New York state decriminalizes marijuana, short of Cuomo’s legalization goal
New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail...
Trump presses race as 2020 tactic, draws rebuke from Republican governor
President Donald Trump, again stoking racial divisions, on Monday renewed his attacks on a black U.S. congressman from Baltimore and slammed black civil rights activist...
Air raids kill more than 10 in Yemen: medical source, Houthi media
Air strikes killed more than 10 civilians including children in a market in Yemen’s Saada province on Monday, a medical source and Houthi-run media reported....
Trump signs 9/11 victim bill into law
President Trump on Monday, signed legislation to permanently compensate first responders to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center who have been...
“Thin-skinned” Trump, “like a child”: Sharpton
Civil rights activist, the Reverend Al Sharpton hit back at President Trump on Monday, after Trump called him a “con man” who “hates whites and...
Canadian greenhouse labor shortages worsened by growing cannabis producers
Canada’s labor-strapped greenhouse vegetable and flower growers are ramping up efforts to keep and recruit more workers in the face of pressure from the country’s...
U.S. records 16 new measles cases as outbreak shows signs of slowing
The United States recorded 16 new measles cases between July 18 and July 25, federal health officials said on Monday, as the spread of the...
Man pushes boy in front of train in Germany, killing him
A 40-year-old Eritrean man killed an eight-year-old boy on Monday by pushing him in front of an oncoming train at Frankfurt’s main train station in...
Warren outlines trade proposal, calls for strict requirements for future deals
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Monday outlined proposals that would govern her policy on international trade, including requiring trade negotiators to disclose drafts of...
Libya’s Mitiga airport halts air traffic following air strike
Libya’s Mitiga airport halted air traffic on Monday after it was hit by air strikes, the airport authority said on its Facebook page....