: 17 Apr 2017 04:21 AM PDT  Jesce Horton is the owner of Panacea Valley Gardens, a cultivation center and boutique edibles line serving cannabis patients in Portland, OR. Jesce Horton still remembers the advice his father often imparted to him while he was growing up. Marijuana, said the 34-year-old Horton, was always a big part of those conversations.
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| North Korea Is Ready For War With US Posted: 17 Apr 2017 09:41 AM PDT  "The DPRK is ready to react to any war desired by the US," In Ryong reportedly said. "North Korea will hold the U.S. accountable."
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| 3 Reasons Not to Fear Retirement Posted: 17 Apr 2017 06:45 AM PDT ![3 Reasons Not to Fear Retirement]( "3 Reasons Not to Fear Retirement") Many people are scared of retirement and worry about what life will be like without a paycheck. Preparing for retirement can at times seem like a daunting task. If you've managed to find and keep a job, get married and raise a couple of kids or buy and maintain a house for 40 years, then retirement should not seem like the impossible goal that some people believe it is.
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| Trump aide McMaster: Time for tough talks with Russia Posted: 16 Apr 2017 10:19 AM PDT  White House national security adviser H. R. McMaster said on Sunday it was time for tough talks with Russia over its support for Syria's government and its "subversive" actions in Europe. Speaking on ABC News' "This Week" program, McMaster said Russia's backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has perpetuated a civil war and created a crisis that has bled over into Iraq, neighboring countries and Europe.
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| National search launched for alleged 'Facebook killer' Posted: 17 Apr 2017 04:13 PM PDT  US authorities launched a nationwide manhunt Monday for a gunman who shot and killed an elderly man, and then posted a video of the seemingly random attack on Facebook. Police in Cleveland, Ohio working on the case with help from investigators at the FBI and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), have offered a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of Steve Stephens, the accused shooter. Stephens, 37, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was described as armed and dangerous, was also placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, a designation officials hope will help raise public awareness about the case.
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| This Is Your Teenager's Brain on Pot Posted: 17 Apr 2017 03:04 AM PDT  A series of studies point out that vulnerable, still-developing adolescent brains don't mix so well with marijuana, but definitive research is elusive.
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| Cannabis Gives 4-Year-Old a Shot at Life After Family's Cross-Country Move Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:51 AM PDT  Maggie Selmeski, 4, and her family are "medical marijuana refugees," as they came to Colorado from Tennessee in pursuit of pot. It is the only effective treatment for Maggie's epilepsy, which can cause 500 seizures a day.
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| Will Tesla Do to Cars What Apple Did to Smartphones? Posted: 17 Apr 2017 07:50 AM PDT  The company's fate rides on the answers to three unresolved questions about the auto industry's future: driven or self-driving? Electric or gas? Private or shared?
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| North Korea Missiles Launches: A Timeline Posted: 17 Apr 2017 03:57 AM PDT  This year, so far, the reclusive nation has carried missile launches thrice.
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| Turkey's Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge Posted: 16 Apr 2017 03:39 PM PDT  By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Humeyra Pamuk ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would challenge its result. Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast and its three main cities, including the capital Ankara and the largest city Istanbul, looked set to vote "No" after a bitter and divisive campaign. Erdogan said 25 million people had supported the proposal, which will replace Turkey's parliamentary system with an all-powerful presidency and abolish the office of prime minister, giving the "Yes" camp 51.5 percent of the vote.
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| Army declares loyalty to Maduro as Venezuela braces for giant demo Posted: 17 Apr 2017 03:23 PM PDT  Venezuela's defense minister on Monday declared the army's loyalty to President Nicolas Maduro, who ordered troops into the streets ahead of a major protest by opponents trying to oust him. Venezuela is bracing for what Maduro's opponents vow will be the "mother of all protests" Wednesday, after two weeks of clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against moves by the leftist leader and his allies to tighten their grip on power. The center-right opposition has called on the military -- a pillar of Maduro's power -- to turn on the president amid an economic and political crisis that has triggered severe food shortages, riots and looting.
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| Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead Posted: 17 Apr 2017 03:48 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — A man charged with killing five people at a mall in Washington state last year was found dead in his jail cell in an apparent suicide, authorities said Monday.
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| The family that smokes together Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:42 AM PDT  It was Thanksgiving afternoon in Madison, Conn., four years ago, and the Cecchi family was getting ready for dinner. Just before the turkey was served, Paige Cecchi, then an 18-year-old college freshman, gave her older sister, Lauren, "the look," Paige remembers. "Then we realized Dad had caught 'the look,'" she says of her father, Mike, who is now 66.
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| Trump attends Easter service in Palm Beach Posted: 16 Apr 2017 11:36 AM PDT  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump attended Easter service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea near his estate in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday — an annual ritual that provided a break from a host of foreign policy crises, including escalating tensions with North Korea.
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| Buying weed for Grandpa Posted: 17 Apr 2017 04:20 AM PDT  Somewhere in a suburban New York basement there is a small, unused bag of marijuana, a last attempt to help an elderly father in his final days. One day last spring, in one of his series of hospital rooms, his family — a wife and four grown children — argued over what straws they might grasp to build his strength. Pot could help with that, said his son.
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| Twitter Inc (TWTR) Stock Headed For New All-Time Lows Posted: 17 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT ![Twitter Inc (TWTR) Stock Headed For New All-Time Lows]( "Twitter Inc (TWTR) Stock Headed For New All-Time Lows") Twitter Inc (ticker: TWTR) may have delivered some much-needed user growth in the first quarter, but the stock remains a risky bet for long-term investors. According to a new report by Aegis Capital analyst Victor Anthony, Twitter's road to success is getting narrower by the day in the face of growing competition from Facebook ( FB) Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL) and Snap ( SNAP). Twitter's growth struggles are common knowledge among investors, but Aegis' user growth checks suggest Twitter will report incrementally positive growth user in the most recent quarter.
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| Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails launch hunger strike Posted: 17 Apr 2017 10:52 AM PDT  Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails launched a hunger strike Monday following a call from leader and prominent prisoner Marwan Barghouti, a movement that could mark a serious challenge to Israeli authorities if sustained. The hunger strike was called in connection with Palestinian Prisoners Day, observed annually, but also ahead of commemorations this summer marking 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War and the start of Israel's occupation. Israel Prisons Service spokesman Assaf Librati said that hunger strikers would be disciplined and later added that Barghouti had been transferred from Hadarim prison to Jalami prison, near Haifa, 48 kilometres (30 miles) to the north.
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| White House Easter Egg Roll highlights Posted: 17 Apr 2017 09:21 AM PDT  The Trump family hosted its first Easter Egg Roll with thousands on the South Lawn. First lady Melania Trump read to the children, and both she and President Trump kicked off the roll.
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| Jakarta election exposes deep political, religious divide Posted: 16 Apr 2017 02:42 AM PDT  By Tom Allard and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Jakarta voters head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a governor for Indonesia's teeming capital after a campaign that incited political and religious tensions in the world's most-populous Muslim country. Surveys have shown the race tightening to a statistical dead heat, with incumbent Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, closing in on rival Anies Baswedan, a former education minister. Purnama is standing trial on blasphemy charges stemming from the divisive campaign that also featured mass rallies led by Islamist hardliners and alleged plots to overthrow President Joko Widodo, who is popularly known as Jokowi.
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| Arkansas clears 2 major legal hurdles to execution plan Posted: 17 Apr 2017 05:04 PM PDT  VARNER, Ark. (AP) — State and federal courts lifted the two primary obstacles Arkansas faced Monday in its plan to execute eight inmates before the end of April, but the executions of the first two inmates scheduled to die remained in limbo.
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| United Airlines Boots Couple en Route to Their Wedding off Flight Posted: 17 Apr 2017 10:23 AM PDT  A couple en route to their wedding was kicked off a United Airlines flight after confusion with seating.
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| Trump salutes the Easter Bunny and more: April 17 in photos Posted: 17 Apr 2017 10:08 AM PDT ![Trump salutes the Easter Bunny and more: April 17 in photos]( "Trump salutes the Easter Bunny and more: April 17 in photos") President Trump salutes a member of the military who sang the national anthem as he stands with a performer in an Easter Bunny costume at the White House Easter Egg Roll; Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the men's division of the 121st Boston Marathon; an elderly North Korean man is silhouetted against a model of the Unha-3, a space launch vehicle, displayed at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Reuters)
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| Small pot farmers in California fear Trump — but Big Business could be a bigger threat Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:15 AM PDT  Brad bends down to inspect one of his medical marijuana plants on the farm. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — Brad and Katherine live a simple life on 120 acres with two dogs, three cats, a goat, some chickens, three alpacas — and just under 2,000 square feet of marijuana plants. Katherine, 31, never smokes pot — though she does bake medical marijuana dog treats for the arthritic family dog, Jake.
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| IS attacked Iraq forces with chemical weapons: military Posted: 16 Apr 2017 09:54 AM PDT  The Islamic State group used chemical weapons against Iraqi forces taking part in the operation to recapture Mosul, injuring some security personnel, the military said on Sunday. IS has periodically carried out attacks using chemical weapons, but both the toll and the impact on military operations has been minimal and the jihadists' bombs and bullets are far deadlier. "The Daesh terrorist gangs tried to block the advance of our forces by using shells filled with toxic chemical material, but the effect was limited," Iraq's Joint Operations Command said in a statement, using an Arabic acronym for IS.
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| Lawsuit: Wells Fargo banker fired for not scamming customers Posted: 17 Apr 2017 07:40 AM PDT ![Lawsuit: Wells Fargo banker fired for not scamming customers]( "Lawsuit: Wells Fargo banker fired for not scamming customers") NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman has sued Wells Fargo Bank, saying she was fired for refusing to participate in a scheme to manipulate accounts and sell products that weren't in customers' best interest.
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| China's Tianjin port cracks down on coal in Beijing's war on smog: notice Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:57 AM PDT  China's Tianjin Port Co Ltd will impose measures to curb the trucking and storage of coal months earlier than expected, as one of the nation's busiest ports complies with government orders in its war on smog, a customer notice shows. In March, Beijing called for a ban on transporting coal in Hebei, China's top steel producing province, and the city of Tianjin by the end of September, forcing consumers, miners and traders to use the railroad. A Tianjin based trader estimated that a couple million tonnes of coal has been sitting at logistic facilities at Tianjin port.
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| What happened today in France's presidential race Posted: 16 Apr 2017 10:43 AM PDT  A week before France's presidential election, President Francois Hollande warned the candidates against scapegoating Europe, and self-styled revolutionary Jean-Luc Melenchon tore into scandal-hit conservative Francois Fillon. Commemorating the World War I battle of Chemin des Dames in northern France, Hollande credited Europe with "having protected us against war".
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| Police: Woman wearing pajama bottoms robs 6 Utah banks Posted: 17 Apr 2017 12:30 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has been arrested after she was identified as the pajama-wearing robber in at least six bank robberies in the Salt Lake City area, including five in less than two hours on Saturday morning, police said Monday.
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| BP says crews brought leaking Alaskan well under control Posted: 17 Apr 2017 11:26 AM PDT  BP Plc said workers on Alaska's North Slope had brought under control a company-operated well that spewed oil and gas over the weekend. The leak was discovered on Friday and a team from BP, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local government was brought in to coordinate efforts. A BP spokesman said details of what caused the loss of control were not available.
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| Trump Family Attend Easter Service At Palm Beach Church Posted: 17 Apr 2017 02:32 AM PDT  President Donald Trump is the first sitting president to visit Palm Beach for Easter since former President John F. Kennedy.
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| Philippines, US to hold annual 'Balikatan' military drills Posted: 16 Apr 2017 04:27 AM PDT  The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its commitment to the alliance despite cooling relations under President Rodrigo Duterte. The 10-day exercises will be the first held under Duterte, who has suggested cancelling the drills and called for the withdrawal of American troops, putting into question Manila's 70-year-old alliance with Washington as he looks instead to court China. The annual military exercises, known as Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder), will now go ahead in May, focusing on counter-terrorism and disaster response as the Philippines battles Islamic militants in their lawless southern strongholds.
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| Amazon dropped 11 HP computers to their lowest prices ever for one day only Posted: 17 Apr 2017 12:56 PM PDT  HP had a rough couple of years, no doubt, but the company has really picked things up recently in terms of both focus and product quality. What's more, HP has also put some serious effort into upping the value of its lower-cost PC lineup, offering performance typically associated with much more expensive devices. Of course, there's always a little wiggle room in those prices, right? Amazon has a big one-day sale going on HP laptops and desktops. And we're not just taking about two or three different units here. There are 11 different computers included in today's sale, and they're all being offered at their lowest price ever for one day only. You'll find them all listed below.
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| Bank of America settles racial discrimination case from 1993 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 01:27 PM PDT ![Bank of America settles racial discrimination case from 1993]( "Bank of America settles racial discrimination case from 1993") RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Bank of America settled a decades-old case that accused its predecessor company of systematically discriminating against black applicants for entry-level jobs in Charlotte, the U.S. Labor Department said Monday.
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