Poll: Majority of Republicans want legal marijuana

WASHINGTON -- Almost two-thirds of Americans think marijuana should be legal, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.

That represents the highest number in the nearly 50 years since the polling organization began asking about the issue, according to a press release.

The findings come as ...Read more

To reduce your risk of cancer, you know you should quit smoking, exercise regularly, wear sunscreen, and take advantage of screening tests. New research suggests another item might be added to this list: Choose organic foods over conventional ones.

A study of nearly 70,000 French adults who were tracked for an average of 4.5 years found that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- An Uber driver was listed in critical condition after being shot and crashing into another car, authorities said Monday.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies were called to assist the California Highway Patrol with what was at first thought to be traffic collision call in the 2000 block of El Segundo Boulevard just ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says he is still "not satisfied" with the Saudi Arabian government's explanation of what led to the death of Washington journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers are calling on Trump to punish the Saudi royal family for coaxing the self...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a show of military support for the self-ruled island of Taiwan by the Trump administration that is sure to worsen already tense relations between Washington and Beijing.

The Antietam, a guided missile cruiser, and the Curtis Wilbur, a guided missile destroyer, sailed ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said any vote on a new tax overhaul bill he floated this weekend would come "after the election," saying a "resolution" would be introduced in the next two weeks.

Trump's remarks amounted to a presidential clarification of his own vague comments on Saturday, when he told reporters Republicans are "looking at...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said any vote on a new tax overhaul bill he floated this weekend would come "after the election," saying a "resolution" would be introduced in the next two weeks.

Trump's remarks amounted to a presidential clarification of his own vague comments on Saturday, when he told reporters Republicans are "looking at...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators critical of pork-barrel spending is again warning about the possible return of congressional earmarks.

The contingent of persistent critics of the earmarking process warned about talk of the return of the practice in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Minority Leader ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man whose flatulence-filled police interview was memorialized in court documents pleaded guilty Monday to federal gun and drug charges.

Sean A. Sykes Jr., 25, was charged last year in U.S. District Court in Kansas City with possession with intent to sell cocaine, heroin and marijuana, and with being a felon in possession ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Wisconsin authorities are intensifying their search near the family's home where 13-year-old Jayme Closs was last known to be more than a week ago and where her parents were shot dead.

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald has put the call out for 2,000 volunteers to participate in a six-hour search "for articles of evidentiary ...Read more

CHICAGO -- At least four people were shot after a funeral service in the Burnside neighborhood on Chicago's South Side Monday afternoon, authorities said.

The shooting took place around 12:20 p.m. in the 9200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet.

"Early reports indicate the shooting allegedly ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who hopes to be speaker next year if Democrats win the House majority, suggested Monday that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election will factor into her decision on how long to stay in Congress.

The 78-year-old California Democrat has long signaled that she sees her congressional career ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was hit with a personal judgment of $4.85 million on Monday for his failure to pay a debt to a former colleague at his Newport Beach firm.

The judgment by Judge Dennis J. Landin in state Superior Court in Los Angeles is the latest in a series of setbacks for Avenatti ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Almost two-thirds of Americans think marijuana should be legal, according to a Gallup poll released Monday.

That represents the highest number in the nearly 50 years since the polling organization began asking about the issue, according to a press release.

The findings come as four states prepare to vote on November ballot ...Read more

TAPACHULA, Mexico -- President Donald Trump criticized Mexico and three Central American nations Monday for failing to stop a caravan of immigrants bound for the United States that has swelled in size to several thousand people.

On Twitter, Trump said the U.S. "will begin cutting off, or substantially reducing" aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Ministers in Detroit are criticizing a radio ad running in the city that supports John James' U.S. Senate campaign and attempts to link U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow's support of abortion rights with what the ad calls "black genocide," the Michigan publication Bridge Magazine reported Monday.

Stars and Stripes Forever PAC, which is ...Read more