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Shut out of California's legal marijuana market, Indian tribes pursue sales on their own land
The legalization of recreational marijuana in California left American Indians out in the cold.
Proposition 64, approved by voters in 2016, lets local governments decide whether to allow cannabis dispensaries to operate ...Read more
Cyclone death toll climbs in Mozambique
The death toll has risen in Mozambique, the country hardest hit by Cyclone Idai, a government minister said Sunday.
Environment Minister Celso Correia said 446 people were confirmed dead, up from 417 a day earlier. As ...Read more
Mystery parent paid $6.5 million to get children into top universities
Of the many outrageous allegations by federal prosecutors in the college cheating scandal, one stands out.
Someone paid $6.5 million to get his or her children into elite schools. But the identity of that parent -- and ...Read more
House leader sees 'cover-up' if Barr doesn't release full Mueller report
WASHINGTON ––Democrats demanded Sunday that Attorney General William Barr provide Congress with unclassified access to special counsel Robert Mueller's report and its underlying evidence, saying they would take their ...Read more
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US starts small with 'smart walls' to protect Mexican border
SAN DIEGO -- Deep in the Otay Mountain Wilderness, there is no wall.
The only boundary between the U.S. and Mexico is a section of barbed-wire fence in a pastoral valley. And miles and miles of treacherous terrain.
It's ...Read more
Southbound 5 Freeway in Gorman reopens after dozens are hurt in multi-vehicle crash
LOS ANGELES -- All southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Gorman were reopened Saturday night after a fiery multi-vehicle crash forced the closure of the roads for about four hours, clogging weekend traffic for miles, ...Read more
Doyle McManus: The U.S. has a problem in Saudi Arabia, and it's still not being fixed
WASHINGTON -- Almost six months after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, the man believed to have ordered the killing has cemented his position as President Donald Trump's closest ally in the Arab world.
Crown...Read more
End of Mueller probe roils political scene, testing both parties as much remains unknown
WASHINGTON -- The end of the special counsel's inquiry into the far corners of President Donald Trump's White House and campaign is poised to upend the political landscape. But with the final report still secret, both ...Read more
In a vast, dust-swept landscape, Islamic State caliphate ends in rubble and wreckage
BEIRUT -- Its militants believed they would conquer Rome, Paris and Washington. It sought to smash the century-old borders that defined the Middle East, and create a project whose central slogan was "Enduring and expanding...Read more
Tracing the footsteps of Las Vegas gunman
LAS VEGAS -- Some days, Stephen Paddock left an impression. Like the time he walked into the Sportsman's Warehouse in St. George, Utah, to buy guns wearing white gloves. Other times, he barely registered in a store clerk's...Read more
Once the site of Bernie Sanders' last stand, California now is pivotal to his 2020 prospects
LOS ANGELES--Tim Johnson hasn't stopped feeling the Bern.
A committed Bernie Sanders acolyte since 2016, Johnson was at a University of California, Los Angeles labor strike on Wednesday to watch the senator make his first...Read more
Off-duty Chicago police officer killed in attack on parked car
CHICAGO -- An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot to death Saturday morning and a companion was critically injured when two assailants attacked a parked car on the city's Near North Side.
The men, both 23, were ...Read more
On anniversary of March for Our Lives, students organize nationwide celebration
One year ago Sunday, at the center of a huge Washington rally, Emma Gonzalez rattled off the names of her dead classmates and teachers, standing in pained silence for several minutes as tears rolled down her cheek.
The ...Read more
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