Trump signs order to ease US marijuana regulations, sparking industry hopes
Cannabis could be listed alongside common painkillers like ketamine, as a less dangerous drug. Read More
Police ID suspect in Brown University shooting, probe link with MIT killing
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec 18 – Law enforcement officers have identified a suspect in last weekend’s deadly mass shooting at Brown University, and are investigating a possible link to the…
Police probe links between Brown University shooting, killing of MIT professor
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec 18 – Law enforcement officers are investigating a link between a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence that killed two people last weekend and the…
Seven dead in fatal plane crash including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle
Dec 18 – Seven people were killed Thursday in the crash of a Cessna 550 business jet in Statesville, North Carolina, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, NASCAR said. Read…
Caribbean nations fear outsize impact of Trump travel restrictions
Dec 18 – Washington’s move expanding travel restrictions to include two small Caribbean nations is raising fears of economic disruption in a region where mobility to the United States underpins…
Trump chooses Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to head NSA, Cyber Command
Dec 18 – U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, the deputy commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, as director of the National Security Agency and head of…
Democrats release dozens more new images from Epstein estate
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 – Congressional Democrats released dozens of new images from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, a day before the U.S. Justice…
Trump administration imposes sanctions on two more ICC judges
WASHINGTON/THE HAGUE, Dec 18 – President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court’s case against…
Trump administration condemns detention of US officials in South Africa
Dec 18 – The United States on Thursday condemned South Africa’s recent detention of U.S. officials who it said were providing support to the Afrikaner minority group. Read More
Prosecutor finds no reason to reopen case of unsolved 1986 murder of Swedish PM Olof Palme
STOCKHOLM, Dec 18 – There is no reason to reopen an investigation into the unsolved 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, a prosecutor said on Thursday, after finding…